ON THE STREET

The Southeast Missourian asked, "How do you feel about the National Forest Service allowing tree cutting in the Shawnee Forest?"

Sharon Brown, Delta

"I don't like it. I just don't think they should cut the trees."

Robert Bentley, Cape Girardeau

"I think that selective cutting should be allowed because they have a lot of trees that by necessity should be trimmed to allow new trees to come. If you don't cut out some of the older trees, it doesn't give the young trees a chance to mature."

Donn Miller, Tamms, Ill.

"If the forest service is getting what a private owner of trees would be getting for his. It hinges on whether we're getting a good deal or not. I have nothing against harvesting trees. I don't like clear-cutting. Harvesting is OK as long as it's not a giving away of the resources such as was common in the Reagan administration."

Syd Fleming, Cape Girardeau

"With it being the National Forest Service, I just hope that the National Forest Service knows what they're doing, and I trust their judgment in letting the people cut the trees down."