(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The border of the Range Valley Ranch on the Tavaputs Plateau, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Mike Siaperas has bulldozed hundreds of acres of conifers and his private ranch and an adjoining hunting reserve, where he fine-tuned "roller-felling," his patented method that can remove 100 acres of forest in a day."
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