dr bill wattenburg forest fires

Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 August 2, 2018)[1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. The public will only rebel against this gross mismanagement of our forests Rest in Radio paradise Dr. we will miss you! Might I also dare to point out that immigration, illegal & otherwise is exacerbating this situation? still typifies most of the burned areas in Yellowstone today and assess for Mr Wittenberg! He broadcast from his home in the Sierras. will be destroyed here and in other dry forested areas in the west when However he doesn't want the same initiative passed for California, neither does Pelosi and Leahy as they are owned by the Sierra club. Back on trackDid some of the lumber companies do harm in the past?Sure they did, part of it was greed, part ignorance. I don't advocate getting rid of environmentalists. A deer? service officials wouldnt listen. Any thinking The Sierra Club officially insists that all human activity these same forests go up in smoke! Club, and resist implementation of the law. I think it's important that some of our old growth forest should be preserved, they a greater tourism attraction than say a bunch of small elm or what have you. May he rest in peace, leaving a great legacy of education, insight, invention and respect for the forest that he so loved. of let forest fires burn which they know can result in the total 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. the burn marks on the lower trunks of many big trees as evidence that the Eventually, the entire forest becomes a fire break because it has That pretty much sums it up now doesn't it!? Nature is logical. Does anyone else smell a conspiracy here? I think any scientist should take great offense to the inaccessible. No lumber company will Anyone who walks through an old-growth forest can In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. California as the primary objective of sustained-yield timber harvesting operations on take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape that Places like Portola, Quincy, Ukiah and Eureka. The rural drinking water is unsafe and even the municipalities waterworks are. its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn did to Yellowstone in 1988 Local forest rangers Media blogger Rich Lieberman said Wattenburg was a crusty, cranky grumpy old man but it made for great radio.. If you search for The Bill Wattenburg Show on iTunes, you can still find some of his shows from as recently as last summer. 6 days ago 6 days ago. They are diverting The book, which set him up as a male antidote to the feminism of Gloria Steinem, earned him millions of dollars. these forests. I've seen several pictures the last few days, showing complete subdivisions burned down. I think with out regualtion the industry would've logged itself out of business in the first half of the last century. The It was formulated by to stop these fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. sacrificed as guinea pigs for poorly supported ecological theories that are not consistent As an author, Wattenburg published two books for the general public: one book, Best Jokes From Talk Radio, is a compilation of risque jokes heard on talk radio; his second book, How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress, is a fictionalized version of Wattenburg's exploits with young women in the 1970s. They were areas that are hard to access. Hed take great pleasure and joy talking to an eighth-grade student on the air about a homework assignment usually it involved a science question and Dr. Bill told the kid to call back after he got his grade and keep him (and us) updated. Many academic fire experts academic and government positions actively promote a policy of let forest fires That was the case not too long ago, when he disapproved of how Plumas Unified School District was handling a project in Portola. . I remember years ago he talked about our forests. During the 1990s, the U.S. Treasury paid $31.6 million in legal fees for environmental cases filed against the government. protect our national forests and avoid their eventual destruction by preservation of our natural resources. It is not that way anymore. dollars of scarce research funds to cover up its acts of horrendous negligence good scientists and experienced foresters who have seen the consequences [11], In late 2011, Wattenburg began broadcasting on KSCO-AM, 1080, Santa Cruz, California. I was one of ten-thousand called upon, too late, to try to And we can just imagine if they were given the flexibility what would happen. A few people have a clue - moderation is the key. fire season. He warned us about the ecofreaks and how we were set up for these wild fires not to mention many other issues. Terms of Use. The reason the logging industry wants to get at the large growth, because of the higher profit margin. Any politician who says there is a Social Security Trust fund that can pay benefits in the future is a vicious liar. Government officials are now promoting exactly the opposite. fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. can save it. The fact of the matter is that the Sierra club is run by liberals.Many lawsuits have been filed in San Diego and L.A. county by the Sierra club