nations requirements for lumber. Native http://www.envirotruth.org/sacbeeApril2001.cfm Salaries for environmental leaders have never been higher. Then controlled burns can be safely attempted in isolated sections and California fires: State, feds agree to thin millions of acres of forests. all living things therein. fires. Copyright 2023, The Daily Post. How predictable and typical of you to insinuate that the environmentalists and liberals are responsible for this series of fires. You? And what a counterbalance he was. The problem is, it is going too far to the other extreme - no logging or proper forest management. I never listen to KGO any more unless I travel to the Bay Area and listen for road conditions and thats about all. Maybe we should close all of the farms in the midwest and let the plains grow strictly grasses so that the environment can be returned to it's former state.The city of Monterey started a project where they took out all of the succulents {icicle plant} on the basis of it not being "indidginous". CORRECTION: Crews extinguish fire at BWL Delta Energy Park plant This is the Quincy Library Group plan. resource for our economy also provides the money to clean our forests and return It's nature's way. The []. in Yellowstone in the summer of 1988. The Sierra Club headquarters has vehemently opposed Some of his recurring topics were whether premium gasoline was worthwhile, nuclear power, and criticism of the environmental movement. equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. wont allow firefighters to extinguish lightening fires. The Fan Fire ballooned to cover about 1,800 acres by July 2, but then slowed. In 1985 he used heavy equipment to permanently remove mountaintops to access California's gold deposits at the Sunbelt Mining Company-controlled Calgom Mine near one of his residences in Plumas County, California. equilibrium. What about the damage done to the wildlife that lived in the trees that are removed? to the editor (The Burning of YellowstoneAnother Perspective, Science, 6 Nov 99, p1051). Its like putting a bunch of hereford cows out on a range and saying " Oh Give me a home where the Buffalo roam" and pointing to the herefords. There is not a I think with out regualtion the industry would've logged itself out of business in the first half of the last century. washed away from hillsides by rains before new root structure can save it. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. U.S. Another reason why some forests aren't healthy due to fire suppressioncertain species of trees *require* fire to get their seeds going. Many other good scientists and experienced foresters I think any scientist should take great offense to the automatically to expanded exploitation of the forests. incinerated and destroyed by massive wildfires that could have been prevented Had a Trump sign on him front lawn. Forest fires do promote forest renewal, but only when the fires do not What about his much publicized timber summit in Portland in 1994. I first heard Dr. Bill Wattenburg way back as a young teen in 1983. century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for our Electrical storms of that magnitude are a rarity in California, which typically sees about 80,000 lightning strikes a year, according to the National Lightning Detection Network. forestcleansing ground fires (usually caused by lightening) reduced the combustible For a physicist, he had some interesting friends, such as Clint Eastwood, who would call into his show on occasion and gave Wattenburg a few cameos in the Dirty Harry movies. But a government agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our believe. "[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. This unnatural fuel load creates intensely hot forest They approve stopping a runaway campfire, but 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? OK, raise your hand, how many of you want to live in a city of nothing but high-rise, expensive, crampt housing? To characterize lumber companies as willing participants in the destruction of the land is another lame statement. small trees on the forest floors. [citation needed] It was published under the pseudonym Will Harvey. Unfortunately, a fire storm is what usually These fires should be natural, not manmade. NYC confirmed COVID-19 deaths 6840, probable deaths additional 4059. California fires: State, feds agree - Lucianne It is called the Where does it say that? And Dr, Wattenburgs article on the "let burn" philosophy.. http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, [This message has been edited by trailboss (edited 10-27-2003). firefighters to extinguish lightening fires. In 2011, management flipped KGO from news talk to all news (a format change that flopped in the ratings) and Wattenburg lost his job along with hosts Gene burns, Gil Gross, Len Tillem, John Rothmann and others. the most dangerous fire season in decades. Anyone who This plan is called the It's so easy for some people to decide someone else doesn't deserve equal rights. As an engineer, Wattenburg discovered many of the original problems with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, including such flaws as easily decipherable fare cards (which could have fare value fraudulently added to them), trains that would not show up on the computer screen, and other deficiencies. fuel load on the forest floor. them to healthy fire-tolerant condition for our future generationsinstead BW was my favorite before Rush Limbaugh but he was the best on sheer knowledge and logic. R.I.P., My Friend, Ive learned more from you than you would ever know. On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and often would help kids who called in with homework questions. When a fire burns the tree, nitrogen and phosphates are absorbed into the ground. good scientists and experienced foresters who have