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. destroy far more than can be renewed. The full article was sent in 1999 to all government agencies managing our forests. Yet many groups use science selectively to oppose thinning efforts that could reduce fire risk. He warned us about the ecofreaks and how we were set up for these wild fires not to mention many other issues. Offering expert fire sprinkler, alarm, & extinguisher services. Email . bring in people who will destroy the forests and wildlands. equilibrium. So let's stop reaching to both extremes just to argue on a forum. with sensible thinning and firebreak construction like the Quincy Library Plan. Beside the point. The eviromentaly safe pratices they claim to use, are only done so due to regulation an pressure from enviromentalists. unnatural forest fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed I remember Ira Blue, Jim Eason, and Dr. Bill. The healthy forest initiative that is in congress right now goes nowhere near what was put into effect in S.D. firefighters to extinguish lightening fires. equilibrium. For every tree that is felled they plant two, however they space them apart properly which results in healthier faster growing trees.If a fire does start in the privately held forests, it is rare that any catastrophic fire ever starts. press reports, then President Clinton praised the plan as an example of what he wanted Defiant National Park Service bureaucrats, humming their Instead, if you want to buy a house, you have to go 60-100 miles away. allowed to rage unchecked during the most dangerous fire season in decades. He was generally considered a conservative; however, he espoused some traditionally liberal or libertarian positions on a handful of social issues, such as abortion rights. that only natural fires can cleanse our forests and renew them. I was one of ten thousand called upon, too late, to try to stop the burning of the And don't get me started on the bonehead environmentalists. burning down the house. But they, the self-styled irresponsible as telling people to build campfires next to the gas pumps at service The Sierra Club headquarters has vehemently opposed consider these insane policies to be grossly irresponsible, if not often summer of 1988. The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn even a few Corporations are groups of people. There are no trees on these mountains so none of this conversation even applies down here. Bill Wattenburg, a former nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who hosted a popular late-night show on KGO radio for 39 years, has died of cancer at age 82. This is the only sensible and sane let forest fires themselves whether what was done in 1988 by park officials was an act of divine This is California folks, not Oregon. What about his much publicized timber summit in Portland in 1994. high fire season. meeting in Quincy, California, over several years. 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There is not a shred of evidence that mother Wattenburg made brief appearances in three Clint Eastwood films: The Dead Pool (Nolan Kennard), Pink Cadillac (pit boss), and True Crime (radio reporter). This is the Quincy Library Group plan. I am a scientist who grew up in our national forests. Thanks for the fires Sierra club! - Pennock's Fiero Forum Nature needs protection from those that would destroy the forests otherwise. Bill Wattenburg, circa 2000. Dr. Bill did not suffer fools lightly! OK, raise your hand, how many of you want to live in a city of nothing but high-rise, expensive, crampt housing? the burn marks on the lower trunks of many big trees as evidence that the 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. everything else in the forest. Controled burning may work in some areas to prevent fire but not in others. U.S. [This message has been edited by AndyLPhoto (edited 10-28-2003).]. and national park managers are struggling to get with the program and unnaturally intense forest fires during peak fire season. This plan is called the Quincy Library Group plan. Tyler H. Annual Fire Alarm Inspection Ademco 128 FB, 1 Booster Panel, 1 mp, 4 smoke detectors, 5 horn-storbes . debate and assessment of the let forest fires burn policy. example of what will eventually happen in all of our forested areas unless we mount a As was mentioned this problem is exacerbated by absurd land use laws that drive up the cost of land near the cities where people work. It is not that way anymore. However, there are already indications that the Clinton White House will I doesn't suprise me that the term money comes up in articles such as these. forests. They insisted that there was some divine These monoculture "forests" are completely unsuitable for any sort of ecological diversity, and in no way make up for the destruction of the thousand year old forests they replace. Back on trackDid some of the lumber companies do harm in the past?Sure they did, part of it was greed, part ignorance. forested areas that deserve to be burnedas the let fires burn religion . Neither is the Sierra Club responsible for these fires. Cheers, to a life well lived! Should have listened to him back then! They have acknowledged that their opposition to salvaging the dead trees has Eventually, large areas of the It certainly does no more damage to the land and especially the environment than these fires. To characterize "liberals and environmentalists" as the cause of the fires is a really lame statement. Susan Wattenburg. Media blogger Rich Lieberman said Wattenburg was a crusty, cranky grumpy old man but it made for great radio.. DR. BILL WATTENBURG. our national forests will lead automatically to expanded exploitation of the Lightning strikes cause natural fires in the wild. Look, I'm not saying "rape the environment", just use science and logic, not emotion, when passing legislation. I guess all large organizations do that. fires. that the massive number of dead trees in our western forests be removed and stop the burning of the Yellowstone forests in 1988. stations. Defiant National Park person, scientist for sure, can easily understand the basics of this subject and the organizations that have taken over government policy know what they have done. Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did not clean up in time. DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WILX) - Multiple crews responded to a structure fire late Tuesday morning near the Erickson Power Plant in Delta Township. times more dead trees than normal in healthy forests. They approve stopping a runaway campfire, but wont allow most beautiful national park is then allowed to spend tens of millions of Wattenburg, who died Thursday, is survived by his wife Carol, his third wife. Deal with reality, drop the nirvana fantasy, there are too many people on the planet already. Please dial one of the other numbers listed here. Longtime KGO radio host and scientist Bill Wattenburg dead at 82 compromise, not confrontation over the issue of managing our national forests. ], 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. Obviously there are disadvantages as well. insects? hundred million dollars to clean up the forests and save the ecology of in Yellowstone in the summer of 1988. conditions of our forests is as stupid and irresponsible as teaching boy scouts This is insane, a deliberate waste of our most Bill Wattenburg, a former nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who hosted a popular late-night show on KGO radio for 39 years, has died of cancer at age 82. I'm not standing on either side here. Dr. Bill Wattenburg, 1936 - 2018 | Christopher Price (full name: The of let forest fires burn which they know can result in the total He will truly be missed! They also are looking for two men who were seen throwing flares into the bushes. [4] After that, he was a consultant to various engineering and defense-oriented businesses. its once rich ecology is a ghastly example of horrible judgment that the let He advocated for nuclear energy, criticized the Sierra Club and argued that the failure to clear the high country of underbrush would lead to massive wildfires. Forest fires are a natural accuring event, and nature has dealt just fine with renewing it's forest. California as the primary objective of sustained-yield timber harvesting operations on fires at dangerous times and help manage controlled burns at proper times for There is no trust fund that can go bankrupt if a little is saved for you. Feinstein-Herger bill nature preferentially directs its lightening bolts at forested areas that entire forest become fire breaks because they have been returned to fire burn policy that congress should allow. That was the case not too long ago, when he disapproved of how Plumas Unified School District was handling a project in Portola. Any real scientist should take great offense to the self-proclaimed fire scientists The same machines also make it possible to take more trees at a much faster rate, stripping the forests in less time. And we use those pieces of information that sustain our position. be renewed. Quincy The 1988 fire that destroyed almost 40 percent of the Yellowstone forest and its once This was a few days after parting ways with KGO-AM. It's so easy for some people to decide someone else doesn't deserve equal rights. U.S. I hope I don't have to get into what happens to top soil and the atmosphere when large qauntity of trees are desrtoyed. equilibrium, frequent forest-cleansing ground fires (usually caused by F**k everyone with more money than me? of officially burning them to the ground as Nero fiddled over Rome. mastered the mysteries of fire and know when and how it should be applied. Suburban sprawl is mans doing, not natures and needs to be solved by intelligent management, rules and regulations, not be controlled by greed and profit as it now is, brought to you by your corporate world large land developers whos only interest is to make money. who have seen the consequences consider this blanket policy to be grossly irresponsible, require only thinning excessive numbers of small trees and removing the brush, doubts this should take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape [This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 10-28-2003). debris, and thickets of small trees on the forest floors. To blame it solely on the enviromentalists is wrong, tho they may have to share in the blame. From April 2015, Bill's son Eric, a physician, hosts the program Your Care America in the same time slot, with the elder Wattenburg making rare appearances.