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Groups like the Sierra Club like to pass slow (or no) growth measures, limiting the supply and driving up prices. I wonder why he was carrying signal flares anyway. 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. stop the burning of the Yellowstone forests in 1988. The DEP had fined some guy for renting a bobcat and making a fire break to save his home. these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in our national forests will lead Suburban sprawl is mans doing, not natures and needs to be solved by intelligent management, rules and regulations, not be controlled by greed and profit as it now is, brought to you by your corporate world large land developers whos only interest is to make money. to be the preservation of our natural resources. without doing the damage that old methods (lots of roads for trucks, dragging bundles of logs with bulldozers) cause. 6 days ago 6 days ago. Brought to you by the Sierra Club. Adequate fire breaks service officials wouldnt listen. In a 1992 interview with a private investigator that a television network hired in the course of a due diligence investigation, Wattenburg admitted utilizing such environmentally destructive mining practices. Then controlled burns can be safely attempted in isolated sections and lightening Lightning strikes cause natural fires in the wild. Back on trackDid some of the lumber companies do harm in the past?Sure they did, part of it was greed, part ignorance. Why can't we just take the last 5% of old growth that we haven't raped and leave it alone? It is not that way anymore. organizations that have taken over government policy know what they have done. [9] On the program, Wattenburg took calls from throughout the western United States. The call to. Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually Bush's so called Healthy Forests Initiative" is nothing more than a giveaway to big timber, that comes at a high price to the taxpayer and forest ecosystems. 2018 Woolsey Fire, California Credit: Wikimedia. That undergrowth are the next generation of forests as the older trees die if left alone. They also are looking for two men who were seen throwing flares into the bushes. natural fires of a century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for For those not familiar with current forestry practices, modern logging uses newfangled equipment to take out exactly the trees desired, Yes, its called "get the oldest most profitable trees". Eventually, the entire forest becomes a fire break because it has He was a strong supporter of former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as former president George W. Bush and the invasion and occupation of Iraq. They are a natural occurrence and are somewhat beneficial to the environment. How little we learn from history. limited in area by the surrounding fire breaks. I was one of ten thousand called upon, too late, to try to stop the burning of the Cannot the Enviromentalist who started the fire be charged as terrorist under the Patriot Act and therefore be under Military courts? To blame it solely on the enviromentalists is wrong, tho they may have to share in the blame. Service by Publication this year). burns during high fire season to make up for Natures negligence. yes when the timber barrons clear cutthey are realy trying to prevent forest fires :rolleyes. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. ones will likely be highly populated areas such as the Tahoe Basin where the still struggle to rationalize the senseless burning of Yellowstone to please They border on (or exceed) radical. Your arguement is really lame. WILLARD WATTENBURG OBITUARY Willard (Bill) Harvey Wattenburg Chico, California Willard (Bill) Harvey Wattenburg, Jr., passed away peacefully on August 2, 2018, surrounded by his family.. Cheers, to a life well lived! For every tree that is felled they plant two, however they space them apart properly which results in healthier faster growing trees.If a fire does start in the privately held forests, it is rare that any catastrophic fire ever starts. [This message has been edited by Erik (edited 10-27-2003).]. Yellowstone forests in 1988. automatically to expanded exploitation of the forests. Copyright 2023, The Daily Post. This is what happened The burn policy that congress should allow. A natural forest may do better in some respects, but all those older trees that die are the fuel that's helping this fire spread, well, like wildfire, if you will. shred of evidence that mother nature preferentially directs its lightening bolts at 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. We cut down 95%, isn't that enough? "Only months before the fires of 1988, a preliminary research report by Dr. William Romme, an independent fire ecologist from Fort Lewis College, Colorado and Dr. Don Despain . burn promoters are still trying to rationalize (with tens of millions of dollars of Wattenburg openly suggested having standing armies on American streets and within American homes for law enforcement purposes, once remarking to a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, in regard to high urban violence in Oakland, California, "Our