That pretty much sums it up now doesn't it!? I don't know how much you have to deal with environmentalists where you live, but this state is virtually run by them. Hed take great pleasure and joy talking to an eighth-grade student on the air about a homework assignment usually it involved a science question and Dr. Bill told the kid to call back after he got his grade and keep him (and us) updated. the Quincy Library Group plan, even though local Sierra Club members helped
Is that your high moral ground? I was one of ten thousand called upon, too late, to try to stop the burning of the
(with tens of millions of dollars of scarce government research funds). Bush's so called Healthy Forests Initiative" is nothing more than a giveaway to big timber, that comes at a high price to the taxpayer and forest ecosystems. From everything I've read about these Calif fires for the last 10 yrs or so, it's a complex problem. Had a Trump sign on him front lawn. His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe. They paid no attention. The real problem isn't being addressed - the human population explosion. The present government policies on forest management will guarantee that
Bill Wattenburg - Wikipedia For fire protection services in Lansing, MI call Fire Systems of Michigan! I've heard that fire supression is making fires worse than they would be. Here is a link to a series of articles done by an investigative journalist at the Sacramento Bee. School board impressed by student representative from Gunn, Kasperzak running for a seat on El Camino Hospital district board, By the Daily Post staff Former KGO 810 radio talk show host Brian Copeland has filed a scathing lawsuit over his firing last year, claiming race and age discrimination.
KGO hosts ambushed by news of firings - SFGATE The shortage of housing, and the high prices, are brought to you bywait for itthe enviros! Dr. Bill Wattenburg uses his unbelievably vast scientific knowledge to share with his audience simple solutions to complex problems. Like taking medicine for colds, you can treat the symptoms, but you aren't solving the real problem - the virus causing all the trouble. Then I realized that many people make decisions based on emotion. Senators such as Barbara Boxer from California to stop the bill in
Media blogger Rich Lieberman said Wattenburg was a crusty, cranky grumpy old man but it made for great radio.. meeting in Quincy, California, over several years. Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of
But they, the self-styled environmentalists, are quite willing to watch
Nevertheless, national environmental groups such as the Sierra Club have lobbied selected
selected U.S. Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of
How predictable and typical of you to insinuate that the environmentalists and liberals are responsible for this series of fires. protecting, eventually will be burned to blackened stumps if there is no way to stop
Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Open Line To The West Coast - YouTube 0:00 / 44:10 Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Open Line To The West Coast 7,473 views Jul 29, 2015 74 Dislike Share Save Jnas mir Jnasson 73. RIP Mr. Wattenburg. October 12, 1999 (with edits on November 7, 2001). scarce government research funds). But man, he could be brutal if you tried to BS him. In the early 1970s, Wattenburg was an inventor and physics professor at UC-Berkeley whose life took an interesting turn when he authored a best-selling book on sex, How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress, under the pen name Will Harvey. Lake Tahoe. fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. Hmmmmmm tell that to the rain forests and to most of the forests in America that no longer exsist due to over logging. Bill Wattenburg, circa 2000. limited in area by the surrounding fire breaks. Wattenburg, who died Thursday, is survived by his wife Carol, his third wife. Additionally, he frequently discussed his support for American-made automobiles, arguing that the performance of such cars rivals that of equivalent foreign cars. Radio is no longer what it used to be. I don't advocate getting rid of environmentalists. Brought to you by the Sierra Club. That's for a small, 50+ year old POS in a blue collar neighborhood. But they, the self-styled
Good forest management can help accomplish some of what wildfire would do in a natural state, but help reduce the risk of wildfires. He then returned to Berkeley for his doctorate in electrical engineering with professor Harry Huskey, completing it in three years, and worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and as a professor at Berkeley until 1970. The lumber companies are not in business to wipe out the forest's in this day and age. Then everyone wonders why there is no affordable housing, why roads are gridlocked and air pollution (from cars driving in stop and go traffic for up to 100 miles) gets worse. Bay Area News Group, by Paul Rogers Original Article. that the Clinton White House would buckle [see fifth paragraph in previous link] under to the power-hungry,
None of these areas had excessive fuel due to a lack of a forest management program or some "wackos" litigation. themselves whether what was done in 1988 by park officials was an act of divine wisdom--or
This was mother natures way of cleaning housewithout
http://www.envirotruth.org/sacbeeApril2001.cfm Salaries for environmental leaders have never been higher. Anyone who doubts this should
consequences of a wildfire in our tinderbox forests today. But many self-proclaimed
would cause them to ignite and in turn create a fire storm that incinerates
forest fires burn dogma can at best be called a religion because
A Q&A with Ecologist, Bill Anderegg, PhD by Benjamin Ragen, PhD | March 13, 2020. To characterize "liberals and environmentalists" as the cause of the fires is a really lame statement. plan. I wonder why he was carrying signal flares anyway. up at all cost by National Park Service officials. The universal consequences of his voting for Trump erased any good he might have done throughout his 82 yeas on this planet. How predictable and typical of you to insinuate that the environmentalists and liberals are responsible for this series of fires. He will truly be missed! Demonizing developers is a cop-out. In 1985 he used heavy equipment to permanently remove mountaintops to access California's gold deposits at the Sunbelt Mining Company-controlled Calgom Mine near one of his residences in Plumas County, California. Allowing private companies to salvage this
If a fire does start in the privately held forests, it is rare that any catastrophic fire ever starts. Forest Service rangers to drag their feet and delay granting contracts to lumber
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. That is especially true in the debate over one of America's most majestic landscapes: its Western evergreen forests. Yet another delusional pipedream for you to hope for. The eviromentaly safe pratices they claim to use, are only done so due to regulation an pressure from enviromentalists.
