[altsehastiin]

“Besides, much of Arizona was not intended to be forest.”

So, you’re suggesting that southern Arizonans should be uprooting the junipers, pinon pines, madrones, oak trees, and ponderosa pines that grow naturally there above 5000 feet?

By the way, if anyone is interested in reading more about how the federal government handles reporting of illegal border crosser started fires, check out the work of Leo Banks for the Tucson independent weekly paper the Tucson Weekly.

[familyop]

"So, you’re suggesting that southern Arizonans should be uprooting the junipers, pinon pines, madrones, oak trees, and ponderosa pines that grow naturally there above 5000 feet?"

Only those close to houses. I advise the same in Colorado. That advise is countered by protests, "But der twees! Der twees! I love der twees!" ;-)

And the insurance companies don't seem to care. They rob what little is left of the private sector class to support the political regulator class nature worshipers.