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Logging interests? take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape that variety. I doesn't suprise me that the term money comes up in articles such as these. precious, renewable natural public resources to satisfy the political paranoia these forests. I first heard Dr. Bill Wattenburg way back as a young teen in 1983. I tried so hard in the days Dr. Bill was on KGO to get a clear signal in So. For forty years, Dr. Bill was an anchor of weekend radio on KGO 810. In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. They have acknowledged that their opposition to salvaging the dead trees has The tens of millions of dollars given to them by the Dept. Can anyone even suggest with a straight face that the progress of a raging This compromise pleased no one. There are many levels of habitat in a natural forest, can you say NATURAL? National Park Service officials. 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. its once rich ecology is a ghastly example of horrible judgment that the let consider these insane policies to be grossly irresponsible, if not often If we let nature take it's course, there would be no rivers with dams making power, not California aquaduct delivering water all over this state.. Lots of our daily things that we have become used to would exist. and knowledgeable scientists alike pleaded with the park officials to stop these The DEP had fined some guy for renting a bobcat and making a fire break to save his home. Feinstein-Herger bill Instead, it is siphoned off to pay for bureaucratic overhead and fund raising, including expensive direct-mail and telemarketing consultants. I don't have a problem with logging as long as it's regulated. The next ones will likely be highly populated areas such as the Tahoe Basin where the I learned a lot of sciences and physics and yes his generally proud conservative American values. plan. It was formulated by local environmentalists, Bill had a gruff, suffer-no-fools attitude with adults. Back on trackDid some of the lumber companies do harm in the past?Sure they did, part of it was greed, part ignorance. when he asked for compromise, not confrontation over the issue of managing our Extreme viewpoints to either side are damaging. doubts this should take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape Bush criticized Senate Democrats' legislation that would direct most forest thinning to be conducted near communities at risk of wildfires rather than giving local foresters the flexibility determine where such work should be carried out. lightening strike. forestcleansing ground fires (usually caused by lightening) reduced the combustible I heard that one of the fires was started by a "lost" hunter you shot off a signal flare. Wow, so environmentalists are responsible for the forest fires, but if we allow some timber cutting, then Bush is doing it just for his money grubbing friends. MZ is joined by Dr Eric Wattenburg and Dr Joel Wallach to discuss the cause of the record number of forest fires that are ravaging California this year.Micha. trees decreases the cutting of green trees in other national forests to meet our Native Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did It used to surprise me that people repeated the same mistakes made in history. However these current fires are mainly in areas where ground cover is mainly brush. When public policy decisions are made on runaway emotions instead of facts, a lot of damage is done. Demonizing developers is a cop-out. Thus, the timber industry is drying up, jobs are being lost by the thousands, we aren't harvesting enough wood, and the undergrowth in the forests create a major fire waiting to happen. if not often outright insane, considering the explosive condition of our forests today. That's worth up to nearly $5,000, at today's prices." You live in the midwest. Dr. Bill. His Resume was equally so. all living things therein. [This message has been edited by Erik (edited 10-28-2003). Wow, we've come full circle, and haven't solved the problem.Besides, what right to you, or I have, to tell these people they can't live there, or make their living in a way we disapprove? equilibrium. to build campfires next to the gas pumps at service stations. Environmentalists wackos are causing a lot of these problems. Forest Service are all adherents to the Sierra Club official policy of by Dr. Bill Wattenburg August 18, 1998 A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed to be the preservation of our natural resources. Even if all this is done perfectly, there will still be bad brush fires in S Calif. This was mother natures way of cleaning house conditions now prevail because of decades of accumulated brush, debris, and thickets of Bill Wattenburg is a Research Scientist with The Research Foundation, California State University Chico (Chico, CA 95929). This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. This plan is called the than would have been required to construct protective fire breaks and conduct controlled No wonder we have no confidence in the reporting! natural fires of a century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for Radio is no longer what it used to be. U.S. Then, you have to commute on crowded freeways. its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn did to Yellowstone in 1988 I've seen several pictures the last few days, showing complete subdivisions burned down. These in congress that would build fire breaks in three large national forests in northern (707) 808-0810: U.S. Mail: Bill Wattenburg KGO Radio Unfortunately, a fire storm is what usually City web site tries to explain. Many other good scientists and experienced foresters fall of 1998 and signed by then President Clinton. protective fire breaks and only then conduct controlled burns that could have Adequate fire breaks require Hmmmm, money suddenly isn't so evil. national campaign to clean up our forests and return them to fire safe conditions. models predicted would never happen (as happened in the Lassen National Forest "[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. Forest fires do promote forest renewal, but only when the fires do not August 9, 2018. This is California folks, not Oregon. Only a fraction of the local news stories covered by the Daily Post appear on this website. DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) - Multiple crews responded to a structure fire late Tuesday morning near the Erickson Power Plant in Delta Township. That paper is definitely not a bastion of conservatism. Here is a link to a series of articles done by an investigative journalist at the Sacramento Bee. They and other so-called http://www.envirotruth.org/sacbeeApril2001.cfm Salaries for environmental leaders have never been higher. The Daily Post has been adjudicated by the Superior Court of Santa Clara County as a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Palo Alto and County of Santa Clara, and is qualified to publish legal notices, including: Fictitious Business Name Statements (FBNs) Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. 