Court Puts Tree Harvest on Hold

Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 22 April 2002 | Greg Dart

[glock rocks]

we're already fighting forest fires, now this bravo sierra...

oh well, it wasn't really about blue grouse, was it...

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...on a related note...

High Fire Danger Has Forest Officials Worried

Monday, April 22, 2002

BY MIKE GORRELL THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE    Last week's wildfires in central and southern Utah confirmed what veteran firefighters already knew -- after yet another dry winter, a lot of vegetation out there is ready to burn.     "We had some pretty extreme fire behavior in that fire Monday in Parowan Canyon," said Vi Hillman, U.S. Bureau of Land Management fire information officer, reciting how quickly the blaze began and grew. "The conditions are dry. Not only the appearance on the outside, but inside the different fuels -- sagebrush, cheat grass, pinyon and juniper [trees], all that -- the moisture level is very low."     Jim Springer, spokesman for Utah's forestry division, agreed: "This is the earliest we've seen fires of this intensity. We're worried."     Consequently, acting state forester Karl Kappe declared a closed fire season last Monday in five southern Utah counties -- Beaver, Garfield, Washington, Iron and Kane. Permits will be needed there to do any open burning before Oct. 31.     "The closed fire season usually begins statewide on June 1, but conditions in these areas clearly call for this action now," said Kappe. "Fire conditions are worsening daily."

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ping

[Grampa Dave]

Why do I smell the imprint of Enviral Robert Redford all over this?

[glock rocks]

i wouldn't doubt it, but haven't looked into it yet.
this is the first i've heard of this particular stupidity.

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A permanent hold has been put on the sale of all contracts to harvest the 27 million board feet of dead wood until the Forest Service complies with the court ruling regarding the blue grouse.

sigh...

Nutrient Content: Tale of the Tape
Species	Protein %	Fat %	Cholesterol (mg/100g*)	Calories (Kcal/100g*)
Sage Grouse	23.7	1.1	101	140

[Antoninus II]

Pure idiocy! I don't know who's worse. The morons that filed suit. Or the brain dead judge that halted the sale. I guess they'll all be satisfied when the whole mess goes up in flames, destroying not only the entire ecosystem, but the grouse as well...

[Logophile]

A permanent hold has been put on the sale of all contracts to harvest the 27 million board feet of dead wood . . . .

Could Judge Kimball be taking this personally?

[mercy]

I cannot put into writing what needs to be done here. This is a sick situation and along with a lot of the same sort of evil BS going on throughout our nation spells doom for our way of life. We need a war. Now.

[glock rocks]

the article doesn't do justice to the evil at hand. look at their webpage on logging...

forest, um, guardians

[chainsaw]

I guess they'll all be satisfied when the whole mess goes up in flames,

Lets hope the judges house goes up with it.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Do people really build homes out of beetle infested logs (wood-eating beetles, I presume)? Just wondering.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The trees have been killed by a beetle infestation, but it is still wrong to put the dead trees to good use. Whatever...

[GovernmentShrinker]

Do people really build homes out of beetle infested logs (wood-eating beetles, I presume)? Just wondering.

[willyone]

The beetles are in the outer inch or so of the tree. That is all milled away. Plus once the tree dies so do the beetles or they move on.

[glock rocks]

exactly... i had to read up on it... here's the entire life cycle.

apparently, there has been a huge infestation in alaska, and utah alone lost
3,000,000 trees over 122,000 acres. spruce beetles

[Archaeus]

We need a war. Now.

Good luck mustering an army. The best you'll do is maybe 3% of the population. If that.
Besides, you know who controls the press. You and your cadre will just be labeled as terrorists and traitors on the evening news.

Resistance is futile.

[glock rocks]

"It is our long-term goal to end commercial timber sales in the national forests," says Horning. "This will protect the interests of many, but it will also harm the interests of others."

it's really sad. gunnison is a tiny town out in the boonies... any jobs in the area are needed.
the best thing to happen to this town was the building of a state correctional facility
a few years back... not a lot else there - this'll hurt a lot of people.

well, as long as the ensuing inferno doesn't burn down the house of John Horning, conservation
director for the Forest Guardians... no problem, huh? this BS is evil.