-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 06 December 2002 11:15 am, Ted Ozolins wrote: > Lee wrote: > >>Fire is part of the natural world's forest management technique. > >> After every > > > >fire there is a revitalization of burned areas. Fire only becomes a > > problem when people with more money and greed than brains build > > their houses (or should I call them real estate investments?) in > > the middle of the forest. As for pruning the old growth, that's > > just lumber industry baffle garb for clear cutting the old growth > > forest's 500 year old Douglas Fir and 1000 year old redwoods to > > make picnic tables for yuppies and more houses deeper in the > > forests. > > I couldn't agree with you more. I'm an avid hiker, camper and hunter, > I've hiked through most areas of British Columbia, Ontario and NWT. > Nowhere have I found anything in the forests that would spell "fire > hazard" because of lack of "pruning old growths". Any foilage that > hits the forest floor doesn't just lie there drying to become > fire-starters, it decays and with time feeds the forest. Forests need > water and a lack of it spells disaster, Not only to old growth but > saplings as well. As for the environmentalist wacos, if we all had > listened to them, we probably wouldn't be facing the weather > disasters we are seeing today. JMHO
I agree. If we had listened to them, there wouldn't be El Nino. - -- Robert Black Eagle One gets wise only after being stupid. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE98Xz+tjSYKkYJrmcRAmK6AJ0VLPaetVWS02pFaVXIjkwP1l+wHgCdGD3t hekwjGFgOYC91WmTB7BNQ8Y= =iOAl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
