Here is to liberal environmentalists who think the forest should clean our air and provide clean water for all, give home and rest to wildlife, recreation and yes, logging.
Wilderness when our souls can no longer stand the noise, protection for wildlife from civilization (multiple use).
For some of us the wild is where we find our God. We have recycled lumber products. Where you buy a 2×4 and you get a 2×4.
Here is to conservatives who can’t see the forest for the trees and think the best forest is a clear cut forest (single use). Cut diverse forest and replant with quicker growing pine, massive pine beetle kill, matchsticks in the forest. Loggers that grab their paycheck and run rather than complete their agreement, tossed back to the forest service. Don’t want to cut in on their profits.
I say, take a look around you, you are awash in a sea of brown. You can’t clear cut a prairie and they have also burned. You’re going to go in and grab what you can and save some for wildlife. Yeah, right. For some people, wildlife is just another inconvenience and something to kill. Take beavers, nature’s firefighters. If only you could stop killing them. California on fire. And those were wineries and homes. Global warming? I think so. We had 10 states on fire at the same time. Our fire crews were a little thin, I think.
For armchair quarterbacks, you could have done better, why didn’t you? You have not tangled with the winds we have today in Lolo, and 90 days of extreme heat and no rain. We were awash in a sea of brown, you could start a fire with a heated argument. Say thank you to our fire fighters and God bless and hopefully they’ll come again the next time we need them.
The problem with private land owners (forests), they reap the profits, perhaps they pay taxes, or not, but when it burns, guess who will pay to put it out? Thank God for government.
J. Ward
Lolo