Here we go again....I suggest everyone on this list dust off your past letters and send a new version in! 100 words or less. Also - anyone care to call a...
Carolyn Chase
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Jan 2, 2008 5:47 pm
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January 2, 2008 KPBS Radio http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=10556 Environmental Groups Want Investigation of Power Lines in October Fires Two environmental...
David Hogan
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Jan 2, 2008 9:37 pm
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Carolyn and friends, I absolutely understand your concern for the Chaparral. I love it myself. And, I don't feel that wholesale clearance is the answer, but...
Thanks for asking... Actually, I am unaware of any opportunities for planting non-native trees in local forests. Most of the areas burned in the 2007...
Anne Fege
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Jan 3, 2008 4:47 pm
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Boy, I've certainly written my share of twisted sentences, but this editorial is really something else: "Most homeowners would prefer no flammable plants...
John I doubt anyone discounts the value of fuel modifications when fully justified. As you point you out there needs to be a balance or to put it another way,...
Jon E Keeley
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Jan 3, 2008 6:13 pm
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Yes, vegetation management is necessary. The question is whether policy is based on science or the opinions of UT editors. After reading the editorials and...
I think Janet Shelton has critiqued the UT opinion "Brush-Off" perfectly on all points. Thanks, Janet. I hope you send this statement to the UT letters. Also,...
Kay
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Jan 3, 2008 7:55 pm
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I think the point of contention is terminology that reflects a paradigm. "Brush" clearing - what is that? In my mind that means getting rid of ALL plants,...
I sent this to the UT yesterday: Re: editorial on Brush-off: Fuel for Thought: Good for us to have funds to reduce risks, so why not use them to reduce the big...
Kay
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Jan 3, 2008 8:46 pm
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I am sure most people take it to mean cut everything. To meet fire rules, I cut back a number of plants in fall 2007 (chaparral species, except manzanita,...
Manzanita does not come back. Dead wood can be removed however, and leaf litter picked up. Manzanita does not like frequent burns, therefore prescribed burns...
John, I will not discount your remarks but want to point out that the endpoint of many fire paths have been caused by wind changes: The Cedars fire turned...
Kay
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Jan 3, 2008 11:55 pm
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Another point, up above the five year burn in Harbison Canyon is a drainage that goes west from the canyon up into Crest. Crest, unfortunately at the time of...
Kay, Perhaps I chose a poor article to comment about. I agree with what you and the others are saying about the UT article, especially about clearing public...
For Immediate Release, January 4, 2008 Contact: John Buse, Center for Biological Diversity, (323) 533-4416 Van Collinsworth, Preserve Wild Santee,...
Van Collinsworth
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Jan 5, 2008 1:42 am
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As was the project on Rattlesnake mountain. Take a look at the deep cut and fill on top of the all of the homes down below. They did not even wait for it to...
Fellow SDFRN member, One of the key components in the California Chaparral Preservation Project to be released Jan. 28th is action by citizen naturalists to...
**************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Fellow Chaparralian,...
afege@...
Jan 6, 2008 8:23 pm
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Ooops, when I forwarded your message to the SDFRN list, I didn't realize you had already sent it with this title, must have been a delay into my mailbox. Oh...
cj sorry, you have to go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ then enter S. 2390 into the search box CJ Fotheringham <fire_ecology@...> 01/07/2008 02:03 PM To jon...
I remember looking at S.2390 when it was introduced, I think it is generally moving in the right direction but one thing bothers me. One of the problems with...
This previous message contains the link for the bill as proposed on 11/17/2007 by Senator Feinstein It is interesting as it is specifically for wildland fires....
I will be out of the office starting 01/07/2008 and will not return until 01/14/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. If you need immediate ...
karen_goebel@...
Jan 8, 2008 12:01 am
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Thanks to CJ for considering how the Act could serve or dis-serve California's largest wildland type. Here is the link to the '78 Act Cooperative Forestry...
Kay
kaytaff@...
Jan 8, 2008 2:19 am
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Here is another article from a local paper on the brush "menace," nothing new about the recent calls for chaparral destruction. Remove The Cause of Danger ...
Jon E Keeley
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Jan 8, 2008 2:52 am
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Patricia I quite agree, despite the evidence, the federal government is proposing spending money in ways that are not productive. As for housing structure, ...
Jon E Keeley
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Jan 8, 2008 2:52 am
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There will be a hearing on the City's new General Plan at the Natural Resources and Culture meeting tomorrow beginning at 2pm. (see link the agenda below) I...
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