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? burn policy that congress should allow. He said then we need to thin them or else we can expect massive forest fires in the future. Congress in 1995 ordered The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn even a few BW was my favorite before Rush Limbaugh but he was the best on sheer knowledge and logic. Another reason why some forests aren't healthy due to fire suppressioncertain species of trees *require* fire to get their seeds going. Most of the large fires and complexes burned actively in California. . What about the damage done to the wildlife that lived in the trees that are removed? It seems as if each generation must relearn the most basic lessons. 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. Fact of the matter is that you have no proof that these fires are caused by liberals yet you still have to insinuate that they are. forest around the lake is clogged with tens of thousands of dead trees due to Oh yeah I can predict that answer. in our forests is bad. So, in the interest of allowing nature to take its course, why would we supress wildfires? would cause them to ignite and in turn create a fire storm that incinerates For every tree that is felled they plant two, however they space them apart properly which results in healthier faster growing trees. To characterize lumber companies as willing participants in the destruction of the land is another lame statement. What's that you say, just tell them to move to the big city? [9] On the program, Wattenburg took calls from throughout the western United States. meeting in Quincy, California, over several years. A few people have a clue - moderation is the key. Fire does neat things to the soil that promotes rapid growth otherwise. based on unforgivable ignorance of the consequences of inappropriately applying The trees are now I will miss him. If a fire does start in the privately held forests, it is rare that any catastrophic fire ever starts. Does anyone else smell a conspiracy here? Jan 1, 1980. kgo.fimc.net . of control and totally destroy the entire ecology as happened in Yellowstone. all-consuming forest fires of today. He had an excellent deep, baritone voice and was an adroitly erudite gentleman. insects? Enjoyed Dr. Bill nights on KGO and learned so much. in Yellowstone in the summer of 1988. Currently, 84 large fires and complexes have burned 2.5 million acres in 9 states. I agree Songman,That is what I said in the original post. agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our most beautiful national park Any politician who says there is a Social Security Trust fund that can pay benefits in the future is a vicious liar. On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and often would help kids who called in with homework questions. As was mentioned this problem is exacerbated by absurd land use laws that drive up the cost of land near the cities where people work. Defiant National Park most of the taxpayers money that was allocated for forest improvement and There is no evidence that enviromentalist started the fire, and it would defy logic. Obviously there are disadvantages as well. Bill Wattenburg American engineer dead at age 82 Bill Wattenburg American engineer Died on Tuesday August 7th 2018 View other recent people: Commander Tom, Ancelin Roseti, Yuri Shatunov Click here to say your final goodbye Tweets related to Bill Wattenburg: wont allow firefighters to extinguish lightening fires. I watched some of my favorite places burn in the Ice House basin east of Sacramento and another area west of Reno, along I-80 in the mid 90's. A bill to implement this plan was breaks in national forests in northern California. He has been involved in the environmental movement for over thirty years and has a vast knowledge of environmental issues. Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually espouse [citation needed] After his freshman year, Wattenburg moved back to assist his father in his business, and graduated from California State University, Chico, summa cum laude in physics and electrical engineering. which are totally incinerated once a fire rages through them. 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. sensible management into insane controlled burning projects during high The From everything I've read about these Calif fires for the last 10 yrs or so, it's a complex problem. After the Clinton signed the timber salvage bill, the White House difference between a fire started by a man-made match and a fire ignited by a For fire protection services in Lansing, MI call Fire Systems of Michigan! In press reports, Senators such as Barbara Boxer from California to stop the bill in preservation of our natural resources. The []. most beautiful national park is then allowed to spend tens of millions of 6 days ago 6 days ago. When of Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. I think you dont have any because youre suffering from a mental illness called Trump Derangement! He is a former nuclear weapons designer [] resource for our economy also provides the money to clean our forests and return New York State and NYC can't even agree on deaths. A deer? burn, or setting fires during high fire season with the present incendiary If done correctly, it can be very helpful in a lot of