Re: RC: RE: Politics, Fires and Trails

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In a message dated 8/24/00 9:06:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
bobmorris@rmci.net writes:

<< So, where does recreation take place? On the state and Boise Cascade land!
 And who do the environmentalist castigate? The State and Boise Cascade for
 ruining the environment. If only the city dwellers could get out and see the
 difference. If they could only experience it first hand. The managed forest
 provides shelter and food for the wildlife, the unmanaged USFS land supports
 chipmunks and squirrels at the most. It is disheartening to say the least
 and even more so to the old FS people where "from the land". >>

All too true.  And kudos to the Idaho governor and congressional delegation, 
who accompanied Clinton on his "tour" of the fires, and tried SO hard to 
explain this very concept--and to the Montana governor who articulated this 
so well on national news, as the fires raged behind him.  Not since 1910 has 
there been fires of such cataclysmic proportions--in the last several years, 
the mismanagement and non-management of our public resources have left 
unhealthy forests chock-full of fuel, just waiting for the right dry year and 
the spark to start it off...

Heidi