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Hi Folks;

 

A point to remember is the question on how and who caused the situations to exist

at this point.

 

And I shall belive some of the blarney in my opinion " when cows stop eatting grass and everything else virtually, that have caused the loss of Open Space" and land to bring back sufficent lands to have a sustainable eco system.

 

bye for now

Steven

----- Original Message ----
From: "Smith, Dave" <dsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 6:01:23 AM
Subject: [RC] Placerville Decreased Wildlife

Well said, Barbara.  The problem in much of California ’s forest isn’t that there are too few trees, but way too many.  Most of our forests are overcrowded with thick, often impenetrable, under story.  When John Muir and other early pioneers first entered out forests, they wrote about the “cathedral-like” nature of the wild lands where for many centuries the native tribes routinely used fire to thin the forests.  Now, after nearly a century of “protecting” the woods from fire, we have very sick forests, usually infested with bark beetles and other boring insects, subject to massive forest fires that each year grows worse and worse. Yet, those who claim they care about our wild lands can’t see the harm that is right in front of their eyes.  We need to engender sane forest management that includes commercial logging as well as controlled burns and mechanical thinning.  Unfortunately, our legislature only has ears for the so-called environmentalists, and they and the federal government have slowly but surely closed down our forests from logging, throwing thousands of loggers, mill workers and their families out of work, while creating sick and dying forests.