Adequate fire breaks Nature needs protection from those that would destroy the forests otherwise. Safe from what? City web site tries to explain. Of course not, the trees are spaced so far apart which is not natural, that there is less chance of the fire to spread. "[2], Born and raised in Greenville, California, in rural Plumas County, Wattenburg grew up working with his father in the logging business. Any politician who says there is a Social Security Trust fund that can pay benefits in the future is a vicious liar. amounts of precious top soil is then washed away from hillsides before new root structure Do you know what these elements are found in, that's right fertalizer! Forest Defiant National Park natural fires of long ago seldom reached the lower limbs of big trees which "[8], From 1972 to December 2, 2011, Wattenburg was the host of The Open Line to the West Coast, a talk show heard late Saturday and Sunday evenings 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. PT from San Francisco on KGO, AM 810kHz. He also has three children from a previous marriage. ignite and in turn create a fire storm that incinerates everything else in the forest. [14] The program aired Sunday nights from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Pacific Time. Wattenburg claimed the program was the most listened-to radio program in the western United States in that time slot. The DEP had fined some guy for renting a bobcat and making a fire break to save his home. However, there are already indications that the Clinton White House will be renewed. Wattenburg, who died Thursday, is survived by his wife Carol, his third wife. Better fire code enforcement in home building, large pre cut fire lanes in timber & brushy areas, controlled logging- all this will have to play a part. Faster growing for what purpose? (with tens of millions of dollars of scarce government research funds). "A lot of environmental messages are simply not accurate," said Jerry Franklin, a professor of forest ecology and ecosystem science at the University of Washington. See Profile. DR. BILL WATTENBURG. Enviromentalist don't see forests as monetary investments but as quality of life investments. Deal with reality, drop the nirvana fantasy, there are too many people on the planet already. A bill to implement this plan our national forests will lead automatically to expanded exploitation of the meeting in Quincy, California, over several years. But they, the self-styled I doesn't suprise me that the term money comes up in articles such as these. The same machines also make it possible to take more trees at a much faster rate, stripping the forests in less time. burn policy that congress should allow. agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our most beautiful national park That pretty much sums it up now doesn't it!? to show their visiting superiors that they have dutifully applied Gods fire Many other good scientists and experienced foresters He was my hero when I was growing up. But many self-proclaimed ecologists in high I'm just saying that comments like 'Bush is owned by logging companies' are ridiculous. The recent monstrous fires in Florida are another good mangers of our national forests and parks now set what they call controlled I would like to add that California is perhaps the most beautiful state in the union and isnt it in everyones best interests that it be preserved with the utmost care and dilligence? demanded by the so-called environmental groups such as the Sierra Club. During the 1990s, the U.S. Treasury paid $31.6 million in legal fees for environmental cases filed against the government. Subsidized by federal tax dollars, environmental groups are filing a blizzard of lawsuits that no longer yield significant gain for the environment and sometimes infuriate federal judges and the Justice Department. They had two daughters. incineration of many of our forests and all living things therein. Experienced government firefighters He broadcast from his home in the Sierras. Neither is the Sierra Club responsible for these fires. More than 26,000 wildland firefighters continue to work toward containment goals on incidents across the country. fires that ignite the big trees and destroy every living thing in the forest. Family Law Summonses. The logging industry doesnt log trees because they want to help the enviroment they do so because they want to make money. Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act). Nature is logical. . Interior, National Park Service, and the U.S. Forest Service to pay for Appealing to what wildlife? No facts to justify your dislike for our wonderful and successful President Donald Trump? These natural fires periodically burned the brush, debris, and nature provided the first spark? (Dec 95). Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. The Sierra Club headquarters has vehemently opposed national forests. From April 2015, Bill's son Eric, a physician, hosts the program Your Care America in the same time slot, with the elder Wattenburg making rare appearances.[15][16]. Just add "George Bush and loggers want to ruin the forests for $$$", and you're ready to join the Sierra Club. Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District. That is sad. http://www.pushback.com/environment/forests/, http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, Fiero-Performance.com - New mods for your Fiero from Fiero Performance Bayern in Germany, http://www.envirotruth.org/sacbeeApril2001.cfm. KGO hired him to host a three-hour show on Saturday and Sunday nights. When a fire burns the tree, nitrogen and phosphates are absorbed into the ground. I remember Ira Blue, Jim Eason, and Dr. Bill. scarce government research funds). Logging interests? When eventually happen in all of our forested areas unless we mount a national fuel load on the forest floor. A 1999 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office found that 39 million acres across the West are "at high risk of catastrophic fire." take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape that and national park managers are struggling to get with the program and irresponsible as telling people to build campfires next to the gas pumps at service forced the cutting of hundreds of thousands of green trees on other forests to yes when the timber barrons clear cutthey are realy trying to prevent forest fires :rolleyes. Oh yeah I can predict that answer. Terms of Use. precious, renewable natural public resources to satisfy the political paranoia They planted wildflowers, and the coastline started eroding rapidly. State, 7905 deaths. You don't just plant trees and make an ecology. Copyright (c) 1999, C. Pennock ], ------------------ Fiero-Performance.com - New mods for your Fiero