[Jhoffa_]

The amendment would have prohibited federal funding for forest management activity in the 57 million acres of federal forestland that President Clinton proclaimed as roadless in a hasty administrative order in the waning days of his presidency.

Hell is frozen, I just found something Clinton didn't want to fund.

Oh my..

And this "backfires" idea is interesting to me. I mean, if you can set a controlled fire in the path of a raging wildfire, will you not deprive it of fuel and effectively create a barrier?

I think that sounds like a great idea.. Provided it can be controlled with some degree of certainty.

EG: You burn the woods on the outskirts of town slowly today, so it can't burn quickly tomorrow when the flamefront hits it and take the town with it.

Sounds brilliant.

[madfly]

bttt