What do you think? Would foresters be safer in pink?

Florescent pink coming to a forest near you?

By Tracie Mitchell
Northern Wyoming Daily News
March 8, 2018

WORLAND – Wyoming Senate File 61, a bill which would allow people hunting in Wyoming to wear either florescent orange or florescent pink passed through the Senate on Feb. 19. …Flitner said Wednesday, “For me honestly, this bill is about safety and possible dollars injected into our retail sector.” During the Committee of the Whole [first reading] co-sponsor Rep. Flitner (R-Greybull) explained that scientific data supports that florescent pink in the field is more visible to the human eye. …According to information from University of Wisconsin-Madison textile science professor Majid Sarmadi, “It is well known that blaze orange provides a very good contrast in the wooded areas in the spring and summer. However, when visually compared to the orange colors found in the fall leaves, blaze orange was harder to detect than the pink colors that were tested.”

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