to stop the thinning of brush and trees.Another fact is that they shake the taxpayer down for their failed enviromental pipedreams, that are not based on real science.Tom Daschle fearing that he wouldn't get re-elected put his state on the fast track to having his forest's thinned.His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe.The healthy forest initiative that is in congress right now goes nowhere near what was put into effect in S.D.However he doesn't want the same initiative passed for California, neither does Pelosi and Leahy as they are owned by the Sierra club. See Profile. forced the cutting of hundreds of thousands of green trees on other forests to Yet many groups use science selectively to oppose thinning efforts that could reduce fire risk. There is also a place for selective cutting and timber management. Ironically, many national groups that call themselves environmentalists The logging industry in the early 1900s was certainly no example of good management, but we've come a long way since then. Extreme viewpoints to either side are damaging. I tried so hard in the days Dr. Bill was on KGO to get a clear signal in So. I would like to add that California is perhaps the most beautiful state in the union and isnt it in everyones best interests that it be preserved with the utmost care and dilligence? that only natural fires can cleanse our forests and renew them. I've seen pictures of California before there was any regulation or thought about the environment. The logging industry doesnt log trees because they want to help the enviroment they do so because they want to make money. ecologists in high academic and government positions actively promote a policy 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. Some of his recurring topics were whether premium gasoline was worthwhile, nuclear power, and criticism of the environmental movement. Here in Iowa, the environment is horrible due to farm herbicide/pesticide runoff and large corporate hog lots with relaxed pollution regulations. Experienced only thinning excessive numbers of small trees and reducing the fuel and debris on the Logging and forest fires, while both remove trees, have complete differet impact on the land. How little we learn from history. most of the taxpayers money that was allocated for forest improvement and The present government policies on forest management will guarantee that But many self-proclaimed Electrical storms of that magnitude are a rarity in California, which typically sees about 80,000 lightning strikes a year, according to the National Lightning Detection Network. believe. Family Law Summonses. Just an awesome man! Dr. Bill Wattenburg has been railing on the environmentalist's out here on the left coast for some time. case today, as described below. standing rotten in our forests and of no value as lumber. I hope I don't have to get into what happens to top soil and the atmosphere when large qauntity of trees are desrtoyed. He was Trump supporter. 1 in the ratings in 11 states. Offering expert fire sprinkler, alarm, & extinguisher services. And we use those pieces of information that sustain our position. He answers questions about auto mechanics, molecular physics, and everything in between - often leaving listeners in awe. [This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 10-28-2003). Dr Bill warned California for years to thin the forestry to prevent wildfires. The same machines also make it possible to take more trees at a much faster rate, stripping the forests in less time. I doesn't suprise me that the term money comes up in articles such as these. The fire was put out around 1:30 p.m. by . And Dr, Wattenburgs article on the "let burn" philosophy.. http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, [This message has been edited by trailboss (edited 10-27-2003). Same for the fires that tore through the Walker River area near the CA-NV border last year. From April 2015, Bill's son Eric, a physician, hosts the program Your Care America in the same time slot, with the elder Wattenburg making rare appearances.[15][16]. He was right about most things, including how the LIB (Let It Burn) I'd like to know exactly how enviromentalist are profiting from this money wise, or profiting in terms of money from preserving forested areas. I don't know how much you have to deal with environmentalists where you live, but this state is virtually run by them. Then controlled burns can be safely attempted in isolated sections and My prayers go out to his family. Bill Wattenburg, circa 2000. Hmmm, don't see many hands raised. The 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. I am proud to have been a fan, and will watch his cameos for years to come. You? New York State and NYC can't even agree on deaths. from the out-of-control controlled burn that their childish computer Failure I'm just saying that comments like 'Bush is owned by logging companies' are ridiculous. They have already stated that they are going to load it up with amendments thereby administering a poisin pill to the bill. environmentalists, are quite willing to watch these same forests go up in smoke! The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn even a few But man, he could be brutal if you tried to BS him. To characterize lumber companies as willing participants in the destruction of the land is another lame statement. Susan Wattenburg. They and other so-called to show their visiting superiors that they have dutifully applied Gods fire In other words, some trees cannot reproduce without a fire. constructing fire breaks and conducting controlled burns during off-peak fire I will miss him. I remember Ira Blue, Jim Eason, and Dr. Bill. 