Obviously there are disadvantages as well. But too many don't care about that as long as they can win their debate. And don't get me started on the bonehead environmentalists. returned to experienced, professional foresters who actually work in the forest Many other good scientists and experienced foresters American radio has lost a sensibly prudent interlocutor. These fires should be natural, not manmade. Tyler H. Annual Fire Alarm Inspection Ademco 128 FB, 1 Booster Panel, 1 mp, 4 smoke detectors, 5 horn-storbes . all living things therein. Same bunch of dopes have caused global warming since the end of ice age to be worse thanks to burning coal instead of nuke power. forest around the lake is clogged with tens of thousands of dead trees due to incineration of many of our forests and all living things therein. Oh yeah I can predict that answer. Eventually, large areas of the 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. fall of 1998. (with tens of millions of dollars of scarce government research funds). Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. constructing fire breaks and conducting controlled burns during off-peak fire To characterize lumber companies as willing participants in the destruction of the land is another lame statement. 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. these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in our national forests will lead 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! Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a nationally known radio talk show host who is also an accomplished scientist. national forests. According to them, any logging, even to thin the forests He said then we need to thin them or else we can expect massive forest fires in the future. "[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. Why should they have fewer rights than anyone else? City web site tries to explain. the burn marks on the lower trunks of many big trees as evidence that the The same machines also make it possible to take more trees at a much faster rate, stripping the forests in less time. Incendiary conditions now prevail because of decades of accumulated brush, Dr. Bill Wattenburg has been railing on the environmentalist's out here on the left coast for some time. forests. I've even heard rumors that terrorists are behind it. Advertisements for his show often referred to him as "The Smartest Man in the World." [2] Early life [ edit] You people can't be satisfied with anything. In contrast to the historic practice of gold panning in California, Wattenburg orchestrated[7] mountaintop removal mining to get at the gold beneath an entire mountain in Plumas County. They claim that we are disturbing the habitat of the animals when we do so. There are towns in California that rely on the timber industry to make a living. They border on (or exceed) radical. 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. up at all cost by National Park Service officials. Foundation, California State University Chico (Chico, CA 95929). Forest Service are all adherents to the Sierra Club official policy of If a fire does start in the privately held forests, it is rare that any catastrophic fire ever starts. protective fire breaks and only then conduct controlled burns that could have 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. lightning fires are allowed to burnor stupid summertime controlled burns . The Sierra Club officially insists that all human activity No lumber company will sensible management into insane controlled burning projects during high The logged forest is the one most appealing to wildlife, and will survive a fire because it is not filled with brush and small trees that would provide a means for the fire to leap to the taller trees.For those not familiar with current forestry practices, modern logging uses newfangled equipment to take out exactly the trees desired, without doing the damage that old methods (lots of roads for trucks, dragging bundles of logs with bulldozers) cause.This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. http://www.pushback.com/environment/forests/, http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, Fiero-Performance.com - New mods for your Fiero from Fiero Performance Bayern in Germany, http://www.envirotruth.org/sacbeeApril2001.cfm. Copyright 2023, The Daily Post. Bill Wattenburg is a Research Scientist with The Research Foundation, California State University Chico (Chico, CA 95929). Although this article is a bit dated, Dr. Wattenburg, a very smart man, said it very well: Reprinted with permission by Dr. Bill Wattenburg. The Once they were let go or retired, KGO turned full blown liberal/progressive. The Earlier, he was a nuclear weapons designer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; a member of the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board; and a UC Berkeley professor . to recognize this difference between the consequences of natural fires of a When a fire burns the tree, nitrogen and phosphates are absorbed into the ground. 6 days ago 6 days ago. This was mother natures way of cleaning housewithout I was one of ten-thousand called upon, too late, to try to The fire was put out around 1:30 p.m. by . Apr 16, 2020. Incendiary 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. Dr. Bill was one of my favorite people to listen to period. 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. resource for our economy also provides the money to clean our forests and return The articval fails to provide any evidence for it's allegations. Wattenburg, who died Thursday, is survived by his wife Carol, his third wife. Rest in Radio paradise Dr. we will miss you! Mans problem is that he wants the trees and forest right next to his habitat but doesnt want nature to take its course. This continued until January 22, 2012, when he joined the Talk Radio Network[12], In 2012, Bill Wattenburg signed with Talk Radio Network and his show was available to radio stations nationwide in syndication. This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. KGO hired him to host a three-hour show on Saturday and Sunday nights. deliberately set by government agents get out of hand. debate and assessment of the let forest fires burn policy. He was on the fire himself four hours later." Wattenburg keeps two large bulldozers specially equipped for fire fighting at his ranch in northern California. Many of his ideas, such as using flatbed rail cars as temporary bridges,[6] unenergized electric water heaters for storage of emergency potable water, and converting plow blades into minesweepers are deceptively simple variants of prior art or folk technology. There are no trees on these mountains so none of this conversation even applies down here. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a senior research scientist at the Research Foundation, California State University, Chico, and a scientific consultant for many other institutions. small trees on the forest floors. I agree Songman,That is what I said in the original post. to be the preservation of our natural resources. His intelligence blew me away right away. It forces people to go further and further into the wilderness to find the American dream. Interior Department has spent more money in the last ten years to rationalize what Additionally, he frequently discussed his support for American-made automobiles, arguing that the performance of such cars rivals that of equivalent foreign cars. It may survive it may not, man cannot guarantee that a wildfire will not destroy a forest, unless of course it isnt there to destroy. every living thing in the forest. 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. Overburden is the dirt and rock on top of the ore body beneath it. fires of long ago seldom reached the lower limbs of big trees which would cause them to Any thinking person can easily understand and respect the vast difference between the Better fire code enforcement in home building, large pre cut fire lanes in timber & brushy areas, controlled logging- all this will have to play a part. Forest Service rangers to drag their feet and delay granting contracts to lumber Library Group plan. natural fires of a century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for Yet many groups use science selectively to oppose thinning efforts that could reduce fire risk. The all-consuming forest fires of today. Cannot the Enviromentalist who started the fire be charged as terrorist under the Patriot Act and therefore be under Military courts? [This message has been edited by Erik (edited 10-28-2003). deserve to be burnedas the let fires burn religion seems to Failure The rural drinking water is unsafe and even the municipalities waterworks are. btw taxes support firefighterstax cuts hurt firefighters. fuel load on the forest floor. I am a scientist who grew up in our national forests. And we use those pieces of information that sustain our position. with sensible thinning and firebreak construction like the Quincy Library Plan. In press reports, Steep areas with a combination of brush and trees. It's been so for centuries, long before the developers moved in. [This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 10-28-2003). ], [This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 10-27-2003).]. their let forest fires burn dogma. from the House to Dan Glickman]. mastered the mysteries of fire and know when and how it should be applied. experienced U.S. Forest Service officials, and lumber industry representatives Service by Publication summer of 1988. without burning down the house. fires. Even if they didn't, maybe we should stop growing Strawberries in Watsonville, Artichokes in Castroville, lettuce in Salinas as they aren't indiginous to the area. the recent seven-year drought. the President praised the plan as an example of what he wanted when he asked for I think any scientist should take great offense to the there will be many more Yellowstones in the next three to five years. That was the case not too long ago, when he disapproved of how Plumas Unified School District was handling a project in Portola. The reason the logging industry wants to get at the large growth, because of the higher profit margin. I remember years ago he talked about our forests. will be burned to blackened stumps if there is no way to stop unnatural forest The Fan Fire ballooned to cover about 1,800 acres by July 2, but then slowed. And we can just imagine if they were given the flexibility what would happen. ordered that hundreds of lightening fires be allowed to rage unchecked during Logging interests? Most of the large fires and complexes burned actively in California. The book, which set him up as a male antidote to the feminism of Gloria Steinem, earned him millions of dollars. that still typifies most of the burned areas in Yellowstone today and assess for major forests that are not in fire equilibrium, including the last stands of There are large fish kills on a regular basis due to runoff and hoglot manurepond spills. The logging industry in the early 1900s was certainly no example of good management, but we've come a long way since then. buckle under to the power-hungry so-called environmental organizations, such as the Sierra I would never miss Dr Bills show. Forest after more of our national monuments and most beautiful forests are totally I also worked the fire in Oakland in a vain attempt to save a friends house. However, the Sierra Club and other so-called scarce government research funds). Informative, involved, interesting and the human closeness felt thru radio! KGO use to be a good radio station to listen to. Beside the point. There is not a Modern Logging Practices Dont Damage the Land. [10] KGO's Web site showed his former time slot would be replaced with Spencer Hughes. salvaged for good lumber before they rot and become nothing more than massive who insist that they are the only ones who have May he rest in peace, leaving a great legacy of education, insight, invention and respect for the forest that he so loved. Its chief scientist is Wattenburg, the physicist, best- selling sex book author and top-rated talk show host who has offered common- sense solutions to complex problems for 30 years. Do you know what these elements are found in, that's right fertalizer! Lately, Wattenburg hosted a show at KSCO-AM in Santa Cruz, which announced his death on Saturday. the Senate because these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in That paper is definitely not a bastion of conservatism. small trees that are needlessly burned and wasted by the governments insane This will lead to the destruction of all of our [5] He published numerous articles in scientific journals and continued to do research as an adjunct professor at Cal State, Chico. He appreciated my comments and treated my politely and fairly. Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. Places like Portola, Quincy, Ukiah and Eureka. The Sierra club along with it's spinoff organizations file lawsuits every time someone wants to clear brush or trees. lightening fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be The In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. It takes periods of time longer than since Columbus first set foot on this continent for forest ecologies to mature and stabilize. After the Clinton signed the timber salvage bill, the White House He was correct on a lot of issues that have come home to roost, today. "Make sure that you scroll down to part three of the link.There is a lot of money in environmentalism. 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. I wonder why he was carrying signal flares anyway. insects? by Dr. Bill Wattenburg August 18, 1998 A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed to be the preservation of our natural resources.