Post by Woody Williams on Jun 26, 2007 21:07:31 GMT -5
ARE ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO BLAME FOR WILDFIRES AT LAKE TAHOE?
Feeling the Heat
Residents in the Lake Tahoe area being ravaged by that massive fire we just heard about are blaming the government and environmentalists for failing to clear dead trees — which are providing fuel for the blaze.
Angry residents jammed a school auditorium last night and complained that environmentalists had pressured the government into making the clearing and thinning of trees so difficult and full of red tape that the job didn't get done.
The Los Angeles Times reports that while more than 21,000 acres of land has been cleared, an additional 67,000 acres remains to be done.
The Sierra Club says it has advocated clearing and thinning. But a San Francisco television station reports the Sierra Club opposes a logging road near Lake Tahoe that would make the clearing easier.
One member of the South Lake Tahoe City Council says that any environmental problems created by the road would be far outweighed by the potential damage that could be caused by a catastrophic wildfire
Feeling the Heat
Residents in the Lake Tahoe area being ravaged by that massive fire we just heard about are blaming the government and environmentalists for failing to clear dead trees — which are providing fuel for the blaze.
Angry residents jammed a school auditorium last night and complained that environmentalists had pressured the government into making the clearing and thinning of trees so difficult and full of red tape that the job didn't get done.
The Los Angeles Times reports that while more than 21,000 acres of land has been cleared, an additional 67,000 acres remains to be done.
The Sierra Club says it has advocated clearing and thinning. But a San Francisco television station reports the Sierra Club opposes a logging road near Lake Tahoe that would make the clearing easier.
One member of the South Lake Tahoe City Council says that any environmental problems created by the road would be far outweighed by the potential damage that could be caused by a catastrophic wildfire
