Comments on: Lawmakers learn what farmers already know about sustainable agriculture

By: Hondo

Hondo — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:52:26 +0000

jimmydeeoc:
A grassy park near where I live has been nearly paved over to give access to the handicapped. Huge areas that were once grass are now paved over. It might as well be a parking lot now.
Apparently grass is raciest too.
Hondo…..

By: jimmydeeoc

jimmydeeoc — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:25:40 +0000

Hondo that makes too much sense.

You should know by now that such pragmatic solutions are frowned upon. You may have overlooked:

–Are the forest lands equally accessible to the handicapped?

–If enacted, have all members of “the community” been made aware of such a policy on the part of USDA – Forest Service?

Etc etc etc until I barf……………………..

By: Hondo

Hondo — Sat, 11 May 2013 23:11:37 +0000

It is not cost effective to have timber sales in many of the most critical areas for wildland fires. So why not simply mark the timber that is beetle kill or overgrowth(I used to do that way back when) and then let the people come cut it for free and take it home to do what they will. It is their wood. The forest becomes healthier and there is less fire danger. Everybody wins.
Hondo……

By: stolson

stolson — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:44:55 +0000

AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006; and SB 375, the Sustainable Communities Climate Protection Act of 2008.
It would be wise to know the real true agenda of this outside UN run group and who benefits and how.

By: jimmydeeoc

jimmydeeoc — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:05:45 +0000

As to sterility: It all depends. It is true extremely hot fire CAN delay regrowth, depending on soil types, climate, etc. At the end of the day, of course, the answer is no. Forget the fires (which were now 25 years ago!) Half a million years ago most of Yellowstone was a steaming, barren, lava-strewn caldera without so much as a blade of grass. It’s just a matter of what your time horizon is.

I’m reminded of the answer I heard re: the efficacy of adding gypsum to soften clay soil in parts of Orange County……

“Sure, it works. Just not in your lifetime.” LOL

By: loufca

loufca — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:59:28 +0000

I take issue with the point that a forest fire renders the soil “sterile”. If that were true, Yellowstone would be bare right now. Remember the big fire there a while back. The next spring they had the best wild flower and new tree growth season on record. Ask from fires puts nitrogen back into the soil which is a primary growth requirement for plants and trees.

By: jimmydeeoc

jimmydeeoc — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:32:06 +0000

The only thing the type of people who populate CARB know about forestry management is what they remember from their Smokey The Bear coloring books.