Letter: BLM owes us a hearing before clearing trees

As someone who came to Utah in the early 21st century, I was awed by its desert landscapes, especially in southern Utah. My arrival coincided with the government’s attempts to eradicate the invasive, water- guzzling tamarisk trees that were everywhere along the waterways with a beetle that, amazingly, ate only tamarisks. Ingenuous, I thought, to use such a targeted pest. Alas, the annihilation of the tamarisks invaded someone else’s home — the flycatchers who lived only among t