The Tinder Box: How Politically Correct Ideology Destroyed the U.S. Forest Service
America's forests have presented extreme challenges and temptations -- and have been the scene of greed and lawlessness -- for hundreds of years. But the reign of affirmative action racketeers has exposed them to an unprecedented threat. It is no exaggeration to say the U.S. Forest Service has been willfully destroyed by the religion of equality.                                                             Laura Wood, The Thinking HousewifeFor resource and recreation professionals, understanding the agency you work for or with is critical. As an OHV recreation consultant who often works with federal  and state land management agencies, I want to share my thoughts on one of the most eye-opening works of agency-related literature that I have read in recent years.Written by Christopher Burchfield,The Tinder Box,  chronicles how the Forest Service (with a special focus on Region 5) became host to one of the largest court-ordered social experiments in modern times.      Don Amador, former president of the Blue Ribbon CoalitionFantastic  as it may seem the agency also launched a "Gender Hostile Tool Hunt." Smaller, lighter tools replaced tools that were deemed too heavy or required too much torque for female employees to operate. As the Consent  Decree Committee had forecast, from 1984 onward Region 5 began hemorrhaging male employees in great numbers. In many instances experienced old hands were simply bought into retirement to be replaced by "green" employees who had little knowledge of forest operations.....                                                    Smokejumper Magazine