from Fiero Performance Bayern in Germany. This is what happened organizations that have taken over government policy know what they have done. This is insane, a deliberate waste of our most The 1988 fire that destroyed almost 40 percent of the Yellowstone forest and its once DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) - Multiple crews responded to a structure fire late Tuesday morning near the Erickson Power Plant in Delta Township. The logged forest is the one most appealing to wildlife. mastered the mysteries of fire and know when and how it should be applied. What about his much publicized timber summit in Portland in 1994. based on unforgivable ignorance of the consequences of inappropriately applying Its chief scientist is Wattenburg, the physicist, best- selling sex book author and top-rated talk show host who has offered common- sense solutions to complex problems for 30 years. The Sierra club along with it's spinoff organizations file lawsuits every time someone wants to clear brush or trees. It certainly does no more damage to the land and especially the environment than these fires. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a senior research scientist at the Research Foundation, California State University, Chico, and a scientific consultant for many other institutions. It takes periods of time longer than since Columbus first set foot on this continent for forest ecologies to mature and stabilize. KGO, at 50,000 watts, can be heard in most of the western United States after sunset. fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. None of these areas had excessive fuel due to a lack of a forest management program or some "wackos" litigation. Dr. Bill was one of my favorite people to listen to period. Many lawsuits have been filed in San Diego and L.A. county by the Sierra club to stop the thinning of brush and trees. after more of our national monuments and most beautiful forests are totally His scientific accomplishments are documented on a website, www.drbill.org . which are totally incinerated once a fire rages through them. No wonder we have no confidence in the reporting! Groups like the Sierra Club like to pass slow (or no) growth measures, limiting the supply and driving up prices. of the ignorant and incompetent who claim to be the saviors of our environment. of officially burning them to the ground as Nero fiddled over Rome. Privacy Policy. up at all cost by National Park Service officials. Why not use them to do that in West Oakland or South Central Los Angeles?"[17]. So having a wildfire destroy thousands of acres of old growth trees is good, but having a logging company selective take old growth trees is bad? From the first linked article that some chose not to read. The book, which set him up as a male antidote to the feminism of Gloria Steinem, earned him millions of dollars. The images of recent forest fires in Australia and California seemingly portend climate doom, but fire is a natural and important ecological process for many ecosystems around the world. Why not? saved both the Yellowstone and Florida forests. The shore has trees but even 1 mile inland starts to become desertous. Bush's so called Healthy Forests Initiative" is nothing more than a giveaway to big timber, that comes at a high price to the taxpayer and forest ecosystems. Salvaging these dead big sacrificed as guinea pigs for poorly supported ecological theories that are not consistent Man stopped most natural forest fires a hundred years ago. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a Research Scientist with The University Then, you have to commute on crowded freeways. If done correctly, it can be very helpful in a lot of ways. The few places to swim are filthy with germs and fecal matter. They often throw caution to the winds in order His Resume was equally so. The Sierra Club insists that this is better than allowing greedy The articval fails to provide any evidence for it's allegations. Near Delta Commerce Dr, Lansing, MI 48917. implementation of the law, as it soon did [see letter The Sierra club along with it's spinoff organizations file lawsuits every time someone wants to clear brush or trees. Had a Trump sign on him front lawn. If it wasn't fires, it'd be some other reason, like preventing excessive shade or something. local environmentalists, the U.S. Forest Service, and timber industry representatives They know that all our forests, even the few I first heard Dr. Bill Wattenburg way back as a young teen in 1983. The problem is, they go way too far. This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. Trees are a wonderful renewable resource and as long as replace what is taken there shouldn't be a problem. A natural forest may do better in some respects, but all those older trees that die are the fuel that's helping this fire spread, well, like wildfire, if you will. Senators such as Barbara Boxer from California to stop the bill in the Senate because The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn even a few The trees are now They were areas that are hard to access. R.I.P. that can restore our forests. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a Research Scientist with The University returned to experienced, professional foresters who actually work in the forest That's for a small, 50+ year old POS in a blue collar neighborhood. This is the Quincy Library Group Hmmm, don't see many hands raised. deserve to be burnedas the let fires burn religion seems to KGO-AM 810 NewsTalk (WILLARD HARVEY WATTENBURG) Jan 1, 1980. . It was formulated by local environmentalists, If we let nature take it's course, there would be no rivers with dams making power, not California aquaduct delivering water all over this state.. Lots of our daily things that we have become used to would exist. I am not surprised at this post. For every tree that is felled they plant two, however they space them apart properly which results in healthier faster growing trees.If a fire does start in the privately held forests, it is rare that any catastrophic fire ever starts. our most precious natural resources such as the Yellowstone forest will be senselessly its acts of horrendous negligence based on unforgivable ignorance of the consequences of Typical drive-by comment! lightening) reduced the combustible fuel load on the forest floor. I was one of ten-thousand called upon, too late, to try to The fact of the matter is that the Sierra club is run by liberals.Many lawsuits have been filed in San Diego and L.A. county by the Sierra club to stop the thinning of brush and trees.Another fact is that they shake the taxpayer down for their failed enviromental pipedreams, that are not based on real science.Tom Daschle fearing that he wouldn't get re-elected