On 07/29/2013 05:29 PM, Trawley Trash wrote:
> As a write this forest fires are raging. Our small city
> in the desert is choking in smog. In addition to pollution topsoil
> topsoil is burning away. The federal government moved in
> and turned our state lands into national forests so they could
> "manage" them. Now they manage them by letting fires rage.

Hi Trawley,

In a properly managed forest, fires should only burn a
few inches on the ground. A raging fire means the forest
was managed very badly.

The fed did the same thing out here in Nevada. Every year
Nevada's range land (BLM, Bureau of Land Management) lights
on fire. This never happened when our ranchers were allowed
to manage the lands. They knew not to let the fuel build up
to the point were we had wild fires every year. And, we
never had them! I can only shake my head at the loss of
fortune and human lives fighting the darned things.

You see out here in Nevada, we have these dedicated public
servants that keep the fuel down. They are called cows and
sheep. And, when they are done doing their public service,
WE GET THE EAT THEM!

Someone needs to tell the fed it is much cheaper to get
paid by someone to graze their animals, then it is spend
money putting out fires. The poor dears think they are
saving food for the local wildlife by restricting grazing.
The local wildlife was always just fine under local
control. I actually heard of a study showing how
much more wildlife there is when ranchers take over the
land. Kit Carson's own journals state he almost starved
to death out here, due to lack of critters to shoot when
he first arrived here (before ranchers).

-T