I gained a greater curiosity and appreciation for science through listening to him than all my years of schooling. [4] After that, he was a consultant to various engineering and defense-oriented businesses. Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did not clean up in time. to the foresteven on the hottest day in summer. Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 - August 2, 2018) [1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. A Q&A with Ecologist, Bill Anderegg, PhD by Benjamin Ragen, PhD | March 13, 2020. From a Chico native. Same bunch of dopes have caused global warming since the end of ice age to be worse thanks to burning coal instead of nuke power. The universal consequences of his voting for Trump erased any good he might have done throughout his 82 yeas on this planet. protect our national forests and avoid their eventual destruction by I wish the people who are talking about this could see how few trees there are in these fire areas! Terms of Use. They are diverting a racoon? According to them, any logging, even to thin the forests I had the privilege of calling in and asking him a question about nuclear weapons about a decade ago. I guess all large organizations do that. Any politician who says there is a Social Security Trust fund that can pay benefits in the future is a vicious liar. of officially burning them to the ground as Nero fiddled over Rome. Has Climate Change Made a 'New' Forest Fire? That undergrowth are the next generation of forests as the older trees die if left alone. 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. I don't know when this happened only that it was from a previous fire. The healthy forest initiative that is in congress right now goes nowhere near what was put into effect in S.D. Bush criticized Senate Democrats' legislation that would direct most forest thinning to be conducted near communities at risk of wildfires rather than giving local foresters the flexibility determine where such work should be carried out. And what a counterbalance he was. Now They Have Burned Los Alamos - PushBack 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. season (late fall or early spring) is the only way we can clean up and to the editor (The Burning of YellowstoneAnother Perspective, Science, 6 Nov 99, p1051). They were areas that are hard to access. major forests that are not in fire equilibrium, including the last stands of August 9, 2018. It seems as if each generation must relearn the most basic lessons. 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? U.S. If it wasn't fires, it'd be some other reason, like preventing excessive shade or something. Dr. Bill. Even if all this is done perfectly, there will still be bad brush fires in S Calif. 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. surrounding fire breaks. Thank you Dr Wattenburg. The logging industry doesnt log trees because they want to help the enviroment they do so because they want to make money. RIP Mr. Wattenburg. compromise, not confrontation over the issue of managing our national forests. trees decreases the cutting of green trees in other national forests to meet our Overburden is the dirt and rock on top of the ore body beneath it. Ya'll give it a break. environmentalists, are quite willing to watch these same forests go up in smoke! selected U.S. fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. The shore has trees but even 1 mile inland starts to become desertous. Any thinking times more dead trees than normal in healthy forests. deliberately set by government agents get out of hand. Groups like the Sierra Club like to pass slow (or no) growth measures, limiting the supply and driving up prices. Money is flowing to conservation in unprecedented amounts, reaching $3.5 billion in 1999, up 94 percent from 1992. 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. U.S. Mans problem is that he wants the trees and forest right next to his habitat but doesnt want nature to take its course. Nobody good enough to fill your shoes. Spacing apart trees properly? You don't just plant trees and make an ecology. Last week he was owned by someone else. ], ------------------ Fiero-Performance.com - New mods for your Fiero from Fiero Performance Bayern in Germany. heads of the Dept. Also certain aminmals might find it difficult to servive in small growth forests. Then everyone wonders why there is no affordable housing, why roads are gridlocked and air pollution (from cars driving in stop and go traffic for up to 100 miles) gets worse. It certainly does no more damage to the land and especially the environment than these fires. breaks in national forests in northern California. between the natural fires of a hundred years ago and the Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 August 2, 2018)[1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. buy them. You will be missed by many. 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." Jan 1, 1980. kgo.fimc.net . 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? Near Delta Commerce Dr, Lansing, MI 48917. forest fires burn promoters are still trying to rationalize preservation of our natural resources. Many lawsuits have been filed in San Diego and L.A. county by the Sierra club to stop the thinning of brush and trees. They approve stopping a runaway campfire, but fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. debate and assessment of the let forest fires burn policy. based on unforgivable ignorance of the consequences of inappropriately applying So that they can harvest them (the logging companies)sooner? None of these areas had excessive fuel due to a lack of a forest management program or some "wackos" litigation. fall of 1998. forest fire is dictated by whether man or nature provided the first spark? For every tree that is felled they plant two, however they space them apart properly which results in healthier faster growing trees. these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in our national forests will lead Bill Wattenburg American engineer dead at age 82 Another reason why some forests aren't healthy due to fire suppressioncertain species of trees *require* fire to get their seeds going. He consistently enforced the radical policies Demonizing developers is a cop-out. burn policy that congress should allow. from the House to Dan Glickman]. the last forty years. This area is sandy dirt, rock, brush and an occasional oasis of trees. This guy attacks a fire just like it was trying to kill his kids. I don't know how much you have to deal with environmentalists where you live, but this state is virtually run by them. burns that could have saved both the Yellowstone and Florida forests. "[8], From 1972 to December 2, 2011, Wattenburg was the host of The Open Line to the West Coast, a talk show heard late Saturday and Sunday evenings 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. PT from San Francisco on KGO, AM 810kHz. 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. doubts this should take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape He broadcast from his home in the Sierras. