[NorseWood]

When I was young and lived in a rural area of Northern California, the locals would go out every couple of years and burn off the underbrush that is the fuel for so many of these wild fires. Everyone in town knew who did it, but we understood why they did it. The massive amounts of dead underbrush makes for such a hot fire that no trees can survive. But if just the grass is burning, the trees actually thrive. The fire helps the germination of many seeds. It gets rid of a lot of insect pests too. The American Indians recorded that huge fires swept across portions of the US periodically. It is nature's way of keeping it all under control. We need to go in and clean out the forest floors. The benefits in tree gronth, wild life, etc. will be large. But our foolish forestry and logging policies have created a monter, as we are seeing in Arizona.

[crz]

Untill you prove to me you've had experience in the forest products industry your comments about logging are uneducated and off base. When have you ever worked in the woods? I doubt never, if ever.

[cake_crumb]

"The benefits in tree gronth, wild life, etc. will be large. But our foolish forestry and logging policies have created a monter, as we are seeing in Arizona"

Riiiiight. And building towns in dry Northeren California woods is 'beneficial'? In what way? BTW....thanks for the problem cats. We appreciate it.