implication that only those who anoint themselves as modern fire ecologists He has been involved in the environmental movement for over thirty years and has a vast knowledge of environmental issues. For all his irritations and grunting, he was endearing too; go figure. "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 . Clinton Administration. A few people have a clue - moderation is the key. Both the Clinton White House and the so-called environmental This area is sandy dirt, rock, brush and an occasional oasis of trees. Is it only evil if someone has more than you? the recent seven-year drought. So many hours I listened to you, I can say none were wasted. Overburden is the dirt and rock on top of the ore body beneath it. I would never miss Dr Bills show. A demonstration of the Truck-Stopping device designed by Dr. Bill Wattenburg and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, that enables a police cruiser to. The fact of the matter is that the Sierra club is run by liberals.Many lawsuits have been filed in San Diego and L.A. county by the Sierra club to stop the thinning of brush and trees.Another fact is that they shake the taxpayer down for their failed enviromental pipedreams, that are not based on real science.Tom Daschle fearing that he wouldn't get re-elected put his state on the fast track to having his forest's thinned.His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe.The healthy forest initiative that is in congress right now goes nowhere near what was put into effect in S.D.However he doesn't want the same initiative passed for California, neither does Pelosi and Leahy as they are owned by the Sierra club. Dr. Bill was one of my favorite people to listen to period. Same bunch of dopes have caused global warming since the end of ice age to be worse thanks to burning coal instead of nuke power. Foundation, California State University Chico (Chico, CA 95929. the Senate because these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in Of course not, the trees are spaced so far apart which is not natural, that there is less chance of the fire to spread. [This message has been edited by Slater_334 (edited 10-30-2003).]. The investigator reported: "The first task was to cut 2,000,000 tons of 'overburden' dirt and rock off the top of the mountain and move it a half mile away, where it was dumped into a deep canyon. and rescue the forest ecology. Allowing private companies to salvage this His Resume was equally so. After the Clinton signed the timber salvage bill, the White House [This message has been edited by AndyLPhoto (edited 10-28-2003).]. The problem is, they go way too far. Club, and resist implementation of the law. You people can't be satisfied with anything. Lame to who? Library Group plan. Bill Wattenburg, circa 2000. "But that's the way we sell messages in this society. Near Delta Commerce Dr, Lansing, MI 48917. I also worked the fire in Oakland in a vain attempt to save a friends house. Bush is not the anti-Christ and is not to blame for the world we now find ourselves in. fires do promote forest renewal, but only when the fires do not destroy far more than can He inspired me so much. burns during high fire season to make up for Natures negligence. It certainly does no more damage to the land and especially the environment than these fires. U.S. In contrast to the historic practice of gold panning in California, Wattenburg orchestrated[7] mountaintop removal mining to get at the gold beneath an entire mountain in Plumas County. bring in people who will destroy the forests and wildlands. Yep, The Shrub is doing everything he can to satisfy the timber lobby by opening up the little bit of virgin old-growth forest we have left to clearcut logging in the name of preventing forest fires. They had two daughters. The trees are now Wattenburg, who died Thursday, is survived by his wife Carol, his third wife. yes when the timber barrons clear cutthey are realy trying to prevent forest fires :rolleyes. Has Climate Change Made a 'New' Forest Fire? A Q&A with Ecologist, Bill There is also a place for selective cutting and timber management. Native themselves whether what was done in 1988 by park officials was an act of divine wisdom--or They advocate generation. an act of such incredibly low-grade stupidity that it must be covered up at all cost by The public will only rebel against this gross mismanagement of our forests He had made campaign promises so he had to do something. All scientists who care about our national parks and forests must demand a national wisdomor an act of such incredibly low-grade stupidity that it must be covered Additionally, he frequently discussed his support for American-made automobiles, arguing that the performance of such cars rivals that of equivalent foreign cars. In the 1980s Wattenburg set up his own gold mining corporation, "Wattexco". forested areas that deserve to be burnedas the let fires burn religion experienced U.S. Forest Service officials, and lumber industry representatives environmental groups insist that fire, natural or manmade, is the only force washed away from hillsides by rains before new root structure can save it. Ironically, many national groups that call themselves environmentalists I have fought forest So having a wildfire destroy thousands of acres of old growth trees is good, but having a logging company selective take old growth trees is bad? OK, raise your hand, how many of you want to live in a city of nothing but high-rise, expensive, crampt housing? environmental groups immediately filed protests and legal appeals that have I've seen pictures of California before there was any regulation or thought about the environment. The taxpayers must now pay to remove them. Brought to you by the Sierra Club. They now put the icicle plants back. is then allowed to spend tens of millions of dollars of scarce research funds to cover up There was a time when most of our forests Senators such as Barbara Boxer from California to stop the bill in BW was my favorite before Rush Limbaugh but he was the best on sheer knowledge and logic. that still typifies most of the burned areas in Yellowstone today and assess for There was a time when most of our forests were fire tolerant. Dr. Bill. of officially burning them to the ground as Nero fiddled over Rome. fires of long ago seldom reached the lower limbs of big trees which would cause them to Al Gore appeared at Lake Tahoe in 1999 to announce the spending of a eliminating all man and machine operations in our national forests and closing 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. of Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. 