GMD52
Silver Member
Just a short addition, and I'm by no means lecturing, that ended years ago.
What was brought up here, as I understand it is the way that today's Fed. lands are managed, and the terrible effect that these fires are having , they are effecting the whole environment, not just the forest.
If the land managers were still able to use methods to promote growth, and not do nothing these fires would not have these devastating results. Used to be that the forests were subject to timber stand improvement cutting, the removal of dead and dying trees, and the removal of brush...essentially removing the fires fuel. People wanted the environment left untouch, untrampled, and roadless and inaccessible.....This is where two definitions need to be understood, CONSERVATION: the wise use of our natural resources, and, PRESERVATION: the non-use of our natural resources. That is what is fuelling these fires, and burning the west......We no longer have access except by foot, and you can't carry much water in that way. These
fed. forest, and Park lands were set aside for the enjoyment of all, not a few.....and we are now seeing their ruination....I'm done and off my soapbox, but this has been a subject , and field I have worked in my whole career, and the changes bother me greatly, well intentioned, but uninformed people, who have the abilty to sway public policy are dangerous, and this is only one example. And that statement is directed at no-one here!......Gary
What was brought up here, as I understand it is the way that today's Fed. lands are managed, and the terrible effect that these fires are having , they are effecting the whole environment, not just the forest.
If the land managers were still able to use methods to promote growth, and not do nothing these fires would not have these devastating results. Used to be that the forests were subject to timber stand improvement cutting, the removal of dead and dying trees, and the removal of brush...essentially removing the fires fuel. People wanted the environment left untouch, untrampled, and roadless and inaccessible.....This is where two definitions need to be understood, CONSERVATION: the wise use of our natural resources, and, PRESERVATION: the non-use of our natural resources. That is what is fuelling these fires, and burning the west......We no longer have access except by foot, and you can't carry much water in that way. These
fed. forest, and Park lands were set aside for the enjoyment of all, not a few.....and we are now seeing their ruination....I'm done and off my soapbox, but this has been a subject , and field I have worked in my whole career, and the changes bother me greatly, well intentioned, but uninformed people, who have the abilty to sway public policy are dangerous, and this is only one example. And that statement is directed at no-one here!......Gary
