A billboard is in order.
Nice timing for a meeting.
They kept the forest natural with the natural result.
I hope they advance their views on this issue. Too bad some had to lose their homes to make it happen, though.
Gee. Perhaps they shouldn’t have voted for envirowhackos when they had a chance not to.
Reap = sow.
“I hate to get political...,” what an idiot. As if the enviros didn’t use politics to prevent these folks from cutting down the dead trees, which would have saved some of their homes. Here are bunch of homeowners who have been totally screwed by tree huggers, huggers of dead trees, at that, and the homeowners are reluctant to “get political.”
Left the dead wood standing?...brilliant move!
This is all about control......not the environment. A healthy forest is one that is free of dead wood and is selectively thinned of healthy trees on a regular basis. Evirowhackos have ignored these proven husbandry tactics... and the result is devastating.
A billboard is in order.
These quasi-government agencies are really kind of scary. They can make decisions for you and your property, but have no legal responsibility for the harm those decisions can cause. I wonder if the people at the agency were even elected, or just appointed.
Just wait until these folks apply for permits to rebuild, think there’s anger now. All kinds of surprises lay in wait...artificially high setbacks, wetland restrictions, new construction runoff controls and rain taxes, impact fees, etc.
This wasn’t the first time forests burned down here in California because of the enviro-nut jobs.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
From the end of the article. A little more blame might belong to the homeowners.
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Sgt. Don Atkinson of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department said heavy growth in the area, especially manzanita plants, contributed to the danger.
He said fire officials request that underbrush be cleared at least 30 feet from residences.
“Sometimes people do it and sometimes people don’t,” he said. “There’s a lot of residences where manzanita grows right up to the house, and that’s unfortunate. It’s very flammable and it’s got oils and stuff in it that really tend to drive a fire.”
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“It’s important to relay the message that homeowners can cut a tree down without a permit,” she said.
“If they want to cut down trees, all they have to do is call their fire districts,” she said.
Lauri Kemper of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board said most people in the basin are reluctant to clear out trees.
“I’ve lived here for 22 years and folks like their trees,” she said. “They like it for the habitat and the beauty they create.”
Most so-called “EnvironMENTALists” are nothing but class-warriors using the cloak of environmentalism to push their class hatred. So you can bet they are happy to see rich people’s houses burn down.
“And if there was an object of scorn in the crowd, it was the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, a powerful bi-state environmental land use agency charged with managing the resources of the basin.”
This is what happens when you allow an unelected, unaccountable gang of bureaucrats write law, enforce the law and judge the law.
The Russians called these regional councils soviet socialists.
This might wake up a few folks to realize they are living under a dictatorship, where their natural right to be represented via the ballot box has been nullified.
Environmentalists are taking a real hit up here and its' looooong over due...
Whaddya bet TRPA decides that it's just too dangerous to let them rebuild in there?