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A solid argument could be made that the USDA and FS's banning of logging on federal lands since the 1980s is responsible for the intense damage caused by wildfires today...all supposedly done to protect the spotted owl, among other excuses, an owl that we know doesn't need old growth to survive and is in fact being killed off...by another owl. This clearly demonstrates the inability of the federal government to manage anything other than the military and maybe, the Treasury. With a return to responsible forestry, it's quite possible that the states could successfully manage those lands more efficiently and wouldn't have the disastrous wildfires to deal with.
Quote from: pianoman9701 on December 19, 2024, 02:21:40 PMA solid argument could be made that the USDA and FS's banning of logging on federal lands since the 1980s is responsible for the intense damage caused by wildfires today...all supposedly done to protect the spotted owl, among other excuses, an owl that we know doesn't need old growth to survive and is in fact being killed off...by another owl. This clearly demonstrates the inability of the federal government to manage anything other than the military and maybe, the Treasury. With a return to responsible forestry, it's quite possible that the states could successfully manage those lands more efficiently and wouldn't have the disastrous wildfires to deal with.You want the incoming DNR Public Lands Commisisoner who wants to see less logging on DNR lands to take over all fed lands in WA? It'd be a disaster.USFS has cut more timber in the past decade then the past 30 years. It'll never be like it used to be, but things are slowly improving.Some states don't even allow public access to state land, or severely restrict it. We're lucky here in WA where we really have unfettered access to state lands, people in other states aren't so lucky.Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk
States that currently ban target shooting on public lands: California, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico. Those 4 states currently have 130,000,000 acres of federal land. If this were to go through, you would lose to ability to target shoot on over 130,000,000 acres of public land. You would loose access to camping on 23,500,000 acres in Colorado if this were to go through. You would loose access to camping on 30,000,000 acres in Wyoming.
Quote from: bigtex on December 19, 2024, 03:11:29 PMQuote from: pianoman9701 on December 19, 2024, 02:21:40 PMA solid argument could be made that the USDA and FS's banning of logging on federal lands since the 1980s is responsible for the intense damage caused by wildfires today...all supposedly done to protect the spotted owl, among other excuses, an owl that we know doesn't need old growth to survive and is in fact being killed off...by another owl. This clearly demonstrates the inability of the federal government to manage anything other than the military and maybe, the Treasury. With a return to responsible forestry, it's quite possible that the states could successfully manage those lands more efficiently and wouldn't have the disastrous wildfires to deal with.You want the incoming DNR Public Lands Commisisoner who wants to see less logging on DNR lands to take over all fed lands in WA? It'd be a disaster.USFS has cut more timber in the past decade then the past 30 years. It'll never be like it used to be, but things are slowly improving.Some states don't even allow public access to state land, or severely restrict it. We're lucky here in WA where we really have unfettered access to state lands, people in other states aren't so lucky.Sent from my SM-G973U using TapatalkI'm confused by your first comment and your last comment. Are we lucky or unlucky? Those two comments are seemingly contradictory. Is the incoming commissioner going to take away our access or not?