Our Burning Forests Are The Legacy Of Radical Environmentalism

TooGood Reports ^ | June 26, 2002 | Mary Mostert

[yoe]

Thanks, meant to clear that...both Ladies are ill equipped to handle this hot-bed of power-mad politicians and special interest!

[yoe]

You don't have to go to the Black Forest to see very good forest management. The Apache Indian Res. AZ is a model for excellent forest stewardship.

[brityank]

I've been in the Black forest. UGLY!!! German forests look like row crops. Squares of trees planted in rows, all the same size and nothing is underneath.

Thanks for the info. Other than burning about three cord per winter when I lived there, what little I know about forestry practices comes only from reading about it, and the very little I saw at a christmas tree-farm in upstate NY. Keeping the understory clear, a relatively open canopy, and the undergrowth low makes for healthier trees. they had the land set out in sections, and expected a full turnover of trees within 12-15 years. With as many 'employees' as the fed and state forestry services have, there's no reason that some of those types of practices couldn't be used in the national forests, along with the sales to the logging industries.

Have to admit though, the prettiest foliage is along the Finger Lakes; lush and diversified.

[Darksheare]

And maybe you should stop backing criminals and terrorists.

[katana]

I have no problem at all with people who are genuinely interested in a clean environment. It is the Luddite purists who believe that mankind is a virus in need of a cure who worry me.

Facts are difficult to ignore but the Green Movement has succeeded in ignoring the fact that in America the air and water is cleaner now than it has been since the late 19th century. Should we try to make further improvements ? Of course. Who is responsible for most of the improvement ? Well the last time I checked Theodore Roosevelt and Richard Nixon (whose administration created the EPA) were both Republicans.

The truly annoying thing about all this is that it has become impossible to conduct a civil discussion about the issues because one side is so fanatical about how evil mankind is. The "Green" movement, and its cheering section in the western press, refuse to recognize that climate change is largely a fact of nature, as demonstrated by the historic and geologic records. They are in every sense closed minded fanatics.

[Tailgunner Joe]

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