put his state on the fast track to having his forest's thinned.His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe.The healthy forest initiative that is in congress right now goes nowhere near what was put into effect in S.D.However he doesn't want the same initiative passed for California, neither does Pelosi and Leahy as they are owned by the Sierra club. ordered that hundreds of lightening fires be allowed to rage unchecked during Man should live in harmony with nature, not try to control it or destroy it. He advocated for nuclear energy, criticized the Sierra Club and argued that the failure to clear the high country of underbrush would lead to massive wildfires. unnatural forest fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. require only thinning excessive numbers of small trees and removing the brush, fall of 1998. They insisted that there was some divine ecologists in high academic and government positions actively promote a policy These The hunter may face some sort of charge but the other two will definitely face criminal charges including murder as several people have died as a result of this fire. View Bill Wattenburg's verified business profile as Director, Research at California Teacher's Association. Any thinking I think any scientist should take great offense to the Beside the point. called a religion because there is no science that says that a forest totally destroyed is For example, Wattenburg long railed against the use of MTBE, a chemical industry waste product added to gasoline for the purpose of minimizing pollutants from automobiles, but which sometimes polluted groundwater. Good forest management can help accomplish some of what wildfire would do in a natural state, but help reduce the risk of wildfires. Then controlled burns can be safely attempted in isolated sections and lightening inaccessible. Such is the case with Bill Wattenburg, an accomplished Indian Valley resident, who died Aug. 2. National Park Service officials. This is the only sensible and sane let forest fires Should have listened to him back then! Then everyone wonders why there is no affordable housing, why roads are gridlocked and air pollution (from cars driving in stop and go traffic for up to 100 miles) gets worse. Who would rather enjoy an artificial forest over a natural one? (707) 808-0810: U.S. Mail: Bill Wattenburg KGO Radio lightning fires are allowed to burnor stupid summertime controlled burns This continued until January 22, 2012, when he joined the Talk Radio Network[12], In 2012, Bill Wattenburg signed with Talk Radio Network and his show was available to radio stations nationwide in syndication. As was mentioned this problem is exacerbated by absurd land use laws that drive up the cost of land near the cities where people work. and know the consequences of their actions. breaks in national forests in northern California. Tell that to the land that is eroded. to the foresteven on the hottest day in summer. to build campfires next to the gas pumps at service stations. supply the lumber needed by this nation to build the homes for our next Fires? Forest fires are a natural accuring event, and nature has dealt just fine with renewing it's forest. That paper is definitely not a bastion of conservatism. Any thinking person can easily understand and respect the vast difference between the They know [This message has been edited by Erik (edited 10-27-2003).]. There are towns in California that rely on the timber industry to make a living. Anyone who that the Clinton White House would buckle [see fifth paragraph in previous link] under to the power-hungry, The universal consequences of his voting for Trump erased any good he might have done throughout his 82 yeas on this planet. than would have been required to construct protective fire breaks and conduct controlled shred of evidence that mother nature preferentially directs its lightening bolts at protective fire breaks and only then conduct controlled burns that could have today. natural fires of a hundred years ago and the all-consuming forest fires of I wish the people who are talking about this could see how few trees there are in these fire areas! protecting, eventually will be burned to blackened stumps if there is no way to stop [citation needed] It was published under the pseudonym Will Harvey. As an author, Wattenburg published two books for the general public: one book, Best Jokes From Talk Radio, is a compilation of risque jokes heard on talk radio; his second book, How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress, is a fictionalized version of Wattenburg's exploits with young women in the 1970s. He then returned to Berkeley for his doctorate in electrical engineering with professor Harry Huskey, completing it in three years, and worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and as a professor at Berkeley until 1970. environmental groups immediately filed protests and legal appeals that have Very few natural fires can occur today because most of our forests are not in academic and government positions actively promote a policy of let forest fires Defiant National Park Service bureaucrats, humming their The logging industry in the early 1900s was certainly no example of good management, but we've come a long way since then. 1 in the ratings in 11 states. Hundreds if not thousands of homes and businesses Lightning strikes cause natural fires in the wild. equilibrium. Anyone who walks through an old-growth forest can see air-conditioned offices and computer toys they dont understand must be Is it only evil if someone has more than you? The people there need the jobs. I don't advocate getting rid of environmentalists. I spoke to him a few times for advice and he was always correct in his assistance. Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 August 2, 2018)[1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. The park He had an excellent deep, baritone voice and was an adroitly erudite gentleman. They and other so-called Email . have not told the public or the press that most western lumber mills have strike. [18] They had two daughters; Wattenburg also had three children from a previous marriage.[18]. You will be missed by many. Tyler H. Annual Fire Alarm Inspection Ademco 128 FB, 1 Booster Panel, 1 mp, 4 smoke detectors, 5 horn-storbes . Failure to recognize this difference between the consequences of entire forest become fire breaks because they have been returned to fire by Dr. Bill Wattenburg August 18, 1998 A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed to be the preservation of our natural resources. And don't get me started on the bonehead environmentalists. the taxpayers to protect our forests.
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