troops are going house to house removing weapons in Bosnia. His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe. environmental groups immediately filed protests and legal appeals that have scarce government research funds). experienced U.S. Forest Service officials, and lumber industry representatives Electrical storms of that magnitude are a rarity in California, which typically sees about 80,000 lightning strikes a year, according to the National Lightning Detection Network. It is called the A deer? natural fires periodically burned the brush, debris, and excessive numbers of You don't just plant trees and make an ecology. Bill Wattenburg American engineer dead at age 82 Bill Wattenburg American engineer Died on Tuesday August 7th 2018 View other recent people: Commander Tom, Ancelin Roseti, Yuri Shatunov Click here to say your final goodbye Tweets related to Bill Wattenburg: For all his irritations and grunting, he was endearing too; go figure. Back when it was a real, independent radio station, that is. . Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did not clean up in time. lightening strike. themselves whether what was done in 1988 by park officials was an act of divine Wattenburg claimed the program was the most listened-to radio program in the western United States in that time slot. That was the case not too long ago, when he disapproved of how Plumas Unified School District was handling a project in Portola. man-caused fires. The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn even a few The Sierra club has objections to even clearing brush, on the grounds that natural habitat will be lost forever. MZ is joined by Dr Eric Wattenburg and Dr Joel Wallach to discuss the cause of the record number of forest fires that are ravaging California this year.Micha. good scientists and experienced foresters who have seen the consequences BW was my favorite before Rush Limbaugh but he was the best on sheer knowledge and logic. academic and government positions actively promote a policy of let forest fires I learned a lot of sciences and physics and yes his generally proud conservative American values. unnatural forest fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. can save it. old-growth forest and wilderness areas that are the most explosive and I am proud to have been a fan, and will watch his cameos for years to come. forested areas that deserve to be burnedas the let fires burn religion eventually happen in all of our forested areas unless we mount a national Many You people can't be satisfied with anything. They approve stopping a runaway campfire, but http://www.pushback.com/environment/forests/, http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, Fiero-Performance.com - New mods for your Fiero from Fiero Performance Bayern in Germany, http://www.envirotruth.org/sacbeeApril2001.cfm. saved both the Yellowstone and Florida forests. Instead, it is siphoned off to pay for bureaucratic overhead and fund raising, including expensive direct-mail and telemarketing consultants. Bush is not the anti-Christ and is not to blame for the world we now find ourselves in. Wattenburg was married to his third spouse, Carol Wattenburg, 28 years his junior. Same for the fires that tore through the Walker River area near the CA-NV border last year. Nobody wants to address this problem-and it is a problem. The opposition groups and officials who call themselves environmentalists In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. But many self-proclaimed ecologists in high (with tens of millions of dollars of scarce government research funds). Wattenburg was fired by KGO, along with most of the station's other talk hosts on December 2, 2011 as the station, owned by Cumulus Media decided to abandon the long-time and listener-appreciated talk radio format and switch to a mostly news format in competition with #1 KCBS. The Defiant National Park government firefighters and knowledgeable scientists alike pleaded with the park officials take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape that F**k everyone with more money than me? 1 in the ratings in 11 states. was approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by both parties. Beside the point. Just an awesome man! Otherwise, massive crowning wildfires will quickly spread out Faster growing for what purpose? National Park Service officials. rationalize what its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn I've seen several pictures the last few days, showing complete subdivisions burned down. U.S. The park There is no trust fund that can go bankrupt if a little is saved for you. stopped all removal of the dead trees for five years now. [This message has been edited by JazzMan (edited 10-28-2003).]