21.   Fregia, a timber cutter by trade, has long advocated cutting the trees.

22.   He contends that helping timber companies cut trees in the national forests has always been a priority of the Forest Service, a branch of the Department of Agriculture.

23.   He cut the tree into fireplace-length logs which I could see were too fat to burn.

24.   He thinks more, not fewer, trees should be cut.

25.   Highway crews, electric utilities, tree surgeons and builders often cut trees.

26.   In December, they come up to cut Christmas trees.

27.   It allows timber firms to cut trees that are damaged or threatened by fire, disease or insects.

28.   It helped win federal permission to cut the trees at the site.

29.   It suspends all environmental regulations that relate to cutting them, but it was written so broadly that healthy trees are being cut under its authority.

30.   Local farmers who make a meager living by selling lumber and firewood have continued to quietly cut the trees.