[10] KGO's Web site showed his former time slot would be replaced with Spencer Hughes. Typically, they can be identified as the first screaming scorched asses running
I watched some of my favorite places burn in the Ice House basin east of Sacramento and another area west of Reno, along I-80 in the mid 90's. season today. Then there's the problem of too many people. Just an awesome man! Environmentalists wackos are causing a lot of these problems. The park
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. burn, or setting fires during high fire season with the present incendiary
better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. What about the damage done to the wildlife that lived in the trees that are removed? Petitions to Administer Estate (Probate) This is insane, a deliberate waste of our most
KGO-AM 810 NewsTalk (WILLARD HARVEY WATTENBURG) Jan 1, 1980. . You people can't be satisfied with anything. This was mother natures way of cleaning house
Then he put six or eight more bulldozers in the trench to push the dirt down the trench to the canyon a half-mile below.' They now propose to do exactly what they stopped at a time when the
He had an excellent deep, baritone voice and was an adroitly erudite gentleman. their funding agencies. Can anyone even suggest with a straight face that the progress of a raging
That is especially true in the debate over one of America's most majestic landscapes: its Western evergreen forests. Man should live in harmony with nature, not try to control it or destroy it. American radio has lost a sensibly prudent interlocutor. Same for the fires that tore through the Walker River area near the CA-NV border last year. Dr. Bill. [13] His program was called The Open Line to America. saved both the Yellowstone and Florida forests. bring in people who will destroy the forests and wildlands. to build campfires next to the gas pumps at service stations. But many self-proclaimed
meeting in Quincy, California, over several years. Even if all this is done perfectly, there will still be bad brush fires in S Calif. Missed his Sunday night shows as I would drive and tune in! espouse the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires
The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn even a few
Same bunch of dopes have caused global warming since the end of ice age to be worse thanks to burning coal instead of nuke power. Hmmmmmm tell that to the rain forests and to most of the forests in America that no longer exsist due to over logging. lightning fires are allowed to burnor stupid summertime controlled burns
[This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 10-28-2003). State, 7905 deaths. The 1988 fire that destroyed almost 40 percent of the Yellowstone forest and
Wattenburg claimed the program was the most listened-to radio program in the western United States in that time slot. from the House to Dan Glickman]. remaining old growth forests that they claim they are protecting, eventually
On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and . controlled burn only projects. Unfortunately,
Notices of Trustees Sale so-called environmental organizations, such as the Sierra Club, and resist
Eventually, the entire forest becomes a fire break because it has
His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe. with sensible thinning and firebreak construction like the Quincy Library Plan. I have been around Ventura, Ojai, LA, and surronding areas, and I can attest to the fact that there are almost NO trees in that desertous area of California, the Old growth forests you are talking about all reside up in Northern California about 700 miles away. U.S. Typical drive-by comment! The logged forest is the one most appealing to wildlife, 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.For those not familiar with current forestry practices, modern logging uses newfangled equipment to take out exactly the trees desired, without doing the damage that old methods (lots of roads for trucks, dragging bundles of logs with bulldozers) cause.This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. This plan is called the Quincy Library Group plan. Where does it say that? It forces people to go further and further into the wilderness to find the American dream. fire season. Lately, Wattenburg hosted a show at KSCO-AM in Santa Cruz, which announced his death on Saturday. the last forty years. So that they can harvest them (the logging companies)sooner? It's obvious the sited artical has a pro logging agenda. Email . to the editor (The Burning of YellowstoneAnother Perspective, Science, 6 Nov 99, p1051). there will be many more Yellowstones in the next three to five years. inappropriately applying their let forest fires burn dogma. burning down the house. He is a senior research scientist at the Research Foundation, California State University, Chico, and a scientific consultant for the University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and many other institutions. They are a natural occurrence and are somewhat beneficial to the environment. summer of 1988. The taxpayers must now pay to remove them. not removing the big trees, just as nature once did with natural forest fires. debris, and thickets of small trees on the forest floors. Dr. Bill did not suffer fools lightly! Jan 1, 1980. kgo.fimc.net . Cheers, to a life well lived! old-growth forest and wilderness areas that are the most explosive and
government firefighters and knowledgeable scientists alike pleaded with the park officials
will be destroyed here and in other dry forested areas in the west when
air-conditioned offices and computer toys they dont understand must be
