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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:13:23 -0400

On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 10:37:31AM -0600, Marty Halvorson wrote:
> A Forest Service official has stated flat out that the tree lovers need to 
> understand their responsibility in contributing to the number of 
> uncontrollable (i.e., crown fires caused by very dense tree stands and 
> under growth) fires by their suits to stop any tree removal from the 
> forests managed by the Forest Service.

Boy, that is rather strange. I've always been under the impression that
the uncontrollable forest fires were the result of the Forest Service's
long-standing "10:00 A.M. policy", in place until the decision in 1963 to
switch over to "let-it-burn".

The 10:00 A.M. policy was based on theories about forest management from
Europe, and wasn't as applicable to the American wilds. So, we went from a
policy of containment for 100 years to one of letting things burn unless they
directly threatened property.

40 years after the end of the containment policy there is still a lot of stuff
left to burn. I can't imagine that artificially planted replacement
forests, with dense stands of identical trees, help that much either. 

I would be comfortable laying the fault for these contributing factors
squarely with the Forest Service. I would put the blame for many burned homes
upon the people who chose to build their dwelling with an unwise combination of
materials, location, and landscaping.

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njl
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