First, make sure you are correct about the ownership of adjacent properties. Then, talk to the managers in charge to better understand their management objectives and constraints. Private landowners have much more freedom in making decisions about their lands than public ownerships that are bound by many laws and policies. While some people, for instance, want to see immediate removal and economic use of fire-killed or damaged trees, others are against any economic use and many management activities on public lands. You may have to be content to work through the political process to help change federal land management and the laws and policies that constrain it.
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