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AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: shardian on October 24, 2007, 03:42:36 am ---I was listening to talk radio this morning, and Rush was talking about some bill called the "Save the Forests" bill. Basically, it would provide fundage for crews to go in and clear out underbrush in strategic locations out in California to stop wild fires from spreading. He was also saying that it is currently illegal for homeowners to do this themselves. I take everything Rush says with a grain of salt. Can any of you Californians chime in on this subject?
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Homeowners can clear out the brush on their own property (like my sisters family did), but it is illegal to go do it in the forest. I think that if anyone was allowed to go in and start clearing out brush, it would cause a lot of damage to the forests because most of the people would have no idea what their doing. From your description, the "save the forests" bill sounds pretty good though.
mr.Curmudgeon:
The "Healthy Forests" bill was all about letting logging companies access pristine wilderness, and less about "clearing brush to prevent the spread of forest fires".
Rush is no conservationist, so I'll just go ahead and assume he has no idea what he's talking about.
billf:
--- Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on October 24, 2007, 05:00:11 pm ---The "Healthy Forests" bill was all about letting logging companies access pristine wilderness, and less about "clearing brush to prevent the spread of forest fires".
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Do you have a link to the information contained in this bill?
shardian:
--- Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on October 24, 2007, 05:00:11 pm ---The "Healthy Forests" bill was all about letting logging companies access pristine wilderness, and less about "clearing brush to prevent the spread of forest fires".
Rush is no conservationist, so I'll just go ahead and assume he has no idea what he's talking about.
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I figured it sounded too nice. ;)
I couldn't remember the real name of the bill, thus I couldn't find a factual link for it. I'll look again.
EDIT: Here is a cnn link that sums it up, along with some input about the logging companies who would take advantage of it.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/03/forests.initiative.ap/index.html
So basically, logging companies could go unchecked and cut down trees they want as long as they claim they are unhealthy.
ErikRuud:
This NASA web page has some video of the fires from space.
It give a you a really good idea just how massive the fires are.
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