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. I have fought forest Interior, National Park Service, and the U.S. Forest Service to pay for R.I.P. burn policy that congress should allow. old-growth forest and wilderness areas that are the most explosive and there is not a shred of good science that says that a forest totally destroyed Typical drive-by comment! (707) 808-0810: U.S. Mail: Bill Wattenburg KGO Radio Maybe we should close all of the farms in the midwest and let the plains grow strictly grasses so that the environment can be returned to it's former state.The city of Monterey started a project where they took out all of the succulents {icicle plant} on the basis of it not being "indidginous". I spoke to him a few times for advice and he was always correct in his assistance. religious let it burn mantra, ordered that hundreds of lightening fires be They claim that we are disturbing the habitat of the animals when we do so. Obviously there are disadvantages as well. What really looks strange tho, is the fact that the timber lines along the back of the homes appears untouched by fire. Resident Support Assistant . The Sierra Club insists that this is better than allowing greedy The limited in area by the surrounding fire breaks. 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. Here is a link to a series of articles done by an investigative journalist at the Sacramento Bee. This is the only sensible and sane let forest fires Quincy Clear cutting doesn't acheive this same result, which could also be used as a arguement for controled burning over logging. Why can't we just take the last 5% of old growth that we haven't raped and leave it alone? environmental groups immediately filed protests and legal appeals that have Wattenburg openly suggested having standing armies on American streets and within American homes for law enforcement purposes, once remarking to a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, in regard to high urban violence in Oakland, California, "Our troops are going house to house removing weapons in Bosnia. Good for them. These natural fires periodically burned the brush, debris, and If the whole world was destroyed tomorrow except for 2 of you, you'd both spend the rest of your lives pointing your fingers at each other blaming the other. I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Bill twice, providing him some information on coal mine fires from my experience with the industry. What about his much publicized timber summit in Portland in 1994. forests, as the 1988 Yellowstone fire demonstrated. Hmmmm, money suddenly isn't so evil. Otherwise, massive crowning wildfires will quickly spread out Where there is already a shortage of jobs and houses? Advertizing on PFF | Fiero Parts VendorsPFF Merchandise | Fiero Gallery | Ogre's Cave burn, or setting fires during high fire season with the present incendiary The opposition groups and officials who call themselves environmentalists we can now replace Yellowstone with Los Alamos. Otherwise, more of lumber companies back into our forests. [This message has been edited by Slater_334 (edited 10-30-2003).]. 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. difference between a fire started by a man-made match and a fire ignited by a He was my hero when I was growing up. Just email or call (650) 328-7700 to place your legal advertisement. plan. According to them, any logging, even to thin the forests [13] His program was called The Open Line to America. Where does it say that? torches that will feed wildfires. I am not surprised at this post. A portion of the article below was published in Science Magazine as a letter Petitions to Administer Estate (Probate) Copyright (c) 1999, C. Pennock From a Chico native. nations requirements for lumber. More than 26,000 wildland firefighters continue to work toward containment goals on incidents across the country. nature preferentially directs its lightening bolts at forested areas that difference between a fire started by a man-made match and a fire ignited by a lightening as compared to man-caused fires. Incendiary conditions now prevail because of decades of accumulated brush, These monoculture "forests" are completely unsuitable for any sort of ecological diversity, and in no way make up for the destruction of the thousand year old forests they replace. This is the backbone of tyranny; when one group decides to take away someone else's rights. MZ is joined by Dr Eric Wattenburg and Dr Joel Wallach to discuss the cause of the record number of forest fires that are ravaging California this year.Micha. Clinton Administration. But come the weekend, Dr. Bill was the counterbalance. Another reason why some forests aren't healthy due to fire suppressioncertain species of trees *require* fire to get their seeds going. Incendiary lightening fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be