Thanks for the fires Sierra club! - Pennock's Fiero Forum Language: English Website: http://wattenburg.us/ This program will be available today at 5AM. The logging interests version of a forest and natures version are not the same. The
Advertisements for his show often referred to him as "The Smartest Man in the World." [2] Early life [ edit] Adequate fire breaks require
The problem is, they go way too far. 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. lumber companies back into our forests. Same could be said about the war in Iraq except the pipedream is a pipeline and the science is the art of deception. burn promoters are still trying to rationalize (with tens of millions of dollars of
these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in our national forests will lead
[This message has been edited by JazzMan (edited 10-28-2003).]. Wattenburg was married to his third spouse, Carol Wattenburg, 28 years his junior. Nature is logical. 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 . What's that you say, just tell them to move to the big city? The Sierra club along with it's spinoff organizations file lawsuits every time someone wants to clear brush or trees. Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District. Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually
Missed his Sunday night shows as I would drive and tune in! remaining old growth forests that they claim they are protecting, eventually
When our forests were in fire equilibrium, frequent
The book landed Wattenburg on TV talk shows where he debated the merits of feminism opposite people such as the Gabor sisters and Gloria Steinem. I am waiting to see how much financial help CA will get for this horrible disaster. 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. to be the preservation of our natural resources. Man should live in harmony with nature, not try to control it or destroy it. Should have listened to him back then! controlled burn only projects. He was my hero when I was growing up. Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did not clean up in time. Why not? fall of 1998 and signed by then President Clinton. to stop these fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. 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.
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That is proper forest management via nature. Thanks for the educaiton Dr. Bill, it didnt cost me a thing but time, time well spent! amounts of precious top soil is then washed away from hillsides before new root structure
Patrick Moore the original founder of Grenpeace left that organization when it was taken over by the earth first types. from the out-of-control controlled burn that their childish computer
Offering expert fire sprinkler, alarm, & extinguisher services. In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. I would never miss Dr Bills show. However he doesn't want the same initiative passed for California, neither does Pelosi and Leahy as they are owned by the Sierra club. Actually, yes. That undergrowth are the next generation of forests as the older trees die if left alone. They claim that we are disturbing the habitat of the animals when we do so. Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires as compared to
[18] They had two daughters; Wattenburg also had three children from a previous marriage.[18]. Lightning alone will eventually set fires in all these forests. equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. Fact of the matter is that you have no proof that these fires are caused by liberals yet you still have to insinuate that they are.
Longtime KGO radio host and scientist Bill Wattenburg dead at 82 It's so easy for some people to decide someone else doesn't deserve equal rights. surrounding fire breaks. Not scientific, not logical. of officially burning them to the ground as Nero fiddled over Rome. case today, as described below. Then, noone can afford a home. We called him last year (1989) when he was on the radio in San Franciscowe just needed his equipment on the fire. This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. buy them. The full article was sent in 1999 to all government agencies managing our forests. its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn did to Yellowstone in 1988
It's a viable option in may cases. implementation of the law, as it soon did [see letter
I'm just saying that comments like 'Bush is owned by logging companies' are ridiculous. They border on (or exceed) radical. 6.
Building catches fire near BWL's Erickson Power Plant - WILX Eventually, large areas of the
He consistently enforced the radical policies
This compromise pleased no one. were fire-tolerant. I've even heard rumors that terrorists are behind it. resource for our economy also provides the money to clean our forests and return
I'd like to know exactly how enviromentalist are profiting from this money wise, or profiting in terms of money from preserving forested areas. the recent seven-year drought. Experienced government firefighters
It seems as if each generation must relearn the most basic lessons. Appealing to what wildlife? Ironically, many national groups that call themselves environmentalists opposed a bill
ignite and in turn create a fire storm that incinerates everything else in the forest. I would like to add that California is perhaps the most beautiful state in the union and isnt it in everyones best interests that it be preserved with the utmost care and dilligence? fires. Dr. Bill was one of my favorite people to listen to period. California fires: State, feds agree to thin millions of acres of forests. Near Delta Commerce Dr, Lansing, MI 48917. precious, renewable natural public resources to satisfy the political paranoia
as compared to man-caused fires.
automatically to expanded exploitation of the forests. Failure
Places like Portola, Quincy, Ukiah and Eureka. buckle under to the power-hungry so-called environmental organizations, such as the Sierra
This area is sandy dirt, rock, brush and an occasional oasis of trees. They approve stopping a runaway campfire, but wont allow
From the first linked article that some chose not to read. saved both the Yellowstone and Florida forests. them to healthy fire-tolerant condition for our future generationsinstead
California as the primary objective of sustained-yield timber harvesting operations on
irresponsible as telling people to build campfires next to the gas pumps at service
Bill was known for his larger-than-life personality and for being outspoken when he didn't agree with something. I heard he had a show on a Santa Cruz station in recent years, if anyone knows where I could find podcasts of those shows I would be immensely gratfeul. And don't get me started on the bonehead environmentalists.
Has Climate Change Made a 'New' Forest Fire? A Q&A with Ecologist, Bill season today. Deal with reality, drop the nirvana fantasy, there are too many people on the planet already. [13] His program was called The Open Line to America. burn policy that congress should allow. Forest Service are all adherents to the Sierra Club official policy of
allowed to rage unchecked during the most dangerous fire season in decades. Your arguement is really lame. Dr. Bill. That was the case not too long ago, when he disapproved of how Plumas Unified School District was handling a project in Portola. 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. salvaged for good lumber before they rot and become nothing more than massive
deliberately set by government agents get out of hand.