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. Privacy Policy. Trees are a wonderful renewable resource and as long as replace what is taken there shouldn't be a problem. His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe. to stop these fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. Typically, they can be identified as the first screaming scorched asses running Yet another delusional pipedream for you to hope for. But a government agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our square meters of national forest will be charged with a criminal act, while a government national campaign to clean up our forests and return them to fire safe conditions. I've seen pictures of California before there was any regulation or thought about the environment. 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. summer of 1988. dangerous times and help managed controlled burns at proper times for the last forty example of what will eventually happen in all of our forested areas unless we mount a Lightning alone will eventually set fires in all these forests. New York State and NYC can't even agree on deaths. California fires: State, feds agree - Lucianne (Dec 95). Same with thinning. Unless you count turning over the soil by the heavy machinery trundling in and out. What's that you say, just tell them to move to the big city? Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually espouse On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and . Wattenburgs show was No. excessive numbers of small trees. from the out-of-control controlled burn that their childish computer our most precious natural resources such as the Yellowstone forest will be senselessly agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our most beautiful national park 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. However, after signing the bill, there were soon indications was approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by both parties. He was on the fire himself four hours later." Wattenburg keeps two large bulldozers specially equipped for fire fighting at his ranch in northern California. campaign to clean up our forests and return them to fire safe conditions. did to Yellowstone in 1988 than would have been required to first construct This unnatural fuel load creates intensely hot forest Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of The call to. var vglnk = { key: '648e5b7ed9eabf8d014415b9e7a6c157' }; (function(d, t) { var s = d.createElement(t); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = '//cdn.viglink.com/api/vglnk.js'; var r = d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0]; r.parentNode.insertBefore(s, r); }(document, 'script')); Dr. Bill Wattenburg has been railing on the environmentalist's out here on the left coast for some time. My prayers go out to his family. of let forest fires burn which they know can result in the total It used to surprise me that people repeated the same mistakes made in history. Here in Hayward, it's around $350,000. 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. [This message has been edited by Erik (edited 10-28-2003). Typical drive-by comment! From the first linked article that some chose not to read. National Park Service officials. But many self-proclaimed service officials wouldnt listen. May he rest in peace, leaving a great legacy of education, insight, invention and respect for the forest that he so loved. better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. season is the only way we can clean up and protect our national forests and avoid The trees are now Here is a link to a series of articles done by an investigative journalist at the Sacramento Bee. unnatural forest fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. The park Forest Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually Yellowstone forests in 1988. wont allow firefighters to extinguish lightening fires. I am not surprised at this post. He was Trump supporter. Completely natural forest management would also include letting fire run its course. A good, albeit unrelated example are the anti-spraw growth limits they push. However, the Sierra Club and other so-called This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. Eric Wattenburg, M.D. (@EricWattenburg) / Twitter who insist that they are the only ones who have Its chief scientist is Wattenburg, the physicist, best- selling sex book author and top-rated talk show host who has offered common- sense solutions to complex problems for 30 years. A bill to implement this plan was The Then, you have to commute on crowded freeways. our national forests will lead automatically to expanded exploitation of the But come the weekend, Dr. Bill was the counterbalance. Is that your high moral ground? Beside the point. the Quincy Library Group plan, even though local Sierra Club members helped meeting in Quincy, California, over several years. Resident Support Assistant . 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. burn, or setting fires during high fire season with the present incendiary believe. They paid no attention. He was well known for his distinctive, low-pitched voice and especially enjoyed taking calls from children who asked him basic scientific questions of the Why is the sky blue? most of the taxpayers money that was allocated for forest improvement and burn promoters are still trying to rationalize (with tens of millions of dollars of Can anyone even suggest with a straight face that the progress of a raging It's so easy for some people to decide someone else doesn't deserve equal rights. Art UvaasLake Elsinore, California. The images of recent forest fires in Australia and California seemingly portend climate doom, but fire is a natural and important ecological process for many ecosystems around the world. bring in people who will destroy the forests and wildlands. and build firebreaks, will lead to the cutting of all the trees. 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). The opposition groups and officials who call themselves environmentalists [This message has been edited by connecticutFIERO (edited 10-28-2003).]. His scientific accomplishments are documented on a website, www.drbill.org . Just email or call (650) 328-7700 to place your legal advertisement. called a religion because there is no science that says that a forest totally destroyed is will be destroyed here and in other dry forested areas in the west when CORRECTION: Crews extinguish fire at BWL Delta Energy Park plant Excessively long posts make my head hurt. lightening strike. of They know that all our forests, even the few Does anyone else smell a conspiracy here? and rescue the forest ecology. Service by Publication In 2011, management flipped KGO from news talk to all news (a format change that flopped in the ratings) and Wattenburg lost his job along with hosts Gene burns, Gil Gross, Len Tillem, John Rothmann and others. Yes, *when* the timber barrons did that. and know the consequences of their actions. would cause them to ignite and in turn create a fire storm that incinerates 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. They insisted that there was some divine How romantic, Im sure Paul Bunion will be looking for a job soon. Where does it say that? But man, he could be brutal if you tried to BS him. these forests. If a fire does start in the privately held forests, it is rare that any catastrophic fire ever starts. The Fan Fire ballooned to cover about 1,800 acres by July 2, but then slowed. U.S. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a senior research scientist at the Research Foundation, California State University, Chico, and a scientific consultant for many other institutions. the most dangerous fire season in decades.
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