Yep, it's called brush clearing. Last I knew, it was still illegal in CA.
After a devastating fire in Yosemite Valley some years back, the state of California began brush clearance operations in that area with a vengeance. I've driven through Yosemite in the summer, and have seen mile after mile after mile of baled forest litter along the highways.
“Yep, it's called brush clearing. Last I knew, it was still illegal in CA.”
Okay, for the LAST TIME AFTER TWO DAYS OF REPEATING THE FACT.
THIS AREA IS THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST...
THE OPERATIVE WORD IS “NATIONAL” WHICH MEANS IT IS FEDERAL LAND.
CALIFORNIANS HAVE NO CONTROL OVER FEDERAL LANDS.
GET IT?
SHEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Now, if you want to do something "constructive" ;come our here and help us fight the fires on FEDERAL LAND or at least pray!
Seems as if Mother Nature is unaware of the law since she appears to be taking care of the brush clearing in her own way.
A lot of people who had evacuated the Lake Arrowhead/Big Bear areas came down to the LBC to stay. I recall sitting in a Starbucks and listening to a woman talking on her cell phone - an evacuee sitting there with her two dogs - and she was b!tching about how all the fires were George Bush's fault because he wouldn't allow the forest service to clear the trees that had died from the Bark Beetle infestation. Ahem - "Hi, stupid lady? THE SIERRA CLUB IS YOUR PROBLEM, not the President. Why don't you blame them? Idiot." And I walked away.
As far as I know, the Sierra Club has not backed down and there is still plenty of dead fuel all over the Southwest. New Mexico is primed for a bad fire season, too. Lots of dead trees out there from Bark Beetle that have not been cleared.
Well, until you can control wether or not we have drought, and the humidity, and the temperature....But thanks for the help.