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To: Carry_Okie; Ernest_at_the_Beach
What I really want to know is: Did they learn ANYTHING?

They are currently right in the middle of the project, so the answer is not yet. I think that they are beginning to realize that timber only has value when there are sawmills willing to buy it. Filet mignon has no value in a town full of vegetarians. The lack of timber industry infrastructure is making it damn expensive to do much of anything.

The recent storms are blowing out roads throughout the burn (highway 39 for example). Funds set aside for fuel reduction will no doubt be diverted to road reconstruction...'cuz ya can't reduce the fuels if ya can't drive there. The follow up on the fires is going to be a very interesting story...I will try to keep you both updated.

88 posted on 02/21/2005 9:33:57 PM PST by forester (An economy that is overburdened by government eventually results in collapse)
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To: forester
The follow up on the fires is going to be a very interesting story...

It would be more interesting if we hadn't been here before. IIRC, there were major re-forestation efforts in those mountains in the '60s because of landslides and flooding after a prior fire.

89 posted on 02/21/2005 9:48:23 PM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are really stupid.)
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