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From fork-admin@xent.com  Wed Jul 31 20:25:25 2002

Ned Jackson Lovely wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 10:37:31AM -0600, Marty Halvorson wrote:
> > A Forest Service official has stated flat out that the tree lovers
need to
> > understand their responsibility in contributing to the number of
> > uncontrollable (i.e., crown fires caused by very dense tree stands and
> > under growth) fires by their suits to stop any tree removal from the
> > forests managed by the Forest Service.
>
> Boy, that is rather strange. I've always been under the impression that
> the uncontrollable forest fires were the result of the Forest Service's
> long-standing "10:00 A.M. policy"
If you'll look closely, I said the Forest Service official claimed it was
the tree lovers lawsuits that prevented removal of trees by any means as at
least partially responsible.  The lawsuits prevented the Forest Service
from implementation of any project that involved tree removal.  These
projects were designed to address the tree and undergrowth density that
resulted from previous management policies.
In other words, Forest Service projects to clean up the mess resulting from
their previous forest management practices are prevented by tree lover
lawsuits.
> 40 years after the end of the containment policy there is still a lot of
stuff
> left to burn.
Exactly, and tree lover lawsuits are preventing the removal of that
stuff.  The result:  Fires like Cerro Grande.
> I can't imagine that artificially planted replacement
> forests ...
There are very few replacement forests planted these days.  Those that are,
are mostly planted on private land as commercial tree farms.
Peace,
Marty Halvorson
marty@halvorson.us
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