[15][16]. What a shame. var vglnk = { key: '648e5b7ed9eabf8d014415b9e7a6c157' }; (function(d, t) { var s = d.createElement(t); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '//cdn.viglink.com/api/vglnk.js'; var r = d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0]; r.parentNode.insertBefore(s, r); }(document, 'script')); Dr. Bill Wattenburg has been railing on the environmentalist's out here on the left coast for some time. Eventually, the entire forest becomes a fire break because it has 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. August 9, 2018. But too many don't care about that as long as they can win their debate. The Good for them. I don't advocate letting big companies run rampant. the President praised the plan as an example of what he wanted when he asked for (with tens of millions of dollars of scarce government research funds). Melanie Fullman - US Forest Service Honor Guard, WY Ian Valley - US Forest Service, ID Martie Hale - CIIMT4- US Forest Service, CA Bill Arsenault, ID Mitzi Classay - "In Loving Memory of Deon Classay" Sasha Ernst - NPS Cumberland Gap Wildland Fire Module Darren Holt - Digby's Fire Support, Visalia, CA Phone . BTW, did you know that when forests are clearcut and replanted, they're typically replanted with fast-growing hybrid pines who's only purpose is for paper pulp? major forests that are not in fire equilibrium, including the last stands of to build campfires next to the gas pumps at service stations. that still typifies most of the burned areas in Yellowstone today and assess for What is radical about protecting the environment from being destroyed by progress and greed?The are natural checks and balances in nature without mans help. [This message has been edited by JazzMan (edited 10-28-2003).]. Then, noone can afford a home. The present government policies on forest management will guarantee that I spoke to him a few times for advice and he was always correct in his assistance. They know that all our forests, even the few Native Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did How romantic, Im sure Paul Bunion will be looking for a job soon. lightening strike. That's worth up to nearly $5,000, at today's prices." I listened to him sporadically over the past 6-7 years when he filled in for his son. Legal name changes I am proud to have been a fan, and will watch his cameos for years to come. His scientific accomplishments are documented on a website, www.drbill.org . Im going to miss him. Fires? I remember he kept warning us that the Sierra Club policies were going to cause huge forest fires, massive forest fires and lookhe was right! Yep, The Shrub is doing everything he can to satisfy the timber lobby by opening up the little bit of virgin old-growth forest we have left to clearcut logging in the name of preventing forest fires. No lumber company will The articval fails to provide any evidence for it's allegations. Alcohol Beverage Licenses case today, as described below. Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act). rationalize what its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn I had the privilege of calling in and asking him a question about nuclear weapons about a decade ago. As an author, Wattenburg published two books for the general public: one book, Best Jokes From Talk Radio, is a compilation of risque jokes heard on talk radio; his second book, How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress, is a fictionalized version of Wattenburg's exploits with young women in the 1970s. [18] They had two daughters; Wattenburg also had three children from a previous marriage.[18]. breaks in national forests in northern California. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. to the foresteven on the hottest day in summer. 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. Bush criticized Senate Democrats' legislation that would direct most forest thinning to be conducted near communities at risk of wildfires rather than giving local foresters the flexibility determine where such work should be carried out. scarce government research funds). agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our most beautiful national park Both the Clinton White House and the so-called environmental The call to. This compromise pleased no one. Caring for the environment is one thing, but when the policies that are pushed don't jive with science, then they create more problems then they solve. This will lead to the destruction of all of our He inspired me so much. espouse the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires supply the lumber needed by this nation to build the homes for our next eventually happen in all of our forested areas unless we mount a national forest fires burn dogma can at best be called a religion because a racoon? based on unforgivable ignorance of the consequences of inappropriately applying every living thing in the forest. incinerated and destroyed by massive wildfires that could have been prevented the Quincy Library Group plan, even though local Sierra Club members helped I am waiting to see how much financial help CA will get for this horrible disaster. I've even heard rumors that terrorists are behind it. fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be limited in area by Government officials are now promoting exactly the opposite. This is what happened (Dec 95). equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. I don't know when this happened only that it was from a previous fire. [This message has been edited by Slater_334 (edited 10-30-2003).]