When we first meet him in the cabin where he lives alone by a meadow near a forest in the middle of nowhere, it's clear that this is the lawman of old, who doesn't say much but gets the job done.
The Sawtooth cabin-holders are appealing against the proposed increases partly by arguing that it is unfair to compare Forest Service cabins with nearby private property because the owners of the latter face far fewer restrictions on what they can do with their property.