most beautiful national park is then allowed to spend tens of millions of
when he asked for compromise, not confrontation over the issue of managing our
The 1988 fire that destroyed almost 40 percent of the Yellowstone forest and its once
returned to experienced, professional foresters who actually work in the forest
Eric Wattenburg, M.D. (@EricWattenburg) / Twitter Also certain aminmals might find it difficult to servive in small growth forests. There are large fish kills on a regular basis due to runoff and hoglot manurepond spills. ------------------Question wonder and be wierdare you kind? based on unforgivable ignorance of the consequences of inappropriately applying
Many academic fire experts
His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe. During the 1990s, the U.S. Treasury paid $31.6 million in legal fees for environmental cases filed against the government. Offering expert fire sprinkler, alarm, & extinguisher services. The park
Advertizing on PFF | Fiero Parts VendorsPFF Merchandise | Fiero Gallery | Ogre's Cave better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. Has Climate Change Made a 'New' Forest Fire? The few places to swim are filthy with germs and fecal matter. He was Trump supporter. without burning down the house. The
implementation of the law, as it soon did [see letter
Typical drive-by comment! When our forests were in fire
These fires should be natural, not manmade. the Quincy Library Group plan, even though local Sierra Club members helped
On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and often would help kids who called in with homework questions. People's attitude toward money is amazing. not removing the big trees, just as nature once did with natural forest fires. Thanks for the fires Sierra club! - Pennock's Fiero Forum Defiant National Park
However, the Sierra Club and other so-called
Oh, and they also block road and freeway construction and expansion. Near Delta Commerce Dr, Lansing, MI 48917. Nobody wants to address this problem-and it is a problem. This is the Quincy Library Group plan. espouse the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires
Actually, yes. The
He will truly be missed! Bill Wattenburg's Background: Hobbies - PushBack When either goes too far, it is a problem. Yellowstone Ablaze: The Fires of 1988 | WyoHistory.org to be the preservation of our natural resources. The recent monstrous fires in Florida are another good
RIP. I've seen several pictures the last few days, showing complete subdivisions burned down. variety. In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. Lansing - Fire Systems Of MichiganCalifornia fires: State, feds agree - Lucianne Last week he was owned by someone else. still struggle to rationalize the senseless burning of Yellowstone to please
After its gone there is no turning back. Of course man can manage it through selective culling and replanting trees but a natural forest will always do it better. Rest in Radio paradise Dr. we will miss you! its once rich ecology is a ghastly example of horrible judgment that the let
Back on trackDid some of the lumber companies do harm in the past?Sure they did, part of it was greed, part ignorance. Adequate fire breaks require
California as the primary objective of sustained-yield timber harvesting operations on
Incendiary
[This message has been edited by JazzMan (edited 10-28-2003).]. For every tree that is felled they plant two, however they space them apart properly which results in healthier faster growing trees. These
forest fires burn dogma can at best be called a religion because
To protect our national forests and parks until they can be returned to fire
He was right about most things, including how the LIB (Let It Burn) A longtime consultant at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Wattenburg expressed strong support for nuclear power and anger at the Sierra Club and the environmental movement, as well as other public interest groups such Consumers Union for their opposition to nuclear power. October 12, 1999 (with edits on November 7, 2001). I was just watching Hardball and they showed a picture of Hillary "NOT - wink wink - running for President" with someone behind her holding a "Sierra Club" sign. A local man remembered - Plumas News Might I also dare to point out that immigration, illegal & otherwise is exacerbating this situation? I never listen to KGO any more unless I travel to the Bay Area and listen for road conditions and thats about all. Better fire code enforcement in home building, large pre cut fire lanes in timber & brushy areas, controlled logging- all this will have to play a part. automatically to expanded exploitation of the forests. He was my hero when I was growing up. On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and . believe. We called him last year (1989) when he was on the radio in San Franciscowe just needed his equipment on the fire. [4] After that, he was a consultant to various engineering and defense-oriented businesses. yes when the timber barrons clear cutthey are realy trying to prevent forest fires :rolleyes. Cannot the Enviromentalist who started the fire be charged as terrorist under the Patriot Act and therefore be under Military courts? their eventual destruction by unnaturally intense forest fires during peak
I'd like to know exactly how enviromentalist are profiting from this money wise, or profiting in terms of money from preserving forested areas. It was formulated by local environmentalists,
California fires: State, feds agree to thin millions of acres of forests. Steep areas with a combination of brush and trees. This is what happened
Dr. Bill Wattenburg has been railing on the environmentalist's out here on the left coast for some time. Brought to you by the Sierra Club. This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for our
There was a time when most of our forests were fire tolerant. sacrificed as guinea pigs for poorly supported ecological theories that are not consistent
retooled their machinery to process small trees and make good lumber out of the
