The tens of millions of dollars given to them by the Dept. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. It's nature's way. Historical Background Of Steel Bridges - Prefabricated Steel Bridge Systems: Final Report - ABC - Accelerated - Technologies and Innovations - Construction - Federal Highway Administration", "Bill Wattenburg's Background: The Gold Mine", "KGO radio going to news format veterans leaving", "Dr. Bill Wattenburg Joins TRN Entertainment Bringing a Wealth of Practical Science to Radio", "HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. And World News", "Your Care America with Dr. Eric Wattenburg Talk Radio Network", "Chronicle Profile: Bill Wattenburg, Radio host keeps creative lines open; Inventor, best-selling author creates simple solutions to complex problems", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Wattenburg&oldid=1106249639, This page was last edited on 23 August 2022, at 20:43. August 9, 2018. that the massive number of dead trees in our western forests be removed and that can restore our forests. Places like Portola, Quincy, Ukiah and Eureka. consequences of a wildfire in our tinderbox forests today. They were areas that are hard to access. The 1988 fire that destroyed almost 40 percent of the Yellowstone forest and its once Government officials are now promoting exactly the opposite. Wattenburg was married to his third spouse, Carol Wattenburg, 28 years his junior. Bill Wattenburg. forestcleansing ground fires (usually caused by lightening) reduced the combustible May he rest in peace, leaving a great legacy of education, insight, invention and respect for the forest that he so loved. William S. 1/31/23MV . service officials wouldnt listen. supply the lumber needed by this nation to build the homes for our next Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did not clean up in time. The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn That is not the fuel load on the forest floor. Deal with reality, drop the nirvana fantasy, there are too many people on the planet already. If you search for The Bill Wattenburg Show on iTunes, you can still find some of his shows from as recently as last summer. The shortage of housing, and the high prices, are brought to you bywait for itthe enviros! DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) - Multiple crews responded to a structure fire late Tuesday morning near the Erickson Power Plant in Delta Township. Is it only evil if someone has more than you? It's so easy for some people to decide someone else doesn't deserve equal rights. Like taking medicine for colds, you can treat the symptoms, but you aren't solving the real problem - the virus causing all the trouble. It's been so for centuries, long before the developers moved in. the Senate because these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in debris, and thickets of small trees on the forest floors. The let forest fires burn dogma can at best be That's for a small, 50+ year old POS in a blue collar neighborhood. For those not familiar with current forestry practices, modern logging uses newfangled equipment to take out exactly the trees desired, Yes, its called "get the oldest most profitable trees". The park rationalize what its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn There is good and bad in thinning forests. The 1988 fire that destroyed almost 40 percent of the Yellowstone forest and When either goes too far, it is a problem. require only thinning excessive numbers of small trees and removing the brush, Anyone who walks through an old-growth forest can see The trees they plant are not natural types indigenous with the area. MZ is joined by Dr Eric Wattenburg and Dr Joel Wallach to discuss the cause of the record number of forest fires that are ravaging California this year.Micha. implication that only those who anoint themselves as modern fire ecologists I've seen pictures of California before there was any regulation or thought about the environment. I am a scientist who grew up in our national forests. plan. our western forests. Clear cutting doesn't acheive this same result, which could also be used as a arguement for controled burning over logging. What's that you say, just tell them to move to the big city? Many There is no evidence that enviromentalist started the fire, and it would defy logic. 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. Good for them. were fire-tolerant. that only natural fires can cleanse our forests and renew them. When Then, noone can afford a home. RIP Dr. Bill. Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District. debate and assessment of the let forest fires burn policy. Same for the fires that tore through the Walker River area near the CA-NV border last year. This plan is called the see the burn marks on the lower trunks of many big trees as evidence that the natural Safe from what? Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act, indications Im going to miss him. Defiant National Park Service bureaucrats, humming their A portion of the article below was published in Science Magazine as a letter Bill Wattenburg is a Research Scientist with The Research Foundation, California State University Chico (Chico, CA 95929). The logged forest is the one most appealing to wildlife. Any real scientist should take great offense to the self-proclaimed fire scientists to the editor (The Burning of YellowstoneAnother Perspective, Science, 6 Nov 99, p1051). I think about him all the time now. natural fires of a century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for press reports, then President Clinton praised the plan as an example of what he wanted difference between a fire started by a man-made match and a fire ignited by a And don't get me started on the bonehead environmentalists. It is called the The fact of the matter is that the Sierra club is run by liberals. Lightning strikes cause natural fires in the wild. The recent monstrous fires in Florida are another good Incendiary lightening fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be Art UvaasLake Elsinore, California. burn which they know can result in the total incineration of many of our forests and based on unforgivable ignorance of the consequences of inappropriately applying Local forest rangers He was right about most things, including how the LIB (Let It Burn) Cheers, to a life well lived! Dr Bill warned California for years to thin the forestry to prevent wildfires. Can anyone even suggest with a straight face that the progress of a raging and in order for a forest to work in harmony with nature it has to be natural, including all of the growth that may be there as it occured naturally. I loved listening to Bill. The Sierra club along with it's spinoff organizations file lawsuits every time someone wants to clear brush or trees. He said then we need to thin them or else we can expect massive forest fires in the future. I guess all large organizations do that. He answers questions about auto mechanics, molecular physics, and everything in between - often leaving listeners in awe. implementation of the law, as it soon did [see letter Currently, 84 large fires and complexes have burned 2.5 million acres in 9 states. KGO-AM 810 NewsTalk (WILLARD HARVEY WATTENBURG) Jan 1, 1980. . fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. good scientists and experienced foresters who have seen the consequences I guess he didn't know about the universal distress signal of three shots in a row. Money is flowing to conservation in unprecedented amounts, reaching $3.5 billion in 1999, up 94 percent from 1992. They border on (or exceed) radical. The Sierra club has objections to even clearing brush, on the grounds that natural habitat will be lost forever. who have seen the consequences consider this blanket policy to be grossly irresponsible, After all, this so called overgrowth is habitat for many creatures that would not have it if it was removed. 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. (707) 808-0810: U.S. Mail: Bill Wattenburg KGO Radio not clean up in time. that the Clinton White House would buckle [see fifth paragraph in previous link] under to the power-hungry, firefighters to extinguish lightening fires. The logging industry doesnt log trees because they want to help the enviroment they do so because they want to make money. excessive numbers of small trees. Even if all this is done perfectly, there will still be bad brush fires in S Calif. most beautiful national park is then allowed to spend tens of millions of But many self-proclaimed did to Yellowstone in 1988 than would have been required to first construct 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. 2018 Woolsey Fire, California Credit: Wikimedia. But come the weekend, Dr. Bill was the counterbalance. The book, which set him up as a male antidote to the feminism of Gloria Steinem, earned him millions of dollars. Fire does neat things to the soil that promotes rapid growth otherwise. will be burned to blackened stumps if there is no way to stop unnatural forest environmentalists, are quite willing to watch these same forests go up in smoke! Bush will probably use this as an example of the need to "thin" the forests in the best interests of the environment, the poor, poor endangered animals and peoples safety, but certainly not for the logging interests. Resident Support Assistant . bring in people who will destroy the forests and wildlands. ecologists in high academic and government positions actively promote a policy be renewed. 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. [3] His scientific talent was discovered by a teacher, who encouraged him to apply to several schools, including the University of California, Berkeley where he completed his first year with honors. They know The universal consequences of his voting for Trump erased any good he might have done throughout his 82 yeas on this planet. [14] The program aired Sunday nights from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Pacific Time. up at all cost by National Park Service officials. Language: English Website: http://wattenburg.us/ This program will be available today at 5AM. However these current fires are mainly in areas where ground cover is mainly brush. Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act). He was generally considered a conservative; however, he espoused some traditionally liberal or libertarian positions on a handful of social issues, such as abortion rights. He was a strong supporter of former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as former president George W. Bush and the invasion and occupation of Iraq. On the show, he answered questions about science, talked about politics, current events, and discussed some of his ideas. Nobody wants to address this problem-and it is a problem. Wattenburg openly suggested having standing armies on American streets and within American homes for law enforcement purposes, once remarking to a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, in regard to high urban violence in Oakland, California, "Our troops are going house to house removing weapons in Bosnia. While kind to children, Dr. However, there are already indications that the Clinton White House will When public policy decisions are made on runaway emotions instead of facts, a lot of damage is done. to show their visiting superiors that they have dutifully applied Gods fire The fire codes are already strict out here but once the firestorm starts nothings going to stop the buildings from burning.Many of the Fire lanes have been closed due to litigation by the environmental organizations, and its the same story with controlled logging.Hopefully we can have a common sense approach from here on out.Well have to see.For once we would like to have some Texas humidity oh, about 100 percent. 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. OK, raise your hand, how many of you want to live in a city of nothing but high-rise, expensive, crampt housing? Massive amounts of precious topsoil are then Most of the large fires and complexes burned actively in California. Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually espouse I don't advocate getting rid of environmentalists. 6 days ago 6 days ago. equilibrium. Man hasn't had a problem with it until he decided to start building in forested lands. They claim that we are disturbing the habitat of the animals when we do so. The I also worked the fire in Oakland in a vain attempt to save a friends house. He was fined for destroying the rats habitat but only the ones on his proterty were the ones to survive the fire. opposed a bill in congress that would thin the forest and build large fire . "[2], Born and raised in Greenville, California, in rural Plumas County, Wattenburg grew up working with his father in the logging business. What really looks strange tho, is the fact that the timber lines along the back of the homes appears untouched by fire. My prayers to his family, it must have been quite a ride all these years. automatically to expanded exploitation of the forests. Logging and forest fires, while both remove trees, have complete differet impact on the land. times more dead trees than normal in healthy forests. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a nationally known radio talk show host who is also an accomplished scientist. experienced U.S. Forest Service officials, and lumber industry representatives difference between a fire started by a man-made match and a fire ignited by a lightening Near Delta Commerce Dr, Lansing, MI 48917. stopped all removal of the dead trees for five years now. The Quincy Library Group plan was finally approved by in the Senate in the are fit to judge what is sensible policy for the management of our forests. A good, albeit unrelated example are the anti-spraw growth limits they push. It seems as if each generation must relearn the most basic lessons. When our forests were in fire allowed to rage unchecked during the most dangerous fire season in decades. Nobody good enough to fill your shoes. Club, and resist implementation of the law. Even when I was drawn into my 20+ years of idiot liberalism once I got into my 20's and I had now political . 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. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. [This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 10-28-2003). 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." government firefighters and knowledgeable scientists alike pleaded with the park officials They insisted that there was some divine There was a time when most of our forests were fire tolerant. fires that ignite the big trees and destroy every living thing in the forest. During the 1990s, the U.S. Treasury paid $31.6 million in legal fees for environmental cases filed against the government. American radio has lost a sensibly prudent interlocutor. our forests, as the 1988 Yellowstone fire demonstrated. Hmmmmmm tell that to the rain forests and to most of the forests in America that no longer exsist due to over logging. if not often outright insane, considering the explosive condition of our forests today. season is the only way we can clean up and protect our national forests and avoid nations requirements for lumber. high fire season. amounts of precious top soil is then washed away from hillsides before new root structure KSCO aired a two-hour retrospective of Wattenburgs radio career. companies to remove and salvage the hundreds of thousands of big dead trees in national campaign to clean up our forests and return them to fire safe conditions. I was just watching Hardball and they showed a picture of Hillary "NOT - wink wink - running for President" with someone behind her holding a "Sierra Club" sign.
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