SUPERIOR – A few of this summer’s wildfires burned through timber that the Forest Service planned to log eventually. Now, logging will happen sooner but only as part of smaller salvage operations.

During Tuesday’s public scoping meeting at the Superior Ranger Station, Ninemile District Ranger Erin Phelps and other Forest Service specialists explained their fast-tracked proposal to log about 2,700 acres within the boundaries of the Sunrise Fire and 2,150 acres of the Sheep Gap Fire.