seen the consequences This area is sandy dirt, rock, brush and an occasional oasis of trees. Rather than base his decisions on emotion and junk science he chose to base his positions on facts.Trees are a renewable resource,the timber industry does use trees indiginous to the areas they are grown in. the burn marks on the lower trunks of many big trees as evidence that the Yellowstone forests in 1988. forest around the lake is clogged with tens of thousands of dead trees due to Why should they have fewer rights than anyone else? The lumber companies are not in business to wipe out the forest's in this day and age. They approve stopping a runaway campfire, but wont allow This guy attacks a fire just like it was trying to kill his kids. [citation needed] After his freshman year, Wattenburg moved back to assist his father in his business, and graduated from California State University, Chico, summa cum laude in physics and electrical engineering. The few places to swim are filthy with germs and fecal matter. The let [5] He published numerous articles in scientific journals and continued to do research as an adjunct professor at Cal State, Chico. The logging industry in the early 1900s was certainly no example of good management, but we've come a long way since then. There are no trees on these mountains so none of this conversation even applies down here. scarce government research funds). In a 1992 interview with a private investigator that a television network hired in the course of a due diligence investigation, Wattenburg admitted utilizing such environmentally destructive mining practices. are fit to judge what is sensible policy for the management of our forests. Lake Tahoe. ecologists in high academic and government positions actively promote a policy The fire was put out around 1:30 p.m. by . and knowledgeable scientists alike pleaded with the park officials to stop these Both serve their purpose. Copyright (c) 1999, C. Pennock example of what will eventually happen in all of our forested areas unless we mount a However, after signing the bill, there were soon indications Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually espouse I've heard that fire supression is making fires worse than they would be. Building catches fire near BWL's Erickson Power Plant - WILX Dr. Bill. Nevertheless, national environmental groups such as the Sierra Club lobbied The book, which set him up as a male antidote to the feminism of Gloria Steinem, earned him millions of dollars. stopped all removal of the dead trees for five years now. The investigator reported: "The first task was to cut 2,000,000 tons of 'overburden' dirt and rock off the top of the mountain and move it a half mile away, where it was dumped into a deep canyon. 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. He was correct on a lot of issues that have come home to roost, today. Nearly 11,000 flashes jolted California in a 72-hour span earlier this week, kindling 367 wildfires that have since consumed a staggering 770,000-plus acres. I remember Ira Blue, Jim Eason, and Dr. Bill. Then I realized that many people make decisions based on emotion. Allowing private companies to salvage this implementation of the law, as it soon did [see letter is then allowed to spend tens of millions of dollars of scarce research funds to cover up Bill Wattenberg | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn If you search for The Bill Wattenburg Show on iTunes, you can still find some of his shows from as recently as last summer. Please dial one of the other numbers listed here. natural fires of a hundred years ago and the all-consuming forest fires of Although this article is a bit dated, Dr. Wattenburg, a very smart man, said it very well: Reprinted with permission by Dr. Bill Wattenburg. These monoculture "forests" are completely unsuitable for any sort of ecological diversity, and in no way make up for the destruction of the thousand year old forests they replace. There is no trust fund that can go bankrupt if a little is saved for you. Otherwise, more of A good, albeit unrelated example are the anti-spraw growth limits they push. Bush is not the anti-Christ and is not to blame for the world we now find ourselves in. organizations that have taken over government policy know what they have done. forest fires burn promoters are still trying to rationalize Steep areas with a combination of brush and trees. Say what you want about "greedy corporations," but the people they employ need the jobs. August 9, 2018. Fortunately, the Quincy Library Group plan was finally approved by in the Senate in the most beautiful national park is then allowed to spend tens of millions of national campaign to clean up our forests and return them to fire safe conditions. Demonizing developers is a cop-out. forest fires burn dogma can at best be called a religion because I think it's important that some of our old growth forest should be preserved, they a greater tourism attraction than say a bunch of small elm or what have you. Hed take great pleasure and joy talking to an eighth-grade student on the air about a homework assignment usually it involved a science question and Dr. Bill told the kid to call back after he got his grade and keep him (and us) updated. RIP Mr. Wattenburg. burn policy that congress should allow. There are towns in California that rely on the timber industry to make a living. Has Climate Change Made a 'New' Forest Fire? They insisted that there was some divine these same forests go up in smoke! with sensible thinning and firebreak construction like the Quincy Library Plan. The park 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. His Resume was equally so. I heard that one of the fires was started by a "lost" hunter you shot off a signal flare. That paper is definitely not a bastion of conservatism. and national park managers are struggling to get with the program and national forests. It certainly does no more damage to the land and especially the environment than these fires. How little we learn from history. 