The last wild fire I had to help fight was all youpon and scrub. Nothing was
over 7 feet tall. It burned so hot it melted the paint on the side of the
truck I rode in.
Gawd, I've been coding C# too much today. I tried to end my sentences with a
semicolons. I need a BEER!
>I've seen whole s
> One one cause of forest fires... the trees!
>
> Cut down all the trees and there will be no more forest fires.
I've seen whole sections of the Sierras burning... not a tree in sight...
--
will
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
and that would just be unacceptable."
- Carrie Fi
One one cause of forest fires... the trees!
Cut down all the trees and there will be no more forest fires.
:-)
-Original Message-
From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:34 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Wild Fire Prevention
I listened to NPR this
IIRC, that there was a lack of planning, ignorance of the wind forecast and
safety considerations on that burn. Both signs of lack of prescribed burn
experience or training on the part of the project managers. Proper training
would probably have resolved some of that.
>mmm. The Cerro Grande f
mmm. The Cerro Grande fire was started by a prescribed burn. For those
outside the state, this pretty much devastated the city of Los Alamos
and came within a few feet of a nuclear weapons lab. Anyway, I think
this may have made them nervous.
Dana
On 8/24/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro
I mean no insult to your father. He sounds as if he was a knowledgable and
dedicated man. Be did he set policy or just carry it through. The NFS policy
wonks seemed to be, in most cases, ignorant of the role fire played forest and
wetland ecology.
The policies promulgated to the Kisatchie an
"Are you talking out by 10 or fire ecology."
I am referring to the many discussions I have had with my father during hiking
and camping trips about forest ecology and the role of natural fires in it. I
am not knowledgeable enough in what policy at what level covers what. But in
general the NF
Are you talking out by 10 or fire ecology. I can say that I was told by the
Desoto National Forest Area Supervisor in 1994 that the NATIONAL policy was no
fire ecology AND REGIONAL policy to replace the long leaf pine forests with
loblolly pine forests.
Going half way is as bad as not doing an
"No it hasn't. For a century the policy of the NFS has been to put the fire
out by 10 am the next day."
I'm sorry, I am going to go with of my father the retired Tahoe National Forest
Supervisor after 50 years of NFS service that this policy was phased out in the
1950's for unpopulated wildern
No it hasn't. For a century the policy of the NFS has been to put the fire out
by 10 am the next day. Remember Smokey the Bear? That is what has caused the
problem. The NFS has also allowed all of thier land to get way overgrown with
both trees and understory.
I will say is select areas the
"So we either need to use proper foresty techniques or allow the wild fires to
burn themselves out in unpopulated areas. Either technique will reduce the
intensity of the fires in future years."
The latter has been the rule for several decades now, at least for lands
managed by the National Fo
I listened to NPR this morning and was impressed by the report on fire
prevention efforts around Lake Tahoe. They were right, we need to implement a
fire ecology plan nation wide.
It will also address those pesky greenhouse gasses some people worry about. I
need to see if the report survive
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