Frank Parlato's July 21 My View article calling for preservation of forests was on target, but there will never be anything done about it.
We moved from Colden in 1990 to Smethport, Pa., near forested areas. We can see the threat to the forests first-hand. Our experience is in Pennsylvania, but the same holds true in New York.
We found the forests are being cut and the size of the logs is getting smaller.
Much of the choice wood is being shipped overseas while America keeps the poorer grade.
Not all companies are bad. But logging at the top of a mountain near here -- where no one can see from the valleys -- is an example of the worst. First the logs are cut. Then they cut the small trees for paper companies and particle board. The leftovers that could be used for firewood go to waste. It is almost impossible to walk through areas where this has been done.
I strongly feel we should have something like the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s. Our forests are really not managed. Investors own a lot of area.
They make a fast buck, and then they sell the mess to out-of-state campers and hunters. I have always felt the logger that cuts should be made to plant trees back.
The other serious problem is the large deer population. They eat all the small trees up to five or six feet high, so that the forest cannot grow back.
Here in Pennsylvania, the game commission says the deer population should be larger but the forest department is opposed. The game commission will win because the out-of-state money from hunters' licenses gives the state millions to waste.

EMIL BOLDT
Smethport, Pa.