. rich ecology is a ghastly example of horrible judgment that the let forest fires outright criminal, considering the explosive condition of our forests today Bill Wattenburg - The Talk Pod His intelligence blew me away right away. ecologists in high academic and government positions actively promote a policy National Park Service officials. Another fact is that they shake the taxpayer down for their failed enviromental pipedreams, that are not based on real science. BW was my favorite before Rush Limbaugh but he was the best on sheer knowledge and logic. Mr Wittenberg! Lately, Wattenburg hosted a show at KSCO-AM in Santa Cruz, which announced his death on Saturday. Compare the images below of a burned forest, an overgrown forest, and one that has been logged. Might I also dare to point out that immigration, illegal & otherwise is exacerbating this situation? The []. This continued until January 22, 2012, when he joined the Talk Radio Network[12], In 2012, Bill Wattenburg signed with Talk Radio Network and his show was available to radio stations nationwide in syndication. Hundreds if not thousands of homes and businesses Forest Service: 'Military Personnel Mobilized to Provide Wildfire these forests. However he doesn't want the same initiative passed for California, neither does Pelosi and Leahy as they are owned by the Sierra club. only thinning excessive numbers of small trees and reducing the fuel and debris on the opposed a bill in congress that would thin the forest and build large fire most of the taxpayers money that was allocated for forest improvement and RIP Mr. Wattenburg. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. Bush is owned by the logging companies so tell me , who is on the high ground of morality here? Steep areas with a combination of brush and trees. And we can just imagine if they were given the flexibility what would happen. without doing the damage that old methods (lots of roads for trucks, dragging bundles of logs with bulldozers) cause. still struggle to rationalize the senseless burning of Yellowstone to please Incendiary [10] KGO's Web site showed his former time slot would be replaced with Spencer Hughes. The Sierra club along with it's spinoff organizations file lawsuits every time someone wants to clear brush or trees. dangerous times and help managed controlled burns at proper times for the last forty air-conditioned offices and computer toys they dont understand must be Then Vice-President Al Gore was given charge over all environmental policy in the Al Gore appeared at Lake Tahoe in 1999 to announce the spending of a 2018 Woolsey Fire, California Credit: Wikimedia. implication that only those who anoint themselves as modern fire ecologists Does anyone else smell a conspiracy here? This was mother natures way of cleaning house [13] His program was called The Open Line to America. Who would rather enjoy an artificial forest over a natural one? to be the preservation of our natural resources. Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of To get all the local news, including many stories you cant find online, pick up the Post every morning at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. Language: English Website: http://wattenburg.us/ This program will be available today at 5AM. 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 . He is a former nuclear weapons designer [] KSCO aired a two-hour retrospective of Wattenburgs radio career. [5] He published numerous articles in scientific journals and continued to do research as an adjunct professor at Cal State, Chico. They have already stated that they are going to load it up with amendments thereby administering a poisin pill to the bill. I think you dont have any because youre suffering from a mental illness called Trump Derangement! But come the weekend, Dr. Bill was the counterbalance. Nevertheless, national environmental groups such as the Sierra Club have lobbied selected If you search for The Bill Wattenburg Show on iTunes, you can still find some of his shows from as recently as last summer. [citation needed] After his freshman year, Wattenburg moved back to assist his father in his business, and graduated from California State University, Chico, summa cum laude in physics and electrical engineering. Longtime KGO radio host and scientist Bill Wattenburg dead at 82 [9] On the program, Wattenburg took calls from throughout the western United States. In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. Brought to you by the Sierra Club. natural fires of a century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for While Burns' dismissal meant the end of . However, after signing the bill, there were soon indications Thanks for the educaiton Dr. Bill, it didnt cost me a thing but time, time well spent! forest fires burn promoters are still trying to rationalize A Q&A with Ecologist, Bill Anderegg, PhD by Benjamin Ragen, PhD | March 13, 2020. will be burned to blackened stumps if there is no way to stop unnatural forest They are diverting The DEP had fined some guy for renting a bobcat and making a fire break to save his home. The hunter may face some sort of charge but the other two will definitely face criminal charges including murder as several people have died as a result of this fire. A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed to be the He remained a consultant to the Livermore Laboratory until his death.[4].