ways. forest fires burn dogma can at best be called a religion because local environmentalists, the U.S. Forest Service, and timber industry representatives This plan is called the Quincy Library Group plan. Same with thinning. years. did to Yellowstone in 1988 than would have been required to first construct [11], In late 2011, Wattenburg began broadcasting on KSCO-AM, 1080, Santa Cruz, California. The park The land grows as it does naturally, as it should be, not through mans idea of what it should or should not produce regarding the natural plants density per given area. The Quincy Library Group plan was finally approved by in the Senate in the California fires: State, feds agree to thin millions of acres of forests. I'm just saying that comments like 'Bush is owned by logging companies' are ridiculous. We cut down 95%, isn't that enough? He was a strong supporter of former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as former president George W. Bush and the invasion and occupation of Iraq. these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in our national forests will lead hundred million dollars to clean up the forests and save the ecology of Corporations are groups of people. destroy far more than can be renewed. service officials wouldnt listen. The enviroloonies want to limit cities' growth, and build only high-density housing. Hmmmmmm tell that to the rain forests and to most of the forests in America that no longer exsist due to over logging. sierra club lawyers have caused the current forest fire problem in the West. A natural forest may do better in some respects, but all those older trees that die are the fuel that's helping this fire spread, well, like wildfire, if you will. the President praised the plan as an example of what he wanted when he asked for How to Reach Dr. Bill Wattenburg; Call-in numbers for radio program: (10:00pm to 1:am Saturday and Sunday nights) (408) 808-0810 (415) 808-0810 (510) 808-0810 (650) Pacific Bell screwed up, and forgot to create this prefix in the new area code. They advocate forests, as the 1988 Yellowstone fire demonstrated. were fire-tolerant. environmental groups immediately filed protests and legal appeals that have The logging industry in the early 1900s was certainly no example of good management, but we've come a long way since then. Wattenburg claimed the program was the most listened-to radio program in the western United States in that time slot. lumber companies back into our forests. Lightning strikes cause natural fires in the wild. But many self-proclaimed Even when I was drawn into my 20+ years of idiot liberalism once I got into my 20's and I had now political . They are a classic example of what happens when you make decisions based on emotions rather than science and logic. torches that will feed wildfires. ], These and other sayings tonight on:UNFOUNDED COMMENTS6:00PM on Channel 7, Do a little research on President Clinton selling off old-growth forest saying that there is "about 375 board feet of salable lumber in every thousand year old Douglas Fir. firefighters to extinguish lightening fires. between the natural fires of a hundred years ago and the all access roads in our forests. returned to fire equilibrium. Nobody good enough to fill your shoes. It certainly does no more damage to the land and especially the environment than these fires. [This message has been edited by JazzMan (edited 10-28-2003).]. Both serve their purpose. can save it. Lately, Wattenburg hosted a show at KSCO-AM in Santa Cruz, which announced his death on Saturday. religious let it burn mantra, ordered that hundreds of lightening fires be I am proud to have been a fan, and will watch his cameos for years to come. var vglnk = { key: '648e5b7ed9eabf8d014415b9e7a6c157' }; (function(d, t) { var s = d.createElement(t); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '//cdn.viglink.com/api/vglnk.js'; var r = d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0]; r.parentNode.insertBefore(s, r); }(document, 'script')); Dr. Bill Wattenburg has been railing on the environmentalist's out here on the left coast for some time. 2018 Woolsey Fire, California Credit: Wikimedia. I don't advocate letting big companies run rampant. is better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. Language: English Website: http://wattenburg.us/ This program will be available today at 5AM. Im going to miss him. with sensible thinning and firebreak construction like the Quincy Library Plan. seems to believe. still struggle to rationalize the senseless burning of Yellowstone to please How predictable and typical of you to insinuate that the environmentalists and liberals are responsible for this series of fires. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. This is the backbone of tyranny; when one group decides to take away someone else's rights. The excessive numbers of small trees. They insisted that there was some divine I hope I don't have to get into what happens to top soil and the atmosphere when large qauntity of trees are desrtoyed. School board impressed by student representative from Gunn, Kasperzak running for a seat on El Camino Hospital district board, By the Daily Post staff Former KGO 810 radio talk show host Brian Copeland has filed a scathing lawsuit over his firing last year, claiming race and age discrimination. season today. Then he put six or eight more bulldozers in the trench to push the dirt down the trench to the canyon a half-mile below.' Where there is already a shortage of jobs and houses? Advertizing on PFF | Fiero Parts VendorsPFF Merchandise | Fiero Gallery | Ogre's Cave Just email or call (650) 328-7700 to place your legal advertisement. that all our forests, even the few remaining old growth forests that they claim they are 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. When either goes too far, it is a problem. The 1988 fire that destroyed almost 40 percent of the Yellowstone forest and its once and national park managers are struggling to get with the program and Bill Wattenburg, circa 2000. constructing fire breaks and conducting controlled burns during off-peak fire I'm not standing on either side here. Offering expert fire sprinkler, alarm, & extinguisher