tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post8562033246647096055..comments2022-02-25T10:50:38.538-08:00Comments on Oregon Woodworker by Andy Margeson: Oregon is on fireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-68563783019719256392017-11-14T09:45:01.075-08:002017-11-14T09:45:01.075-08:00Just came across this article and thought you'...Just came across this article and thought you'd find it interesting.<br />Jeff<br />http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2017/Q4/without-more-prescribed-burns,-u.s.-forest-fires-are-going-to-get-worse,-specialist-predicts.htmljefskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371137053872693861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-79164181886509717532017-09-07T03:38:04.204-07:002017-09-07T03:38:04.204-07:00Andy,
Last night MsBubba and I decided to just st...Andy,<br /><br />Last night MsBubba and I decided to just stay here in Ft. Bragg instead of continuing on up the coast to Oregon. It's just one year for us but will be decades for Oregon to recover.<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />KenI'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-23489073986284390952017-09-06T14:24:57.810-07:002017-09-06T14:24:57.810-07:00I am afraid you are right. As a private forest la...I am afraid you are right. As a private forest landowner I got to know the Forest Service folks because they were responsible for most of the land around me. It is exactly as you say: they knew what to do and wanted to do it. Nevertheless, people blamed them.<br /><br />I do think there will be a push to privatize the National Forests. Sad.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394365117138074832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-36549862865371577852017-09-06T08:00:37.469-07:002017-09-06T08:00:37.469-07:00Hear hear. I'm a fed retiree and it grieves m...Hear hear. I'm a fed retiree and it grieves my heart to see what's happening to our forests. The agency has been choked by budget cuts and unfilled vacancies to the point of maybe no return. This has been going on steadily since the 80's. The land agency budget is a tiny fraction of 1 percent of the national spending. Compared to DOD it's literally coffee money. So radical budget cuts here mean nothing except misery for people when the fires and floods take out our national treasures. The agency people know what to do but without $$$ no dice. The job is huge. I guess the endgame is to starve it to death, blame the hapless personnel, or the "environmentalists", declare failure, and sell our forests at a discount to the oligarchs. Can't believe that's what we as a people want. xoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728771843372480050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-28584484181751755332017-09-05T18:46:31.898-07:002017-09-05T18:46:31.898-07:00Andy, I live in Silverdale, a small community acro...Andy, I live in Silverdale, a small community across the water from Seattle. (Yes, we have woodworkers up here.) I woke up to ash floating in the air this morning too. Some is from the fires in Eastern Washington and some may be flowing up here from your Oregon fires. A week ago we got heavy smoke in the air from the British Columbia fires. This fire season seems to be the worst I can recall. Banlanmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666537732355510750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-39058139650508672872017-09-05T14:34:38.034-07:002017-09-05T14:34:38.034-07:00I read the news everyday (I don't watch it) an...I read the news everyday (I don't watch it) and I haven't read one word about forest fires in Oregon. I guess oil refineries shutting down causing gas prices to rise makes for better reading. I hope they contain the fires soon.Ralph Boumenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606484453109932074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-6624934807525915482017-09-05T12:12:42.057-07:002017-09-05T12:12:42.057-07:00Sad...Sad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com