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Why is California Burning???
By de Andréa
‘THE
BOTTOM LINE’
Posted August 14, 2018
California is once again on fire. The
Mendocino Complex fire, near Redding, is now the largest wildfire in California
history. The blaze is giving firefighters trouble, as it has leapt across
barriers, natural and man-made, burning more than 300,000
acres so far. The weed
huggers and man caused Climate Change nuts supported by the DeepState EPA were
quick to point to the blaze as evidence of global warming because apparently
global warming is the cause of everything. But the environmental radicals do
raise an interesting question, why does this keep happening…out west?
What
the anti-American globalists don’t want you to know:
A
little background:
Forest fires were a
common sight in the early 20th century. The fires were numerous and large. The
available data from National Interagency Fire Center shows the 1920s and 30s were the toughest years out west.
From 1926-1929 there was an average of over 140,000 fires per year, burning
over 270 acres per fire. The 1930s saw over 180,000 fires per year while
burning 218 acres per fire. From the 1940s through the 1970s the average size
of fires continued to drop with the 70s being the low point at only 21 acres per fire.
The sheer volume and
size of fires in the early 20th century
is easy to explain. The west was still sparsely populated, and firefighting had
not advanced, technologically or tactically enough to make a difference. Two
things happened in the 50s to change all that. First was the westward movement
of the population. Returning service members decided to move out west instead
of remaining in the overpopulated east.
The second thing to
happen was Smokey Bear. In 1944, the Smokey Bear campaign was rolled out,
followed in 1947 by the slogan “only you can prevent forest fires.”
The campaign gained more recognition after a bear cub was caught in a 1950 New
Mexico fire. The poor cub was badly burned and used as a national symbol for
the fight against forest fires.
The combination of
more people, better technology, and an advertising campaign had a real impact.
So much in fact, that the average number of fires per year in the 1970s was 15
percent less than the 1950s and the size of the fires were reduced by an astounding 83
percent.
https://abc30.com/record-129-million-trees-dead-in-california-due-to-drought-bark-beetle-/2770243/
And Then!
The environmental
movement happened. The number of fires continued to decrease, but the size of
the fires started to grow. So much so, that from 2010-2017, the average size of
a fire increased over 400 percent, to
102 acres per fire.
What
happened?
The first problem is who is responsible for, and
in control of all that land. The federal government Forest Service and Bureau
of Land Management, the BLM says it owns and controls the majority of the land
west of Texas, illegally of course. Federal rules and regulations have made it
next to impossible to remove dead trees, infected trees, and dry underbrush.
That is all fuel for a fire. When a fire starts on unmanaged federal land, it
doesn’t stop at the fence line or city limits. That is why the fight must be to
stop the fires before they happen by denying a small fire the fuel to become
large and creating breaks to stop a fire once it starts.
As William Stewart, a
forestry specialist at the University of California at Berkeley, told the Washington
Post in relation with
the recent wildfires, “the rates of mortality from fire, insects, and disease
are about three times as high on national forest lands as they are on private
lands regulated under California and federal strict environmental laws.”
Whether the regulations on private land play the vital role that is another
matter. The
fact is, the underbrush and dead trees are being cleared on the private lands,
but not the federal lands, making the entire State a fire waiting to happen..
One only has to look
at the map of federally controlled land in the western U.S., figure 1, to
understand the problem. There are just as many forests in eastern Texas,
Arkansas, and the Appalachian Mountains as there are in the west. The plains
are nothing but highly flammable grass. The only
difference is the amount of control the federal government has on the land.
Land owned privately
is taken care of for a simple reason, profit. If someone owns the land and is
intent on harvesting the timber or farming, there is a financial incentive to
maintain proper land maintenance. Otherwise, profits could literally go up in
smoke.
The federal government
might illegally own the land out west, but it is the weed hugging environmental
radicals that control it.
The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) have more to do
with the increase in the intensity and size of forest fires more than anyone
cause. Both were established in the early 1970s. As noted above, it only took a
decade for the globalist control freaks to reverse generations of hard work.
The ESA was enacted to
protect animals on the verge of extinction. A problem occurs when radical
environmental groups sue, under the ESA, to stop forest management practices,
such as brush clearing, controlled burns, or logging. Al because as the say it’s
not natural. This is what nearly burned
down the entire Yellowstone National Park and had threatened Yosemite National
Park on several occasions.
The
northern spotted owl is the perfect example.
The decrease in
logging is an ecological disaster. When the government is not allowed to remove
dead trees and underbrush, it is bound to become fuel for a fire. The dead tree
situation in California is an abomination. Late last year, the U.S. Forest Service,
Cal Fire, and the Tree Mortality Task Force announced there was a record 129 million dead trees and warned of
the danger posed by the excess fuel.
There is good news on
the horizon, however. Secretary of the Department of Interior (DOI) Ryan Zinke
is working to make the federal government more efficient in its management of
forests. Recently he announced a reorganization plan
for the department to
place more resources and personnel out west, including giving the regional
managers more responsibility to act. Zinke wants more personnel in the field
and wants them to be able to make decisions, instead of having to wait on D.C.
for permission to do anything.
Zinke recently
tweeted about the fires out west,
“Fires across the west are burning hotter and more intense. The overload of
dead and diseased timber in the forests makes the fires worse and more deadly.
We must be able to actively manage our forests and not face frivolous
litigation when we try to remove these fuels.” But the Secretary can only do so
much; Congress must also act.
So far, half of
Congress is moving on the issue. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ariz.) introduced, H.R. 2936 The Resilient
Federal Forests Act of 2017. According to the House Committee on Natural Resources, “the bill streamlines onerous environmental review
processes to get work done on the ground quickly, without sacrificing
environmental protection. The bill also minimizes the threat of frivolous
litigation by providing alternatives to resolve legal challenges against forest
management activities.” The legislation passed the House on a bipartisan basis
and sits in the Senate awaiting action. Hopefully, the intensity of the fires
will force the Senate to move the legislation forward as a standalone bill or
put it in the upcoming omnibus.
THE BOTTOM LINE: All
this situation proves is that there is no one more dangerous to the environment
than a radical weed hugging environmentalist. I urge you to writhe your Representative
Here and tell them to support H.R. 2936. We just might be able to save
the west in spite of the DeepState.
Thanks for listening my friend. Now go do the right
thing, pray and fight for truth and freedom.
If you would like to write me direct with a question or a comment you
can contact me at writedeandrea@hotmail.com
-
de Andréa
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