Forests are "managed" plenty and dying at a massive rate. Local rednecks use the uniform and new equipment to track nature loving stoners. Wild mega-fauna who are true citizens of this place are the target of weaponized tech and have been for millenia, resulting in their massive over hunting to extinction. The narrative of "keeping hikers safe" and "clearing the roads" takes into account none of this, and aids some of it -- wilderness road building.

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