No drought in Washington eh....

amandasgramma wrote:

csamayfield55 wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Fires are part of our forests ecosystem. Most of the property losses can be attributed to several issues, among them people building where they should not. No fire breaks near their homes. And number one, envirowackos who have prevented forest managment. Several years ago Deschutes NF and the enviros had finally come up with a plan. Problem was it was too late. The fires that swept west of Sisters destroyed thousands of acres of marketable timber. Now driving hwy 20 between Sisters and HooDoo is black. Scars that will be there for the next 50 years.

Sir, as a person that grew up in Redmond I can not give you enough pluses for your post but here are a few anyway!!!

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Chris

I'm with you, too!!! To add to it, the idea to NOT do anything with the burned timber still burns me up. All those dead trees just standing there when they COULD have been logged! What a waste!

Boy, I hear that!! We have friends that have a few hundred acres in norther california that was hit by a fire last year. before they had the fire out they had lumber sellers in figuring out what to do. They were able to harvest all the burned timber and gave them enough to reforest their land and still put mney in their pocket.
We let the Forrest service or BLM try and make those decisions it takes them years! Long enough that all the timber that could have been used is ruined then piled up and burned as slash piles AFTER it brings in bugs that destroy the timber that hasn't not been burned!!

This whole thing is about control plain and simple! If you want to delude yourself into believing all these climate change nut jobs go for it. Keep driving your little Prius that is in it's self an ecological disaster and telling all your friends your doing the right thing!! Every time they are proved wrong they will just change their story
Chris