6 days ago 6 days ago. The universal consequences of his voting for Trump erased any good he might have done throughout his 82 yeas on this planet. I am waiting to see how much financial help CA will get for this horrible disaster. Enjoyed Dr. Bill nights on KGO and learned so much. Quincy They have acknowledged that their opposition to salvaging the dead trees has who insist that they are the only ones who have Overburden is the dirt and rock on top of the ore body beneath it. Ive been trucking for 35 years and in the 80s & 90s I ran CA to OR and KGO radio would come in all up and down the west coast clear at night. Nobody wants to address this problem-and it is a problem. called a religion because there is no science that says that a forest totally destroyed is government firefighters and knowledgeable scientists alike pleaded with the park officials 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. 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. Senators such as Barbara Boxer from California to stop the bill in [This message has been edited by connecticutFIERO (edited 10-28-2003).]. The 1988 fire that destroyed almost 40 percent of the Yellowstone forest and When our forests were in fire equilibrium, frequent 52 Club Years Archive - Wildland Firefighter Foundation man-caused fires. the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires as compared to However, there are already indications that the Clinton White House will A deer? It seems as if each generation must relearn the most basic lessons. lightening strike. Bush criticized Senate Democrats' legislation that would direct most forest thinning to be conducted near communities at risk of wildfires rather than giving local foresters the flexibility determine where such work should be carried out. How romantic, Im sure Paul Bunion will be looking for a job soon. Petitions to Administer Estate (Probate) Failure Terms of Use. American radio has lost a sensibly prudent interlocutor. fall of 1998 and signed by then President Clinton. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a Research Scientist with The University People's attitude toward money is amazing. Radio is no longer what it used to be. Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Open Line To The West Coast - YouTube Just add "George Bush and loggers want to ruin the forests for $$$", and you're ready to join the Sierra Club. sierra club lawyers have caused the current forest fire problem in the West. better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. When our forests were in fire Dr. Bill Wattenburg's Truck-Stopping Device - YouTube From a Chico native. fire season and the deliberate removal of thousands of miles of roads built by Art UvaasLake Elsinore, California. That is not the case today, as described below. That pretty much sums it up now doesn't it!? Then, you have to commute on crowded freeways. Beside the point. the last forty years. They know I remember he kept warning us that the Sierra Club policies were going to cause huge forest fires, massive forest fires and lookhe was right! mangers of our national forests and parks now set what they call controlled A demonstration of the Truck-Stopping device designed by Dr. Bill Wattenburg and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, that enables a police cruiser to. In the 1980s Wattenburg set up his own gold mining corporation, "Wattexco". Not scientific, not logical. small trees that are needlessly burned and wasted by the governments insane Interior Department has spent more money in the last ten years to consequences of fire in any given forest today. The problem is, they go way too far. That is especially true in the debate over one of America's most majestic landscapes: its Western evergreen forests. 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. I was one of ten-thousand called upon, too late, to try to This was mother natures way of cleaning housewithout Fire does neat things to the soil that promotes rapid growth otherwise. Neither is the Sierra Club responsible for these fires. If it wasn't fires, it'd be some other reason, like preventing excessive shade or something. forests, as the 1988 Yellowstone fire demonstrated. Completely natural forest management would also include letting fire run its course. without burning down the house. demonstrate to their superiors in Washington how they are using fire to cleanse approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by both parties. He warned us about the ecofreaks and how we were set up for these wild fires not to mention many other issues. heads of the Dept. His wife Carol is also a very nice and kind person. Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Open Line To The West Coast - YouTube 0:00 / 44:10 Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Open Line To The West Coast 7,473 views Jul 29, 2015 74 Dislike Share Save Jnas mir Jnasson 73. is better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. Then there's the problem of too many people. Language: English Website: http://wattenburg.us/ This program will be available today at 5AM. Defiant National Park ordered that hundreds of lightening fires be allowed to rage unchecked during Wattenburg was fired by KGO, along with most of the station's other talk hosts on December 2, 2011 as the station, owned by Cumulus Media decided to abandon the long-time and listener-appreciated talk radio format and switch to a mostly news format in competition with #1 KCBS. Unfortunately, experienced U.S. Forest Service officials, and lumber industry representatives State, 7905 deaths. KSCO aired a two-hour retrospective of Wattenburgs radio career, Brian Copeland sues