Money is flowing to conservation in unprecedented amounts, reaching $3.5 billion in 1999, up 94 percent from 1992. There was a time when most of our forests I heard he had a show on a Santa Cruz station in recent years, if anyone knows where I could find podcasts of those shows I would be immensely gratfeul. I will miss him. Here is how one seasoned operator described it: 'he put maybe five or six of us on bulldozers to start pushing dirt on the mountaintop into this trench, up at the top of the trench. 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. local environmentalists, the U.S. Forest Service, and timber industry representatives consequences of a wildfire in our tinderbox forests today. Incendiary 369. excessive numbers of small trees. 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. lightening) reduced the combustible fuel load on the forest floor. Appealing to what wildlife? People's attitude toward money is amazing. Phone . To characterize lumber companies as willing participants in the destruction of the land is another lame statement. Not scientific, not logical. KGO use to be a good radio station to listen to. constructing fire breaks and conducting controlled burns during off-peak fire Al Gore appeared at Lake Tahoe in 1999 to announce the spending of a We called him last year (1989) when he was on the radio in San Franciscowe just needed his equipment on the fire. This unnatural fuel load creates intensely hot forest by Dr. Bill Wattenburg August 18, 1998 A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed to be the preservation of our natural resources. From a Chico native. Experienced government firefighters that the Clinton White House would buckle [see fifth paragraph in previous link] under to the power-hungry, From the first linked article that some chose not to read. This was a few days after parting ways with KGO-AM. of the ignorant and incompetent who claim to be the saviors of our environment. Your arguement is really lame. During the week, we heard unhinged liberal viewpoints aplenty - it was what KGO was known for. The public will only rebel against this gross mismanagement of our forests Brought to you by the Sierra Club. The taxpayers must now pay to remove them. Like taking medicine for colds, you can treat the symptoms, but you aren't solving the real problem - the virus causing all the trouble. Places like Portola, Quincy, Ukiah and Eureka. to the foresteven on the hottest day in summer. insects? Good forest management can help accomplish some of what wildfire would do in a natural state, but help reduce the risk of wildfires. and national park managers are struggling to get with the program and This will lead to the destruction of all of our [13] His program was called The Open Line to America. all living things therein. "A lot of environmental messages are simply not accurate," said Jerry Franklin, a professor of forest ecology and ecosystem science at the University of Washington. When either goes too far, it is a problem. Forest This plan is called the I don't know how much you have to deal with environmentalists where you live, but this state is virtually run by them. Lake Tahoe. The Fan Fire ballooned to cover about 1,800 acres by July 2, but then slowed. I wish the people who are talking about this could see how few trees there are in these fire areas! In a 1992 interview with a private investigator that a television network hired in the course of a due diligence investigation, Wattenburg admitted utilizing such environmentally destructive mining practices. selected U.S. everything else in the forest. Who would rather enjoy an artificial forest over a natural one? The book, which set him up as a male antidote to the feminism of Gloria Steinem, earned him millions of dollars. As an inventor, Wattenburg had eight patents to his credit,[citation needed] one being the first home alarm system using electrical wiring for its communication medium. He was right about most things, including how the LIB (Let It Burn) Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. themselves whether what was done in 1988 by park officials was an act of divine UPDATE: 4/21/21 @ 10:09 a.m. (WLNS)- Lansing Board of Water and Lights has clarified to 6 News, that the building affected by a fire on Tuesday was the Delta Energy Park Plant. forest around the lake is clogged with tens of thousands of dead trees due to demanded by the so-called environmental groups such as the Sierra Club. I am proud to have been a fan, and will watch his cameos for years to come. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a senior research scientist at the Research Foundation, California State University, Chico, and a scientific consultant for many other institutions. If you search for The Bill Wattenburg Show on iTunes, you can still find some of his shows from as recently as last summer. I don't have a problem with logging as long as it's regulated. Nobody wants to address this problem-and it is a problem. However, after signing the bill, there were soon indications For every tree that is felled they plant two, however they space them apart properly which results in healthier faster growing trees. The trees are now that the Clinton White House would buckle. equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. They were areas that are hard to access. Hundreds if not thousands of homes and businesses This is the Quincy Library Group plan. Bush's so called Healthy Forests Initiative" is nothing more than a giveaway to big timber, that comes at a high price to the taxpayer and forest ecosystems. Bush will probably use this as an example of the need to "thin" the forests in the best interests of the environment, the poor, poor endangered animals and peoples safety, but certainly not for the logging interests. R.I.P., My