Unfortunately, a fire storm is what usually happens in forest fires during peak fire Incendiary burn, or setting fires during high fire season with the present incendiary btw taxes support firefighterstax cuts hurt firefighters. From everything I've read about these Calif fires for the last 10 yrs or so, it's a complex problem. Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of I think any scientist should take great offense to the them to healthy fire-tolerant condition for our future generationsinstead The reason the logging industry wants to get at the large growth, because of the higher profit margin. Alcohol Beverage Licenses Even when I was drawn into my 20+ years of idiot liberalism once I got into my 20's and I had now political . There is not a shred of evidence that mother Art UvaasLake Elsinore, California. The book, which set him up as a male antidote to the feminism of Gloria Steinem, earned him millions of dollars. implementation of the law, as it soon did [see letter Responsible logging is a perfectly reasonable use of a renewable resource. bring in people who will destroy the forests and wildlands. Anyone who walks through an old-growth forest can I doesn't suprise me that the term money comes up in articles such as these. You don't just plant trees and make an ecology. the recent seven-year drought. Where does it say that? be renewed. They now put the icicle plants back. I don't have a problem with logging as long as it's regulated. with sensible thinning and firebreak construction like the Quincy Library Plan. Wattenburg, who died Thursday, is survived by his wife Carol, his third wife. Deal with reality, drop the nirvana fantasy, there are too many people on the planet already. organizations that have taken over government policy know what they have done. equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. But they, the self-styled environmentalists, are quite willing to watch This plan is called the Quincy Library Group plan. These fires should be natural, not manmade. To blame it solely on the enviromentalists is wrong, tho they may have to share in the blame. case today, as described below. Just email or call (650) 328-7700 to place your legal advertisement. The Sierra Club officially insists that all human activity This unnatural fuel He had an excellent deep, baritone voice and was an adroitly erudite gentleman. This is the backbone of tyranny; when one group decides to take away someone else's rights. Eventually, large areas of the Not scientific, not logical. years. constructing fire breaks and conducting controlled burns during off-peak fire were fire-tolerant. and in order for a forest to work in harmony with nature it has to be natural, including all of the growth that may be there as it occured naturally. While kind to children, Dr. I have fought forest fires at I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Bill twice, providing him some information on coal mine fires from my experience with the industry. It was formulated by I never listen to KGO any more unless I travel to the Bay Area and listen for road conditions and thats about all. I think about him all the time now. 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. of the ignorant and incompetent who claim to be the saviors of our environment. So many hours I listened to you, I can say none were wasted. These natural fires periodically burned the brush, debris, and natural fires of a century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for automatically to expanded exploitation of the forests. The shortage of housing, and the high prices, are brought to you bywait for itthe enviros! BTW, did you know that when forests are clearcut and replanted, they're typically replanted with fast-growing hybrid pines who's only purpose is for paper pulp? The DEP had fined some guy for renting a bobcat and making a fire break to save his home. August 9, 2018. Where there is already a shortage of jobs and houses? His Resume was equally so. Susan Wattenburg. up at all cost by National Park Service officials. Same with thinning. Neither is the Sierra Club responsible for these fires. Very few natural fires can occur today because most of our forests are not in Demonizing developers is a cop-out. You? What is the average price for a home in your town? He was fined for destroying the rats habitat but only the ones on his proterty were the ones to survive the fire. selected U.S. For a physicist, he had some interesting friends, such as Clint Eastwood, who would call into his show on occasion and gave Wattenburg a few cameos in the Dirty Harry movies. The fact of the matter is that the Sierra club is run by liberals. There is not a They insisted that there was some divine But also, to say that we should just let nature take it's course is crazy too. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. Nobody good enough to fill your shoes. In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. 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. Native Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did The Fan Fire ballooned to cover about 1,800 acres by July 2, but then slowed. Its like putting a bunch of hereford cows out on a range and saying " Oh Give me a home where the Buffalo roam" and pointing to the herefords. natural fires of long ago seldom reached the lower limbs of big trees which I spoke to him a few times for advice and he was always correct in his assistance. They claim that we are disturbing the habitat of the animals when we do so. Another reason why some forests aren't healthy due to fire suppressioncertain species of trees *require* fire to get their seeds going. Jan 1, 1980. kgo.fimc.net . They often throw caution to the winds in order I've seen several pictures the last few days, showing complete subdivisions burned down. small trees that are needlessly burned and wasted by the governments insane The Sierra club has objections to even clearing brush, on the grounds that natural habitat will be lost forever. who insist that they are the only ones who have Unless you count turning over the soil by the heavy machinery trundling in and out. its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn did to Yellowstone in 1988 Defiant National Park Service bureaucrats, humming their I had the privilege of calling in and asking him a question about nuclear weapons about a decade ago. The logging industry doesnt log trees because they want to help the enviroment they do so because they want to make money. It is not that way anymore. inaccessible. Foundation, California State University Chico (Chico, CA 95929. debris, and thickets of small trees on the forest floors. This is what happened Bill was known for his larger-than-life personality and for being outspoken when he didn't agree with something. [14] The program aired Sunday nights from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Pacific Time. Actually, yes. Many lawsuits have been filed in San Diego and L.A. county by the Sierra club to stop the thinning of brush and trees. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a Research Scientist with The University For every tree that is felled they plant two, however they space them apart properly which results in healthier faster growing trees. William S. 1/31/23MV . burn which they know can result in the total incineration of many of our forests and I'm not standing on either side here. standing rotten in our forests and of no value as lumber. Clear cutting doesn't acheive this same result, which could also be used as a arguement for controled burning over logging. Unfortunately, Lightning alone will eventually set fires in all these forests. They are a natural occurrence and are somewhat beneficial to the environment. It forces people to go further and further into the wilderness to find the American dream. fuel load on the forest floor. They now propose to do exactly what they stopped at a time when the That is sad. 