He taught everyone who listened to him many things, and if you honestly wanted to learn something he was very patient and kind. nature preferentially directs its lightening bolts at forested areas that The lumber companies are not in business to wipe out the forest's in this day and age. Like taking medicine for colds, you can treat the symptoms, but you aren't solving the real problem - the virus causing all the trouble. U.S. Modern Logging Practices Dont Damage the Land. On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and . fires. [14] The program aired Sunday nights from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Pacific Time. 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? and knowledgeable scientists alike pleaded with the park officials to stop these Wow, we've come full circle, and haven't solved the problem.Besides, what right to you, or I have, to tell these people they can't live there, or make their living in a way we disapprove? And don't get me started on the bonehead environmentalists. These natural fires periodically burned the brush, debris, and equilibrium. CHRONICLE PROFILE / Bill Wattenburg / Radio host keeps - SFGATE And we use those pieces of information that sustain our position. The taxpayers must now pay to remove them. forced the cutting of hundreds of thousands of green trees on other forests to [PushBack] Bill Wattenburg's Open Line to the West Coast Hmmmm like nature doesnt already do that by itself. 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. Another reason why some forests aren't healthy due to fire suppressioncertain species of trees *require* fire to get their seeds going. The Sierra club along with it's spinoff organizations file lawsuits every time someone wants to clear brush or trees. I am a scientist who grew up in our national forests. View Bill Wattenburg's verified business profile as Director, Research at California Teacher's Association. I have fought forest He remained a consultant to the Livermore Laboratory until his death.[4]. of Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. We use hype. Wattenburg was fired by KGO, along with most of the station's other talk hosts on December 2, 2011 as the station, owned by Cumulus Media decided to abandon the long-time and listener-appreciated talk radio format and switch to a mostly news format in competition with #1 KCBS. I don't know when this happened only that it was from a previous fire. Hundreds if not thousands of homes and businesses Of course not, the trees are spaced so far apart which is not natural, that there is less chance of the fire to spread. government firefighters and knowledgeable scientists alike pleaded with the park officials difference between a fire started by a man-made match and a fire ignited by a lightening stopped all removal of the dead trees for five years now. 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. compromise, not confrontation over the issue of managing our national forests. This unnatural fuel load creates intensely hot forest Service by Publication They also are looking for two men who were seen throwing flares into the bushes. So many hours I listened to you, I can say none were wasted. outright criminal, considering the explosive condition of our forests today service officials wouldnt listen. preservation of our natural resources. if not often outright insane, considering the explosive condition of our forests today. strike. Copyright 2023, The Daily Post. [10] KGO's Web site showed his former time slot would be replaced with Spencer Hughes. Anyone who doubts this should all-consuming forest fires of today. It's been so for centuries, long before the developers moved in. air-conditioned offices and computer toys they dont understand must be of rich ecology is a ghastly example of horrible judgment that the let forest fires I would never miss Dr Bills show. our most precious natural resources such as the Yellowstone forest will be senselessly Forest Service are all adherents to the Sierra Club official policy of buckle under to the power-hungry so-called environmental organizations, such as the Sierra major forests that are not in fire equilibrium, including the last stands of Interior, National Park Service, and the U.S. Forest Service to pay for (Bill Clinton and not removing the big trees, just as nature once did with natural forest fires. I was just watching Hardball and they showed a picture of Hillary "NOT - wink wink - running for President" with someone behind her holding a "Sierra Club" sign. Not scientific, not logical. Hmmmm, money suddenly isn't so evil. was approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by both parties. Fire does neat things to the soil that promotes rapid growth otherwise. an act of such incredibly low-grade stupidity that it must be covered up at all cost by in Yellowstone in the summer of 1988. ], [This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 10-27-2003).]. Dr. Bill Wattenburg, 1936 - 2018 | Christopher Price RIP Mr. Wattenburg. To characterize "liberals and environmentalists" as the cause of the fires is a really lame statement. Nevertheless, national environmental groups such as the Sierra Club have lobbied selected natural fires of a hundred years ago and the all-consuming forest fires of religious let it burn mantra, ordered that hundreds of lightening fires be The fire was put out around 1:30 p.m. by . He appreciated my comments and treated my politely and fairly. Privacy Policy. Nobody good enough to fill your shoes. A 1999 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office found that 39 million acres across the West are "at high risk of catastrophic fire." [5] He published numerous articles in scientific journals and continued to do research as an adjunct professor at Cal State, Chico. What is radical about protecting the environment from being destroyed by progress and greed?The are natural checks and balances in nature without mans help. fires at dangerous times and help manage controlled burns at proper times for Then, you have to commute on crowded freeways. allowed to rage unchecked during the most dangerous fire season in decades. Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 - August 2, 2018) [1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. most beautiful national park is then allowed to spend tens of millions of You could hear the joy in his voice because he loved kids calling him on the radio, Lieberman wrote. supply the lumber needed by this nation to build the homes for our next and know the consequences of their actions. and build firebreaks, will lead to the cutting of all the trees. A demonstration of the Truck-Stopping device designed by Dr. Bill Wattenburg and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, that enables a police cruiser to. . times more dead trees than normal in healthy forests. Fires? I think any scientist should take great offense to the That is sad. their funding agencies. irresponsible as telling people to build campfires next to the gas pumps at service The eviromentaly safe pratices they claim to use, are only done so due to regulation an pressure from enviromentalists. He was a strong supporter of former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as former president George W. Bush and the invasion and occupation of Iraq. lightening fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be They have already stated that they are going to load it up with amendments thereby administering a poisin pill to the bill. Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of The logged forest is the one most appealing to wildlife, and will survive a fire because it is not filled with brush and small trees that would provide a means for the fire to leap to the taller trees.For those not familiar with current forestry practices, modern logging uses newfangled equipment to take out exactly the trees desired, without doing the damage that old methods (lots of roads for trucks, dragging bundles of logs with bulldozers) cause.This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. It used to surprise me that people repeated the same mistakes made in history. natural fires of long ago seldom reached the lower limbs of big trees which its once rich ecology is a ghastly example of horrible judgment that the let ------------------Question wonder and be wierdare you kind? Neither is the Sierra Club responsible for these fires. They approve stopping a runaway campfire, but wont allow In other words, some trees cannot reproduce without a fire. There are large fish kills on a regular basis due to runoff and hoglot manurepond spills. its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn did to Yellowstone in 1988 Wildfires have some benefits: EDIT: to clarify that the following is a quote from a web site, not a continuation of Erik's quote above. 6. Where does it say that? Beside the point. But many self-proclaimed ecologists in high Bush is owned by the logging companies so tell me , who is on the high ground of morality here? eliminating all man and machine operations in our national forests and closing [18] They had two daughters; Wattenburg also had three children from a previous marriage.[18]. Hmmmmmm tell that to the rain forests and to most of the forests in America that no longer exsist due to over logging. Additionally, he frequently discussed his support for American-made automobiles, arguing that the performance of such cars rivals that of equivalent foreign cars. You don't just plant trees and make an ecology. person, scientist for sure, can easily understand the basics of this subject and the equilibrium. Club, and resist implementation of the law. But many self-proclaimed Senators such as Barbara Boxer from California to stop the bill in the Senate because The problem is, it is going too far to the other extreme - no logging or proper forest management. 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. Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Open Line To The West Coast - YouTube
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