“Then the areas will get cleared and when the trees do burn they will be burned in controlled containers called fire places and wood stoves to warm the homes in the winter. I get tired of watching all that good firewood burning during on a hot summer day, when it could be put to good use.”
I have a sister and brother-in-law who have lived the last 30 years in “fire prone” areas in northern California and now Oregon.
They are all in favor of citizens - under local fire protection advice and recommendation - cutting selected growths of trees as well as older dying and decaying trees, as well as underbrush, not to “clear” the land, but to thin it and prune it so that it is still “forested” but the easiest and most congested “fuel” for fires has been reduced, by local citizens willing to come get the wood themselves. Yes, thinning, not clearing. They still want to live among forested land, they just it managed better and they can help do that, if they are allowed.
Yes, thinning, not clearing. They still want to live among forested land, they just it managed better and they can help do that, if they are allowed.Yes I agree, however I wrote this for a blog that is carried by a leftists newspaper. I write in a way that will spur them to comment and debate. I leave it open for them to come and get me. People here at FR know me and my writing style, they know what I mean, and now so do you.