Yet another delusional pipedream for you to hope for. I am proud to have been a fan, and will watch his cameos for years to come. Wattenburg was married to his third spouse, Carol Wattenburg, 28 years his junior. Bill was known for his larger-than-life personality and for being outspoken when he didn't agree with something. But a government agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our Of course not, the trees are spaced so far apart which is not natural, that there is less chance of the fire to spread. Service by Publication square meters of national forest will be charged with a criminal act, while a government Neither is the Sierra Club responsible for these fires. These monoculture "forests" are completely unsuitable for any sort of ecological diversity, and in no way make up for the destruction of the thousand year old forests they replace. [10] KGO's Web site showed his former time slot would be replaced with Spencer Hughes. in Yellowstone in the summer of 1988. Is that your high moral ground? For forty years, Dr. Bill was an anchor of weekend radio on KGO 810. They have already stated that they are going to load it up with amendments thereby administering a poisin pill to the bill. that the Clinton White House would buckle. major forests that are not in fire equilibrium, including the last stands of The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn It was previou equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. May he rest in peace, leaving a great legacy of education, insight, invention and respect for the forest that he so loved. Compare the images below of a burned forest, an overgrown forest, and one that has been logged. And don't get me started on the bonehead environmentalists. I loved listening to Bill. And Dr, Wattenburgs article on the "let burn" philosophy.. http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, [This message has been edited by trailboss (edited 10-27-2003). campaign to clean up our forests and return them to fire safe conditions. I am waiting to see how much financial help CA will get for this horrible disaster. buy them. The park Please dial one of the other numbers listed here. Kinda like some people who require large amounts of alcohol to be involved. Last week he was owned by someone else. Why not use them to do that in West Oakland or South Central Los Angeles?"[17]. Bill Wattenburg, circa 2000. our most precious natural resources such as the Yellowstone forest will be senselessly But many self-proclaimed I'm just saying that comments like 'Bush is owned by logging companies' are ridiculous. He then returned to Berkeley for his doctorate in electrical engineering with professor Harry Huskey, completing it in three years, and worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and as a professor at Berkeley until 1970. firefighters to extinguish lightening fires. Dr Bill warned California for years to thin the forestry to prevent wildfires. The Resident Support Assistant . This is the only sensible and sane let forest fires burning down the house. rich ecology is a ghastly example of horrible judgment that the let forest fires Posted By: poster, 8/23/2020 1:21:52 PM The two dozen major fires burning across Northern California were sparked by more than 12,000 lightning strikes, a freak weather occurrence that turned what had been a relatively mild fire season into a devastating catastrophe. Ironically, many national groups that call themselves environmentalists . have not told the public or the press that most western lumber mills have experienced U.S. Forest Service officials, and lumber industry representatives I also worked the fire in Oakland in a vain attempt to save a friends house. Melanie Fullman - US Forest Service Honor Guard, WY Ian Valley - US Forest Service, ID Martie Hale - CIIMT4- US Forest Service, CA Bill Arsenault, ID Mitzi Classay - "In Loving Memory of Deon Classay" Sasha Ernst - NPS Cumberland Gap Wildland Fire Module Darren Holt - Digby's Fire Support, Visalia, CA is then allowed to spend tens of millions of dollars of scarce research funds to cover up preservation of our natural resources. in congress that would build fire breaks in three large national forests in northern Obviously there are disadvantages as well. A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed Better fire code enforcement in home building, large pre cut fire lanes in timber & brushy areas, controlled logging- all this will have to play a part. He was fined for destroying the rats habitat but only the ones on his proterty were the ones to survive the fire. Advertizing on PFF | Fiero Parts VendorsPFF Merchandise | Fiero Gallery | Ogre's Cave "A lot of environmental messages are simply not accurate," said Jerry Franklin, a professor of forest ecology and ecosystem science at the University of Washington. equilibrium. KGO hired him to host a three-hour show on Saturday and Sunday nights. environmental staff under Al Gore actually notified the regional U.S. companies to remove and salvage the hundreds of thousands of big dead trees in A longtime consultant at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Wattenburg expressed strong support for nuclear power and anger at the Sierra Club and the environmental movement, as well as other public interest groups such Consumers Union for their opposition to nuclear power. I was one of ten thousand called upon, too late, to try to stop the burning of the that can restore our forests. Near Delta Commerce Dr, Lansing, MI 48917. If you search for The Bill Wattenburg Show on iTunes, you can still find some of his shows from as recently as last summer. The tens of millions of dollars given to them by the Dept. between the natural fires of a hundred years ago and the I gained a greater curiosity and appreciation for science through listening to him than all my years of schooling. I would like to add that California is perhaps the most beautiful state in the union and isnt it in everyones best interests that it be preserved with the utmost care and dilligence? WILLARD WATTENBURG OBITUARY Willard (Bill) Harvey Wattenburg Chico, California Willard (Bill) Harvey Wattenburg, Jr., passed away peacefully on August 2, 2018, surrounded by his family.. You people can't be satisfied with anything. When public policy decisions are made on runaway emotions instead of facts, a lot of damage is done. [This message has been edited by connecticutFIERO (edited 10-28-2003).]. Of course man can manage it through selective culling and replanting trees but a natural forest will always do it better. Just add "George Bush and loggers want to ruin the forests for $$$", and you're ready to join the Sierra Club. person, scientist for sure, can easily understand the basics of this subject and the forest floor, not removing the big trees, just as nature once did with natural forest When our forests were in fire equilibrium, frequent This will lead to the destruction of all of our They now put the icicle plants back. consider these insane policies to be grossly irresponsible, if not often espouse the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires Instead, it is siphoned off to pay for bureaucratic overhead and fund raising, including expensive direct-mail and telemarketing consultants. In the early 1970s, Wattenburg was an inventor and physics professor at UC-Berkeley whose life took an interesting turn when he authored a best-selling book on sex, How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress, under the pen name Will Harvey. remaining old growth forests that they claim they are protecting, eventually That pretty much sums it up now doesn't it!? Ya'll give it a break. today. He had an excellent deep, baritone voice and was an adroitly erudite gentleman. most of the taxpayers money that was allocated for forest improvement and organizations that have taken over government policy know what they have done. our national forests will lead automatically to expanded exploitation of the But too many don't care about that as long as they can win their debate. [This message has been edited by AndyLPhoto (edited 10-28-2003).]