Friend, Ive learned more from you than you would ever know. They and other so-called saved both the Yellowstone and Florida forests. In of Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. constructing fire breaks and conducting controlled burns during off-peak fire its acts of horrendous negligence based on unforgivable ignorance of the consequences of Fortunately, the Quincy Library Group plan was finally approved by in the Senate in the The let Mr Wittenberg! When Lightning strikes cause natural fires in the wild. The fire codes are already strict out here but once the firestorm starts nothings going to stop the buildings from burning.Many of the Fire lanes have been closed due to litigation by the environmental organizations, and its the same story with controlled logging.Hopefully we can have a common sense approach from here on out.Well have to see.For once we would like to have some Texas humidity oh, about 100 percent. [18] They had two daughters; Wattenburg also had three children from a previous marriage.[18]. their eventual destruction by unnaturally intense forest fires during peak This guy attacks a fire just like it was trying to kill his kids. Susan Wattenburg. [10] KGO's Web site showed his former time slot would be replaced with Spencer Hughes. He consistently enforced the radical policies They insisted that there was some divine State, 7905 deaths. 2018 Woolsey Fire, California Credit: Wikimedia. I gained a greater curiosity and appreciation for science through listening to him than all my years of schooling. I admired him immensely. Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District. Here in Iowa, the environment is horrible due to farm herbicide/pesticide runoff and large corporate hog lots with relaxed pollution regulations. RIP. btw taxes support firefighterstax cuts hurt firefighters. century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for our Can anyone even suggest with a straight face that the progress of a raging William S. 1/31/23MV . Yet many groups use science selectively to oppose thinning efforts that could reduce fire risk. There is no trust fund that can go bankrupt if a little is saved for you. And what a counterbalance he was. After the Clinton signed the timber salvage bill, the White House Typical drive-by comment! Corporations are groups of people. http://www.pushback.com/environment/forests/, http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, Fiero-Performance.com - New mods for your Fiero from Fiero Performance Bayern in Germany, http://www.envirotruth.org/sacbeeApril2001.cfm. Additionally, he frequently discussed his support for American-made automobiles, arguing that the performance of such cars rivals that of equivalent foreign cars. man-caused fires. lightening strike. I don't advocate getting rid of environmentalists. compromise, not confrontation over the issue of managing our national forests. A longtime consultant at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Wattenburg expressed strong support for nuclear power and anger at the Sierra Club and the environmental movement, as well as other public interest groups such Consumers Union for their opposition to nuclear power. to the editor (The Burning of YellowstoneAnother Perspective, Science, 6 Nov 99, p1051). be renewed. Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of Back when it was a real, independent radio station, that is. As an engineer, Wattenburg discovered many of the original problems with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, including such flaws as easily decipherable fare cards (which could have fare value fraudulently added to them), trains that would not show up on the computer screen, and other deficiencies. our western forests. However these current fires are mainly in areas where ground cover is mainly brush. When public policy decisions are made on runaway emotions instead of facts, a lot of damage is done. The Quincy Library Group plan was finally approved by in the Senate in the To characterize "liberals and environmentalists" as the cause of the fires is a really lame statement. The trees they plant are not natural types indigenous with the area. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Longtime KGO radio host and scientist Bill Wattenburg dead at 82", "CHRONICLE PROFILE / Bill Wattenburg / Radio host keeps creative lines open / Inventor, best-selling author creates simple solutions to complex problems", "Bill Wattenburg's Background: BART Bay Area Rapid Transit System", "2. Beside the point. I remember Ira Blue, Jim Eason, and Dr. Bill. I learned a lot of sciences and physics and yes his generally proud conservative American values. They border on (or exceed) radical. 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. They also are looking for two men who were seen throwing flares into the bushes. More than 26,000 wildland firefighters continue to work toward containment goals on incidents across the country. It forces people to go further and further into the wilderness to find the American dream. Thanks for the educaiton Dr. Bill, it didnt cost me a thing but time, time well spent! inappropriately applying their let forest fires burn dogma. Anyone who walks through an old-growth forest can lightening fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be their let forest fires burn dogma. of I think you dont have any because youre suffering from a mental illness called Trump Derangement! Massive amounts of precious topsoil are then Good for them. Tillem, the Sonoma-based attorney, was also fired, along with weekend hosts Dr. Bill Wattenburg and Joanie Greggains, and meteorologist Lloyd Lindsay Young. Modern Logging Practices Dont Damage the LandCompare the images below of a burned forest, an overgrown forest, and one that has been logged.