The official policy now is that roads
Rest in Radio paradise Dr. we will miss you! fire season and the deliberate removal of thousands of miles of roads built by
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. the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires as compared to
Willard Wattenburg Obituary (1936 - 2018) - Chico, CA - Mercury News I also worked the fire in Oakland in a vain attempt to save a friends house. without burning down the house. U.S. For all his irritations and grunting, he was endearing too; go figure. Radio is no longer what it used to be. Near Delta Commerce Dr, Lansing, MI 48917. . load creates intensely hot forest fires that ignite the big trees and destroy
A demonstration of the Truck-Stopping device designed by Dr. Bill Wattenburg and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, that enables a police cruiser to. years. fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. The trees they plant are not natural types indigenous with the area. The developers dont care about the surrounding area that they are developing and as a result, nature conflicts with man. the Quincy Library Group plan, even though local Sierra Club members helped
Service by Publication nations requirements for lumber. Tell that to the land that is eroded. That pretty much sums it up now doesn't it!? But many self-proclaimed ecologists in high
Say what you want about "greedy corporations," but the people they employ need the jobs. Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 - August 2, 2018) [1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. from the House to Dan Glickman]. plan. person, scientist for sure, can easily understand the basics of this subject and the
All scientists who care about our national parks and forests must demand a national
], These and other sayings tonight on:UNFOUNDED COMMENTS6:00PM on Channel 7, Do a little research on President Clinton selling off old-growth forest saying that there is "about 375 board feet of salable lumber in every thousand year old Douglas Fir. their eventual destruction by unnaturally intense forest fires during peak
The rural drinking water is unsafe and even the municipalities waterworks are. Allowing private companies to salvage this
Wow, so environmentalists are responsible for the forest fires, but if we allow some timber cutting, then Bush is doing it just for his money grubbing friends. their let forest fires burn dogma. Longtime KGO radio host and scientist Bill Wattenburg dead at 82 Dr. Bill was one of my favorite people to listen to period. will be burned to blackened stumps if there is no way to stop unnatural forest
The 1988 fire that destroyed almost 40 percent of the Yellowstone forest and
Oh yeah I can predict that answer. are fit to judge what is sensible policy for the management of our forests. Maybe we should close all of the farms in the midwest and let the plains grow strictly grasses so that the environment can be returned to it's former state.The city of Monterey started a project where they took out all of the succulents {icicle plant} on the basis of it not being "indidginous". better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. Any real scientist should take great offense to the self-proclaimed fire scientists
There was a time when most of our forests
The Sierra Club insists that this is better than allowing greedy
burn, or setting fires during high fire season with the present incendiary
which are totally incinerated once a fire rages through them. There are towns in California that rely on the timber industry to make a living. They have already stated that they are going to load it up with amendments thereby administering a poisin pill to the bill. There is good and bad in thinning forests. can save it. fire season. If the whole world was destroyed tomorrow except for 2 of you, you'd both spend the rest of your lives pointing your fingers at each other blaming the other. This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. Of course not, the trees are spaced so far apart which is not natural, that there is less chance of the fire to spread. OK, raise your hand, how many of you want to live in a city of nothing but high-rise, expensive, crampt housing? Notices of Trustees Sale And Dr, Wattenburgs article on the "let burn" philosophy.. http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, [This message has been edited by trailboss (edited 10-27-2003). The shore has trees but even 1 mile inland starts to become desertous. Yellowstone Ablaze: The Fires of 1988 | WyoHistory.org There is not a
Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of
Logging interests? How to Reach Dr. Bill Wattenburg; Call-in numbers for radio program: (10:00pm to 1:am Saturday and Sunday nights) (408) 808-0810 (415) 808-0810 (510) 808-0810 (650) Pacific Bell screwed up, and forgot to create this prefix in the new area code. good scientists and experienced foresters who have seen the consequences
stations. However, the Sierra Club and other so-called
I don't know how much you have to deal with environmentalists where you live, but this state is virtually run by them. Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually espouse
who have seen the consequences consider this blanket policy to be grossly irresponsible,
They approve stopping a runaway campfire, but wont allow
incineration of many of our forests and all living things therein. So many hours I listened to you, I can say none were wasted. Obviously there are disadvantages as well. Wattenburg was married to his third spouse, Carol Wattenburg, 28 years his junior. It was previou 369. local environmentalists, the U.S. Forest Service, and timber industry representatives