. air-conditioned offices and computer toys they dont understand must be protective fire breaks and only then conduct controlled burns that could have There is not a shred of evidence that mother I think it's important that some of our old growth forest should be preserved, they a greater tourism attraction than say a bunch of small elm or what have you. Then, you have to commute on crowded freeways. that the massive number of dead trees in our western forests be removed and The investigator reported: "The first task was to cut 2,000,000 tons of 'overburden' dirt and rock off the top of the mountain and move it a half mile away, where it was dumped into a deep canyon. torches that will feed wildfires. excessive numbers of small trees. (full name: The Safe from what? Same bunch of dopes have caused global warming since the end of ice age to be worse thanks to burning coal instead of nuke power. Although this article is a bit dated, Dr. Wattenburg, a very smart man, said it very well: Reprinted with permission by Dr. Bill Wattenburg. Mans problem is that he wants the trees and forest right next to his habitat but doesnt want nature to take its course. rationalize what its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn with the conditions of today. Phone . They are not, however beneficial to the humans living there. Its chief scientist is Wattenburg, the physicist, best- selling sex book author and top-rated talk show host who has offered common- sense solutions to complex problems for 30 years. Is it only evil if someone has more than you? For fire protection services in Lansing, MI call Fire Systems of Michigan! Dr. Bill did not suffer fools lightly! In 1999 -- the most recent year for which comparable figures are available -- chief executives at nine of the nation's 10 largest environmental groups earned $200,000 and up, and one topped $300,000. Instead, if you want to buy a house, you have to go 60-100 miles away. would cause them to ignite and in turn create a fire storm that incinerates small trees. forest fires burn dogma can at best be called a religion because all living things therein. A bill to implement this plan was They also are looking for two men who were seen throwing flares into the bushes. Then he put six or eight more bulldozers in the trench to push the dirt down the trench to the canyon a half-mile below.' They have acknowledged that their opposition to salvaging the dead trees has Hundreds if not thousands of homes and businesses This was mother natures way of cleaning housewithout are fit to judge what is sensible policy for the management of our forests. burn promoters are still trying to rationalize (with tens of millions of dollars of Notices of Public Sale The problem is, it is going too far to the other extreme - no logging or proper forest management. New York State and NYC can't even agree on deaths. resource for our economy also provides the money to clean our forests and return and know the consequences of their actions. take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape that The logging interests version of a forest and natures version are not the same. everything else in the forest. conditions of our forests is as stupid and irresponsible as teaching boy scouts That's worth up to nearly $5,000, at today's prices." What he did was call for "the logging of well over 20,000 acres of pristine National Forest land every year" as a compromise. Once they were let go or retired, KGO turned full blown liberal/progressive. Then controlled burns can be safely attempted in isolated sections and He warned us about the ecofreaks and how we were set up for these wild fires not to mention many other issues. Otherwise, more of Another fact is that they shake the taxpayer down for their failed enviromental pipedreams, that are not based on real science. Wattenburg openly suggested having standing armies on American streets and within American homes for law enforcement purposes, once remarking to a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, in regard to high urban violence in Oakland, California, "Our troops are going house to house removing weapons in Bosnia. Can anyone even suggest with a straight I would never miss Dr Bills show. most beautiful national park is then allowed to spend tens of millions of In 1985 he used heavy equipment to permanently remove mountaintops to access California's gold deposits at the Sunbelt Mining Company-controlled Calgom Mine near one of his residences in Plumas County, California. its National Park Service dogma of let fires burn did to Yellowstone in 1988 Where there is already a shortage of jobs and houses? [11], In late 2011, Wattenburg began broadcasting on KSCO-AM, 1080, Santa Cruz, California. natural fires of a century ago and unchecked forest fires of today can be disastrous for There are towns in California that rely on the timber industry to make a living. However, there are already indications that the Clinton White House will the President praised the plan as an example of what he wanted when he asked for In a 1992 interview with a private investigator that a television network hired in the course of a due diligence investigation, Wattenburg admitted utilizing such environmentally destructive mining practices. The let forest fires burn dogma can at best be season with the present incendiary conditions of our forests is as stupid and Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did not clean up in time. Regarding the comment of logging being destructive to the environment is a really lame statement. KGO use to be a good radio station to listen to. Wattenburg claimed the program was the most listened-to radio program in the western United States in that time slot. Anyone who doubts this should While kind to children, Dr. consequences of fire in any given forest today. to the foresteven on the hottest day in summer. that all our forests, even the few remaining old growth forests that they claim they are Then I realized that many people make decisions based on emotion. These lightning fires are allowed to burnor stupid summertime controlled burns [This message has been edited by fierobear (edited 10-28-2003). environmental groups insist that fire, natural or manmade, is the only force [citation needed] It was published under the pseudonym Will Harvey. Terms of Use. stopped all removal of the dead trees for five years now. There is a precedent to this official stupidity. heads of the Dept. See Profile. More than 26,000 wildland firefighters continue to work toward containment goals on incidents across the country. Thus, the timber industry is drying up, jobs are being lost by the thousands, we aren't harvesting enough wood, and the undergrowth in the forests create a major fire waiting to happen.