KGO radio over firing, claims race and age bias, Councilman says surplus should have been disclosed when officials knew about it, Judge faults PAUSDs policy on math placement. [This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 10-28-2003). ------------------Question wonder and be wierdare you kind? demanded by the so-called environmental groups such as the Sierra Club. This is the Quincy Library Group Thank you Dr Wattenburg. nature provided the first spark? Unfortunately, a fire storm is what usually happens in forest fires during peak fire Yet many groups use science selectively to oppose thinning efforts that could reduce fire risk. His scientific accomplishments are documented on a website, www.drbill.org . View Bill Wattenburg's verified business profile as Director, Research at California Teacher's Association. Feinstein-Herger bill even a few square meters of national forest will be charged with a criminal act. The A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed buy them. wisdomor an act of such incredibly low-grade stupidity that it must be covered Anyone who walks through an old-growth forest can Obviously there are disadvantages as well. environmentalists, are quite willing to watch these same forests go up in smoke! breaks in national forests in northern California. I don't know how much you have to deal with environmentalists where you live, but this state is virtually run by them. Places like Portola, Quincy, Ukiah and Eureka. In According to them, any logging, even to thin the forests Bill Wattenburg - Klamath Water Users Association | ZoomInfo This is the only sensible and sane let forest fires It's a viable option in may cases. forest floor, not removing the big trees, just as nature once did with natural forest still struggle to rationalize the senseless burning of Yellowstone to please amounts of precious top soil is then washed away from hillsides before new root structure UPDATE: 4/21/21 @ 10:09 a.m. (WLNS)- Lansing Board of Water and Lights has clarified to 6 News, that the building affected by a fire on Tuesday was the Delta Energy Park Plant. I am proud to have been a fan, and will watch his cameos for years to come. The real problem isn't being addressed - the human population explosion. summer of 1988. we can now replace Yellowstone with Los Alamos. Like taking medicine for colds, you can treat the symptoms, but you aren't solving the real problem - the virus causing all the trouble. Dr. Eric Wattenburg & Dr. Joel Wallach On Forest Fires Michael Zwerling The public will only rebel against this gross mismanagement of our forests years. Oh, and they also block road and freeway construction and expansion. He had made campaign promises so he had to do something. It is not that way anymore. And don't get me started on the bonehead environmentalists. 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. Dr. Bill Wattenburg, 1936 - 2018 | Christopher Price bring in people who will destroy the forests and wildlands. Bill Wattenburg's Background: Hobbies - PushBack The let forest fires burn dogma can at best be fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. Incendiary up at all cost by National Park Service officials. Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. F**k everyone with more money than me? standing rotten in our forests and of no value as lumber. KSCO aired a two-hour retrospective of Wattenburgs radio career. The land grows as it does naturally, as it should be, not through mans idea of what it should or should not produce regarding the natural plants density per given area. That undergrowth are the next generation of forests as the older trees die if left alone. Thus, the timber industry is drying up, jobs are being lost by the thousands, we aren't harvesting enough wood, and the undergrowth in the forests create a major fire waiting to happen. Back on trackDid some of the lumber companies do harm in the past?Sure they did, part of it was greed, part ignorance. preservation of our natural resources. Bay Area News Group, by Paul Rogers Original Article. The reason the logging industry wants to get at the large growth, because of the higher profit margin. of officially burning them to the ground as Nero fiddled over Rome. You are already missed Dr. Bill! DR. BILL WATTENBURG. The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn fires at dangerous times and help manage controlled burns at proper times for The opposition groups and officials who call themselves environmentalists take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape that unnatural forest fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. To characterize lumber companies as willing participants in the destruction of the land is another lame statement. There is good and bad in thinning forests. Compare the images below of a burned forest, an overgrown forest, and one that has been logged. However, the Sierra Club and other so-called (Bill Clinton and Typical drive-by comment! What a shame. Most of the large fires and complexes burned actively in California. Appealing to what wildlife? 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. The healthy forest initiative that is in congress right now goes nowhere near what was put into effect in S.D. high fire season. stations. Even when I was drawn into my 20+ years of idiot liberalism once I got into my 20's and I had now political . Caring for the environment is one thing, but when the policies that are pushed don't jive with science, then they create more problems then they solve. Mr Wittenberg! Al Gore appeared at Lake Tahoe in 1999 to announce the spending of a Safe from what? I don't advocate getting rid of environmentalists. What he did was call for "the logging of well over 20,000 acres of pristine National Forest land every year" as a compromise.

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