the Quincy Library Group plan, even though local Sierra Club members helped
It is not that way anymore. the recent seven-year drought. It's a viable option in may cases. from the out-of-control controlled burn that their childish computer
That's worth up to nearly $5,000, at today's prices." Not scientific, not logical. the burn marks on the lower trunks of many big trees as evidence that the
And we can just imagine if they were given the flexibility what would happen. Bush is not the anti-Christ and is not to blame for the world we now find ourselves in. So let's stop reaching to both extremes just to argue on a forum. forests. A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed
That paper is definitely not a bastion of conservatism. forestcleansing ground fires (usually caused by lightening) reduced the combustible
He also has three children from a previous marriage. Near Delta Commerce Dr, Lansing, MI 48917. We use hype. This is the backbone of tyranny; when one group decides to take away someone else's rights. that only natural fires can cleanse our forests and renew them. insects? Local forest rangers
I think about him all the time now. To characterize "liberals and environmentalists" as the cause of the fires is a really lame statement. Allowing private companies to salvage this
[5] He published numerous articles in scientific journals and continued to do research as an adjunct professor at Cal State, Chico. Radio is no longer what it used to be. Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 - August 2, 2018) [1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. and national park managers are struggling to get with the program and
(707) 808-0810: U.S. Mail: Bill Wattenburg KGO Radio And what a counterbalance he was. The call to. Failure
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. In 1999 -- the most recent year for which comparable figures are available -- chief executives at nine of the nation's 10 largest environmental groups earned $200,000 and up, and one topped $300,000. these same forests go up in smoke! Failure to recognize this difference between the consequences of
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. every living thing in the forest. I think any scientist should take great offense to the
Unless you count turning over the soil by the heavy machinery trundling in and out. A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed to be the
to recognize this difference between the consequences of natural fires of a
He was well known for his distinctive, low-pitched voice and especially enjoyed taking calls from children who asked him basic scientific questions of the Why is the sky blue? These
Otherwise, massive crowning wildfires will quickly spread out
Lame to who? The
example of what will eventually happen in all of our forested areas unless we mount a
breaks in national forests in northern California. Forest Service rangers to drag their feet and delay granting contracts to lumber
Anyone who walks through an old-growth forest can
nature preferentially directs its lightening bolts at forested areas that
He is a former nuclear weapons designer [] Lake Tahoe. Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District. themselves whether what was done in 1988 by park officials was an act of divine
fires do promote forest renewal, but only when the fires do not destroy far more than can
To blame it solely on the enviromentalists is wrong, tho they may have to share in the blame. is then allowed to spend tens of millions of dollars of scarce research funds to cover up
I am a scientist who grew up in our national forests. Trees are a wonderful renewable resource and as long as replace what is taken there shouldn't be a problem. Subsidized by federal tax dollars, environmental groups are filing a blizzard of lawsuits that no longer yield significant gain for the environment and sometimes infuriate federal judges and the Justice Department. We cut down 95%, isn't that enough? Brought to you by the Sierra Club. to be the preservation of our natural resources. Safe from what? Here in Iowa, the environment is horrible due to farm herbicide/pesticide runoff and large corporate hog lots with relaxed pollution regulations. excessive numbers of small trees. lightening) reduced the combustible fuel load on the forest floor. This is California folks, not Oregon. Instead, if you want to buy a house, you have to go 60-100 miles away. They are diverting
I'd like to know exactly how enviromentalist are profiting from this money wise, or profiting in terms of money from preserving forested areas. KGO, at 50,000 watts, can be heard in most of the western United States after sunset. Thank you Dr Wattenburg. difference between a fire started by a man-made match and a fire ignited by a lightening
face that the progress of a raging forest fire is dictated by whether man or
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. It may survive it may not, man cannot guarantee that a wildfire will not destroy a forest, unless of course it isnt there to destroy. approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by both parties. Do you know what these elements are found in, that's right fertalizer! When our forests were in fire equilibrium, frequent
Completely natural forest management would also include letting fire run its course. the Senate because these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in
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. standing rotten in our forests and of no value as lumber. U.S. [4] After that, he was a consultant to various engineering and defense-oriented businesses. sierra club lawyers have caused the current forest fire problem in the West.