Yellowstone forests in 1988. Fortunately, the Quincy Library Group plan was finally approved by in the Senate in the
In
of
[citation needed] It was published under the pseudonym Will Harvey. that all our forests, even the few remaining old growth forests that they claim they are
To characterize "liberals and environmentalists" as the cause of the fires is a really lame statement. most beautiful national park is then allowed to spend tens of millions of
Then Vice-President Al Gore was given charge over all environmental policy in the
Overburden is the dirt and rock on top of the ore body beneath it. The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn even a few
Calif. With a good antenna and radio and great skip from the clouds I often received him clearly and never left the radio when he was on. Modern Logging Practices Dont Damage the Land. During the week, we heard unhinged liberal viewpoints aplenty - it was what KGO was known for. Dr. Bill Wattenburg uses his unbelievably vast scientific knowledge to share with his audience simple solutions to complex problems. He was my hero when I was growing up. implementation of the law, as it soon did [see letter
is better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. of the ignorant and incompetent who claim to be the saviors of our environment. entire forest become fire breaks because they have been returned to fire
Media blogger Rich Lieberman said Wattenburg was a crusty, cranky grumpy old man but it made for great radio.. destroy far more than can be renewed. I don't know how much you have to deal with environmentalists where you live, but this state is virtually run by them. That's worth up to nearly $5,000, at today's prices." this year). these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in our national forests will lead
to stop these fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. "Make sure that you scroll down to part three of the link.There is a lot of money in environmentalism. that still typifies most of the burned areas in Yellowstone today and assess for
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. Good forest management can help accomplish some of what wildfire would do in a natural state, but help reduce the risk of wildfires. Library Group plan. amounts of precious top soil is then washed away from hillsides before new root structure
National Park Service officials. Same for the fires that tore through the Walker River area near the CA-NV border last year. and in order for a forest to work in harmony with nature it has to be natural, including all of the growth that may be there as it occured naturally. Legal name changes Unfortunately,
Completely natural forest management would also include letting fire run its course. During the 1990s, the U.S. Treasury paid $31.6 million in legal fees for environmental cases filed against the government. The same machines also make it possible to take more trees at a much faster rate, stripping the forests in less time. Then, you have to commute on crowded freeways. 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. R.I.P. That paper is definitely not a bastion of conservatism. Then I realized that many people make decisions based on emotion. Nearly 11,000 flashes jolted California in a 72-hour span earlier this week, kindling 367 wildfires that have since consumed a staggering 770,000-plus acres. They often throw caution to the winds in order
conditions now prevail because of decades of accumulated brush, debris, and thickets of
[This message has been edited by Slater_334 (edited 10-30-2003).]. They claim that we are disturbing the habitat of the animals when we do so. How little we learn from history. Dr. Bill did not suffer fools lightly! [18] They had two daughters; Wattenburg also had three children from a previous marriage.[18]. Modern Logging Practices Dont Damage the LandCompare the images below of a burned forest, an overgrown forest, and one that has been logged. Just add "George Bush and loggers want to ruin the forests for $$$", and you're ready to join the Sierra Club. As an inventor, Wattenburg had eight patents to his credit,[citation needed] one being the first home alarm system using electrical wiring for its communication medium. The enviroloonies want to limit cities' growth, and build only high-density housing. eliminating all man and machine operations in our national forests and closing
Of course man can manage it through selective culling and replanting trees but a natural forest will always do it better. service officials wouldnt listen. People's attitude toward money is amazing. inaccessible. Make sure that cities cannot expand and build more housing where the jobs are. U.S. I don't advocate getting rid of environmentalists. Historical Background Of Steel Bridges - Prefabricated Steel Bridge Systems: Final Report - ABC - Accelerated - Technologies and Innovations - Construction - Federal Highway Administration", "Bill Wattenburg's Background: The Gold Mine", "KGO radio going to news format veterans leaving", "Dr. Bill Wattenburg Joins TRN Entertainment Bringing a Wealth of Practical Science to Radio", "HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. And World News", "Your Care America with Dr. Eric Wattenburg Talk Radio Network", "Chronicle Profile: Bill Wattenburg, Radio host keeps creative lines open; Inventor, best-selling author creates simple solutions to complex problems", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Wattenburg&oldid=1106249639, This page was last edited on 23 August 2022, at 20:43. Salvaging these dead big
Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. They are diverting
Wattenburgs show was No. That is sad.
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