To willfully destroy the white pine forest without producing the science-based data describing in detail the pros and cons is madness. No one disputes the state agencies’ responsibility to manage the Manuel Correllus State Forest (MCSF). Can the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Department of Environmental Protection inform the public what percentage of scrub oak barrens already exist in the state forest? Assertions have been made that white pine is not historically native to the island of Martha’s Vineyard as justification for their removal. To willfully destroy the white pine forest, without producing the science-based data describing in detail the pros and cons is madness.