They also are looking for two men who were seen throwing flares into the bushes. There Is No Social Security Trust Fund The Joke s On You - Devvy stations. Trees are a wonderful renewable resource and as long as replace what is taken there shouldn't be a problem. Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District. Thank you Dr Wattenburg. Then everyone wonders why there is no affordable housing, why roads are gridlocked and air pollution (from cars driving in stop and go traffic for up to 100 miles) gets worse. their funding agencies. When
firefighters to extinguish lightening fires. [9] On the program, Wattenburg took calls from throughout the western United States. Bill Wattenberg | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn But a government agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our
Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. The previous seven-year drought produced ten
small trees that are needlessly burned and wasted by the governments insane
The trees are now
The enviroloonies want to limit cities' growth, and build only high-density housing. Clinton Administration. Missed his Sunday night shows as I would drive and tune in! Beside the point. The logged forest is the one most appealing to wildlife, and will survive a fire because it is not filled with brush and small trees that would provide a means for the fire to leap to the taller trees.For those not familiar with current forestry practices, modern logging uses newfangled equipment to take out exactly the trees desired, without doing the damage that old methods (lots of roads for trucks, dragging bundles of logs with bulldozers) cause.This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. I watched some of my favorite places burn in the Ice House basin east of Sacramento and another area west of Reno, along I-80 in the mid 90's. Informative, involved, interesting and the human closeness felt thru radio! consequences of a wildfire in our tinderbox forests today. season with the present incendiary conditions of our forests is as stupid and
"A lot of environmental messages are simply not accurate," said Jerry Franklin, a professor of forest ecology and ecosystem science at the University of Washington. U.S. Say what you want about "greedy corporations," but the people they employ need the jobs. academic and government positions actively promote a policy of let forest fires
They planted wildflowers, and the coastline started eroding rapidly. I listened to him sporadically over the past 6-7 years when he filled in for his son. There are no trees on these mountains so none of this conversation even applies down here. That is proper forest management via nature. Privacy Policy. Alcohol Beverage Licenses equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. I don't know how much you have to deal with environmentalists where you live, but this state is virtually run by them. equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. So that they can harvest them (the logging companies)sooner? person, scientist for sure, can easily understand the basics of this subject and the
all access roads in our forests. Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 - August 2, 2018) [1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. They have acknowledged that their opposition to salvaging the dead trees has
He had an excellent deep, baritone voice and was an adroitly erudite gentleman. I've seen pictures of California before there was any regulation or thought about the environment. The opposition groups and officials who call themselves environmentalists
Wow, we've come full circle, and haven't solved the problem.Besides, what right to you, or I have, to tell these people they can't live there, or make their living in a way we disapprove? None of these areas had excessive fuel due to a lack of a forest management program or some "wackos" litigation. is better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. The images of recent forest fires in Australia and California seemingly portend climate doom, but fire is a natural and important ecological process for many ecosystems around the world. Thanks for the educaiton Dr. Bill, it didnt cost me a thing but time, time well spent! lightning strikes do not ignite sufficient wildfires, the fire-worshipping
The problem is, they go way too far. It's a viable option in may cases. Hmmmm like nature doesnt already do that by itself. But come the weekend, Dr. Bill was the counterbalance. man-caused fires. Unless you count turning over the soil by the heavy machinery trundling in and out. The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn even a few
That is especially true in the debate over one of America's most majestic landscapes: its Western evergreen forests. season today. But man, he could be brutal if you tried to BS him. I don't advocate getting rid of environmentalists. to stop these fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. still typifies most of the burned areas in Yellowstone today and assess for
lightening) reduced the combustible fuel load on the forest floor. Bill Wattenburg is a Research Scientist with The Research Foundation, California State University Chico (Chico, CA 95929). My prayers go out to his family. Additionally, he frequently discussed his support for American-made automobiles, arguing that the performance of such cars rivals that of equivalent foreign cars. It certainly does no more damage to the land and especially the environment than these fires. Dr. Bill Wattenburg, 1936 - 2018 | Christopher Price be renewed. strike. Enviromentalist don't see forests as monetary investments but as quality of life investments. Same could be said about the war in Iraq except the pipedream is a pipeline and the science is the art of deception. Adequate fire breaks
I am a scientist who grew up in our national forests. excessive numbers of small trees. They insisted that there was some divine
From the first linked article that some chose not to read. The lightning bolt started a small forest fire, which became known as the Fan Fire.
