BY BRIAN MAFFLY
For one of Utah's largest aspen communities to rebound and thrive, the U.S. Forest Service says, parts of Monroe Mountain must burn.
Forest Service officials hope to restore aspen in this 175,000-acre patch of Fishlake National Forest through prescribed burning, logging conifers and improved management of the livestock and big game that eat aspen shoots before they can become trees. Flames could be the cheapest and most effective means for clearing out fir-choked stands and triggering the rebirth of aspen, according to Richfield District Ranger Jason Kling...