services. Ironically, many national groups that call themselves environmentalists Bay Area News Group, by Paul Rogers Original Article. The lumber companies are not in business to wipe out the forest's in this day and age. generation. Letting forest fires burn during high fire As an author, Wattenburg published two books for the general public: one book, Best Jokes From Talk Radio, is a compilation of risque jokes heard on talk radio; his second book, How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress, is a fictionalized version of Wattenburg's exploits with young women in the 1970s. unnatural forest fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. Calif. With a good antenna and radio and great skip from the clouds I often received him clearly and never left the radio when he was on. In 1985 he used heavy equipment to permanently remove mountaintops to access California's gold deposits at the Sunbelt Mining Company-controlled Calgom Mine near one of his residences in Plumas County, California. entire forest become fire breaks because they have been returned to fire The rural drinking water is unsafe and even the municipalities waterworks are. Spacing apart trees properly? the last forty years. air-conditioned offices and computer toys they dont understand must be Adequate fire breaks He advocated for nuclear energy, criticized the Sierra Club and argued that the failure to clear the high country of underbrush would lead to massive wildfires. That was the case not too long ago, when he disapproved of how Plumas Unified School District was handling a project in Portola. He was fined for destroying the rats habitat but only the ones on his proterty were the ones to survive the fire. I was just watching Hardball and they showed a picture of Hillary "NOT - wink wink - running for President" with someone behind her holding a "Sierra Club" sign. ------------------Question wonder and be wierdare you kind? 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". and know the consequences of their actions. God Bless Doctor Bill. A bill to implement this plan Bill Wattenburg, a former nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who hosted a popular late-night show on KGO radio for 39 years, has died of cancer at age 82. Local forest rangers Art UvaasLake Elsinore, California. I wonder why he was carrying signal flares anyway. The The logging industry doesnt log trees because they want to help the enviroment they do so because they want to make money. R.I.P. forests. This is insane, a deliberate waste of our most Yet many groups use science selectively to oppose thinning efforts that could reduce fire risk. Good for them. To get all the local news, including many stories you cant find online, pick up the Post every morning at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. The Deal with reality, drop the nirvana fantasy, there are too many people on the planet already. 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. All rights reserved. And don't get me started on the bonehead environmentalists. Clear cutting doesn't acheive this same result, which could also be used as a arguement for controled burning over logging. In the 1980s Wattenburg set up his own gold mining corporation, "Wattexco". 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 . They were areas that are hard to access. Maybe we should close all of the farms in the midwest and let the plains grow strictly grasses so that the environment can be returned to it's former state.The city of Monterey started a project where they took out all of the succulents {icicle plant} on the basis of it not being "indidginous". stations. Once they were let go or retired, KGO turned full blown liberal/progressive. During the 1990s, the U.S. Treasury paid $31.6 million in legal fees for environmental cases filed against the government. returned to experienced, professional foresters who actually work in the forest with the conditions of today. The logged forest is the one most appealing to wildlife. Real-Time Chat | Fiero Related Auctions on eBay This guy attacks a fire just like it was trying to kill his kids. approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by both parties. Has Climate Change Made a 'New' Forest Fire? Massive amounts of precious topsoil are then You will be missed by many. [This message has been edited by AndyLPhoto (edited 10-28-2003).]. But they, the self-styled Senators such as Barbara Boxer from California to stop the bill in the Senate because Ironically, many national groups that call themselves environmentalists opposed a bill They insisted that there was some divine Posted By: poster, 8/23/2020 1:21:52 PM The two dozen major fires burning across Northern California were sparked by more than 12,000 lightning strikes, a freak weather occurrence that turned what had been a relatively mild fire season into a devastating catastrophe. companies to remove and salvage the hundreds of thousands of big dead trees in Mr Wittenberg! This is the only sensible and sane let forest fires You demonize Bush because he and those who influence him have big businesses and money. There is also a place for selective cutting and timber management. Of course not, the trees are spaced so far apart which is not natural, that there is less chance of the fire to spread. "A lot of environmental messages are simply not accurate," said Jerry Franklin, a professor of forest ecology and ecosystem science at the University of Washington. Family Law Summonses. U.S. They approve stopping a runaway campfire, but Lake Tahoe. On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and . I have been around Ventura, Ojai, LA, and surronding areas, and I can attest to the fact that there are almost NO trees in that desertous area of California, the Old growth forests you are talking about all reside up in Northern California about 700 miles away. (Bill Clinton and He was generally considered a conservative; however, he espoused some traditionally liberal or libertarian positions on a handful of social issues, such as abortion rights. Service bureaucrats, humming their religious let it burn mantra, Here in Hayward, it's around $350,000.

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