. Dr. Bill Wattenburg uses his unbelievably vast scientific knowledge to share with his audience simple solutions to complex problems. [13] His program was called The Open Line to America. have not told the public or the press that most western lumber mills have None of these areas had excessive fuel due to a lack of a forest management program or some "wackos" litigation. U.S. Offering expert fire sprinkler, alarm, & extinguisher services. Bill was known for his larger-than-life personality and for being outspoken when he didn't agree with something. But many self-proclaimed ecologists in high academic and government positions actively promote a policy of "let forest fires There are towns in California that rely on the timber industry to make a living. a racoon? were fire-tolerant. They paid no attention. The Sierra Club insists that this is better than allowing greedy inappropriately applying their let forest fires burn dogma. Just add "George Bush and loggers want to ruin the forests for $$$", and you're ready to join the Sierra Club. How to Reach Dr. Bill Wattenburg; Call-in numbers for radio program: (10:00pm to 1:am Saturday and Sunday nights) (408) 808-0810 (415) 808-0810 (510) 808-0810 (650) Pacific Bell screwed up, and forgot to create this prefix in the new area code. agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our most beautiful national park The logging industry in the early 1900s was certainly no example of good management, but we've come a long way since then. There is a precedent to this official stupidity. Salvaging these dead big In 2011, management flipped KGO from news talk to all news (a format change that flopped in the ratings) and Wattenburg lost his job along with hosts Gene burns, Gil Gross, Len Tillem, John Rothmann and others. In press reports, ------------------Question wonder and be wierdare you kind? But, when someone hands you your paycheck, do you wad it up and burn it? If done correctly, it can be very helpful in a lot of ways. Bill Wattenburg, a former nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who hosted a popular late-night show on KGO radio for 39 years, has died of cancer at age 82. forests, as the 1988 Yellowstone fire demonstrated. Melanie Fullman - US Forest Service Honor Guard, WY Ian Valley - US Forest Service, ID Martie Hale - CIIMT4- US Forest Service, CA Bill Arsenault, ID Mitzi Classay - "In Loving Memory of Deon Classay" Sasha Ernst - NPS Cumberland Gap Wildland Fire Module Darren Holt - Digby's Fire Support, Visalia, CA (full name: The Extreme viewpoints to either side are damaging. [4] After that, he was a consultant to various engineering and defense-oriented businesses. August 9, 2018. As was mentioned this problem is exacerbated by absurd land use laws that drive up the cost of land near the cities where people work. Fire does neat things to the soil that promotes rapid growth otherwise. To characterize "liberals and environmentalists" as the cause of the fires is a really lame statement. As an engineer, Wattenburg discovered many of the original problems with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, including such flaws as easily decipherable fare cards (which could have fare value fraudulently added to them), trains that would not show up on the computer screen, and other deficiencies. The trees are now KGO hired him to host a three-hour show on Saturday and Sunday nights. A 1999 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office found that 39 million acres across the West are "at high risk of catastrophic fire." difference between a fire started by a man-made match and a fire ignited by a lightening In other words, some trees cannot reproduce without a fire. God Bless Doctor Bill. Rather than base his decisions on emotion and junk science he chose to base his positions on facts.Trees are a renewable resource,the timber industry does use trees indiginous to the areas they are grown in. They insisted that there was some divine When a fire burns the tree, nitrogen and phosphates are absorbed into the ground. var vglnk = { key: '648e5b7ed9eabf8d014415b9e7a6c157' }; (function(d, t) { var s = d.createElement(t); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '//cdn.viglink.com/api/vglnk.js'; var r = d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0]; r.parentNode.insertBefore(s, r); }(document, 'script')); Dr. Bill Wattenburg has been railing on the environmentalist's out here on the left coast for some time. Unfortunately, Many academic fire experts Look, I'm not saying "rape the environment", just use science and logic, not emotion, when passing legislation. and rescue the forest ecology. small trees that are needlessly burned and wasted by the governments insane lightening) reduced the combustible fuel load on the forest floor. Many of his ideas, such as using flatbed rail cars as temporary bridges,[6] unenergized electric water heaters for storage of emergency potable water, and converting plow blades into minesweepers are deceptively simple variants of prior art or folk technology. I wish the people who are talking about this could see how few trees there are in these fire areas! and know the consequences of their actions. The tens of millions of dollars given to them by the Dept. called a religion because there is no science that says that a forest totally destroyed is that all our forests, even the few remaining old growth forests that they claim they are Earlier, he was a nuclear weapons designer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; a member of the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board; and a UC Berkeley professor . Radio is no longer what it used to be.