tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post7875186383761869390..comments2024-03-29T06:26:14.502-06:00Comments on THE WESTERNER: Decades Of Mismanagement Turned US Forests Into ‘Slow-Motion Time Bombs’Frank DuBoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078935296275462544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-28292031162924399942018-08-09T16:03:05.802-06:002018-08-09T16:03:05.802-06:00There's a pretty good FB comment thread going ...There's a pretty good FB comment thread going on Forbes' article penned by Charles <br />Devore about the fires & mismanagement of forests.<br /><br />...Even Ramona Morrison chimed in a couple times.<br /><br />There was one comment from one woman close to the Carr fire who said locals had the fire all but put out.. til Cal Fire took over and wouldn't let local firefighters help... and afterwards the fire exploded.<br /><br />Another commenter told of a Tuolomne county fire a couple of days ago that was only 1,200 acres and CalFire wasn't as proactive as they should be & now its 13,000 acres & burned some cabins,<br /><br />Another told about the Humboldt fire, the Frenchglen fire & others fires where to stand down or not staying around for hot spots.<br /><br />Seems to be a trend here in wildfires...<br /><br />There were even various comments about the Hammonds, BLM and the motives to get ranchers off the land,<br /><br />One commenter, who says he sits the Farm Bureau, knows a neighbor of the Hammonds who said that there were assay holes dug near the Hammond's property line.<br /><br />Lots of urban dwellers read Forbes ...so now they're getting the real story from firsthand accounts rural communities.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-87926006040358213442018-08-09T15:32:42.432-06:002018-08-09T15:32:42.432-06:00Good to see Zybach actually getting some coverage ...Good to see Zybach actually getting some coverage outside of "inside forestry" circles. Yay for Bob. He's right and more people should know his name.Dave Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09204748028972580500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-73122184175848715882018-08-09T08:24:51.006-06:002018-08-09T08:24:51.006-06:00The decades of environmental meddling, EPA restric...The decades of environmental meddling, EPA restrictive policies, greenies who believed they could manage the national forests better themselves, just plain stupid government appointed land managers, tons of paperwork, endless hours of meetings which produced nothing, employees spending no time in the field and all their time on the computer, wanabes who never touched a shovel, rode or shod a horse, drove a 4x4 stick shift pickup, pulled a trailer, or know north from south. That is what has causes the mismanagement of the US Forests. Now add the arsonists to the picture and just plain stupid news folks who think global warming is the cause and you have massive fires burning up homes burrowed right into the forest with no defensive space. Go Figure, but blame something else besides mismanagement, blame yourselves!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com