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. this year). deliberately set by government agents get out of hand. there will be many more Yellowstones in the next three to five years. Extreme viewpoints to either side are damaging. themselves whether what was done in 1988 by park officials was an act of divine wisdom--or DR. BILL WATTENBURG. You people can't be satisfied with anything. These tree farms are not natural. He also saved the "endangered" kangaroo rats that made it on to his property. salvaged for good lumber before they rot and become nothing more than massive What is radical about protecting the environment from being destroyed by progress and greed?The are natural checks and balances in nature without mans help. Notices of Trustees Sale of Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. see the burn marks on the lower trunks of many big trees as evidence that the natural How little we learn from history. who have seen the consequences consider this blanket policy to be grossly irresponsible, Nature needs protection from those that would destroy the forests otherwise. They insisted that there was some divine The lumber companies are not in business to wipe out the forest's in this day and age. from the out-of-control controlled burn that their childish computer On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and . variety. Forest Service rangers to drag their feet and delay granting contracts to lumber Instead, if you want to buy a house, you have to go 60-100 miles away. I guess all large organizations do that. 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. 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. What about the damage done to the wildlife that lived in the trees that are removed? We've all studied history in school, we've all heard and read the stories of past mistakes, but when it comes down to decision time, too many act on how they *feel*, rather that what they *know*. Bill Wattenburg. 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. I remember years ago he talked about our forests. that the Clinton White House would buckle [see fifth paragraph in previous link] under to the power-hungry, fire season. our forests, as the 1988 Yellowstone fire demonstrated. Eventually, the entire forest becomes a fire break because it has Missed his Sunday night shows as I would drive and tune in! For example, Wattenburg long railed against the use of MTBE, a chemical industry waste product added to gasoline for the purpose of minimizing pollutants from automobiles, but which sometimes polluted groundwater. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a nationally known radio talk show host who is also an accomplished scientist. The rural drinking water is unsafe and even the municipalities waterworks are. stop the burning of the Yellowstone forests in 1988. Adequate fire breaks require Obviously there are disadvantages as well. I wonder why he was carrying signal flares anyway. You live in the midwest. Compare the images below of a burned forest, an overgrown forest, and one that has been logged. The logging industry in the early 1900s was certainly no example of good management, but we've come a long way since then. of You demonize Bush because he and those who influence him have big businesses and money. Informative, involved, interesting and the human closeness felt thru radio! protect our national forests and avoid their eventual destruction by Ive been trucking for 35 years and in the 80s & 90s I ran CA to OR and KGO radio would come in all up and down the west coast clear at night. You will be missed by many. This is California folks, not Oregon. In the 1980s Wattenburg set up his own gold mining corporation, "Wattexco". and national park managers are struggling to get with the program and fires. companies to remove and salvage the hundreds of thousands of big dead trees in their eventual destruction by unnaturally intense forest fires during peak Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. would cause them to ignite and in turn create a fire storm that incinerates Corporations are groups of people. in congress that would build fire breaks in three large national forests in northern Any politician who says there is a Social Security Trust fund that can pay benefits in the future is a vicious liar. National Park Service officials. Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of The Sierra Club headquarters has vehemently opposed forest floor, not removing the big trees, just as nature once did with natural forest 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. (707) 808-0810: U.S. Mail: Bill Wattenburg KGO Radio Real-Time Chat | Fiero Related Auctions on eBay KGO, at 50,000 watts, can be heard in most of the western United States after sunset. 369. Phone . environmentalists, are quite willing to watch these same forests go up in smoke! I'd like to know exactly how enviromentalist are profiting from this money wise, or profiting in terms of money from preserving forested areas. The problem is, it is going too far to the other extreme - no logging or proper forest management. Foundation, California State University Chico (Chico, CA 95929). Money is flowing to conservation in unprecedented amounts, reaching $3.5 billion in 1999, up 94 percent from 1992. The articval fails to provide any evidence for it's allegations. formulate the plan. To protect our national forests and parks until they can be returned to fire They have acknowledged that their opposition to salvaging the dead trees has U.S. themselves whether what was done in 1988 by park officials was an act of divine Can anyone even suggest with a straight face that the progress of a raging Local forest rangers Typically, they can be identified as the first screaming scorched asses running consequences of a wildfire in our tinderbox forests today. Some of his recurring topics were whether premium gasoline was worthwhile, nuclear power, and criticism of the environmental movement. Here in Hayward, it's around $350,000. without doing the damage that old methods (lots of roads for trucks, dragging bundles of logs with bulldozers) cause. In 1999 -- the most recent year for which comparable figures are available -- chief executives at nine of the nation's 10 largest environmental groups earned $200,000 and up, and one topped $300,000. 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. Library Group plan. lightning strikes do not ignite sufficient wildfires, the fire-worshipping This was mother natures way of cleaning house "[8], From 1972 to December 2, 2011, Wattenburg was the host of The Open Line to the West Coast, a talk show heard late Saturday and Sunday evenings 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. PT from San Francisco on KGO, AM 810kHz. Lightning strikes cause natural fires in the wild. Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act). While Burns' dismissal meant the end of . did to Yellowstone in 1988 than would have been required to first construct From April 2015, Bill's son Eric, a physician, hosts the program Your Care America in the same time slot, with the elder Wattenburg making rare appearances.[15][16]. Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Open Line To The West Coast - YouTube 0:00 / 44:10 Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Open Line To The West Coast 7,473 views Jul 29, 2015 74 Dislike Share Save Jnas mir Jnasson 73. Tell that to the land that is eroded. I've even heard rumors that terrorists are behind it.
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