On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:33:05 -0500, "MnMikew"
wrote:


Yes Bruce, but logging a few trees is not going to damage the forest. The
forestery practices of today are much less invasive. We need wood, period.
It has to come from somewhere. Ask the people in California how particulary
bad their fires have been as late.


The fires here are scrub brush. When we do have forest fires they are
made much worse by beetle weakened pine trees which go up like an
incendiary bomb. The beetles are spreading due to climate change.

For many years we have been seeking federal help to remove the dead
trees. It's cheaper than making people whole after a wild fire.