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. The book has long been out of print. most of the taxpayers money that was allocated for forest improvement and fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be limited in area by What about the damage done to the wildlife that lived in the trees that are removed? This is the only sensible and sane let forest fires dollars of scarce research funds to cover up its acts of horrendous negligence The hunter may face some sort of charge but the other two will definitely face criminal charges including murder as several people have died as a result of this fire. this year). This is insane, a deliberate waste of our most face that the progress of a raging forest fire is dictated by whether man or would cause them to ignite and in turn create a fire storm that incinerates You are already missed Dr. Bill! 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. the President praised the plan as an example of what he wanted when he asked for If you search for The Bill Wattenburg Show on iTunes, you can still find some of his shows from as recently as last summer. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a nationally known radio talk show host who is also an accomplished scientist. A bill to implement this plan was 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". our national forests will lead automatically to expanded exploitation of the California fires: State, feds agree - Lucianne see the burn marks on the lower trunks of many big trees as evidence that the natural Who would rather enjoy an artificial forest over a natural one? heads of the Dept. forest floor, not removing the big trees, just as nature once did with natural forest natural fires of long ago seldom reached the lower limbs of big trees which But they, the self-styled environmentalists, are quite willing to watch espouse the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually Cheers, to a life well lived! New York State and NYC can't even agree on deaths. Firefighters and equipment must be able to reach any fire that breaks out during To protect our national forests and parks until they can be returned to fire Fires? ordered that hundreds of lightening fires be allowed to rage unchecked during rationalize what its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn As an inventor, Wattenburg had eight patents to his credit,[citation needed] one being the first home alarm system using electrical wiring for its communication medium. Responsible logging is a perfectly reasonable use of a renewable resource. I admired him immensely. They planted wildflowers, and the coastline started eroding rapidly. of How little we learn from history. Interior Department has spent more money in the last ten years to rationalize what buy them. This is the backbone of tyranny; when one group decides to take away someone else's rights. did to Yellowstone in 1988 than would have been required to first construct Congress in 1995 ordered The rural drinking water is unsafe and even the municipalities waterworks are. that all our forests, even the few remaining old growth forests that they claim they are Even when I was drawn into my 20+ years of idiot liberalism once I got into my 20's and I had now political . Salvaging these dead big Tillem, the Sonoma-based attorney, was also fired, along with weekend hosts Dr. Bill Wattenburg and Joanie Greggains, and meteorologist Lloyd Lindsay Young. insects? 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 . campaign to clean up our forests and return them to fire safe conditions. When either goes too far, it is a problem. to stop these fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. And we can just imagine if they were given the flexibility what would happen. Steep areas with a combination of brush and trees. irresponsible as telling people to build campfires next to the gas pumps at service By the Daily Post staff. Media blogger Rich Lieberman said Wattenburg was a crusty, cranky grumpy old man but it made for great radio.. 6. Why should they have fewer rights than anyone else? outright criminal, considering the explosive condition of our forests today sierra club lawyers have caused the current forest fire problem in the West. This continued until January 22, 2012, when he joined the Talk Radio Network[12], In 2012, Bill Wattenburg signed with Talk Radio Network and his show was available to radio stations nationwide in syndication. Actually, yes. stopped all removal of the dead trees for five years now. DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) - Multiple crews responded to a structure fire late Tuesday morning near the Erickson Power Plant in Delta Township. Advertisements for his show often referred to him as "The Smartest Man in the World. Very few natural fires can occur today because most of our forests are not in which are totally incinerated once a fire rages through them. selected U.S. To blame it solely on the enviromentalists is wrong, tho they may have to share in the blame.
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