Should We Cut Down All the Trees Near Electric Power Lines? Really. Serious Question. I live in a High Fire Risk area...

Not Extreme Fire Risk but ON THE OFFICIAL PG&E MAP. They have been doing a lot of chainsawing this summer but... maybe they should do A LOT MORE. https://www.axios.com/ryan-zinke-california-wildfires-forest-management-trump-4400daeb-52fb-4941-a482-479077f7b695.html

NO CHAINSAWING OF THE GIANT REDWOODS. BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A COOL AND RAINY CLIMATE. FOG AND DEW PREVENT WILDFIRES.

If you compare the Map of Where the redwoods grow with the map of where the fires happen you see that they are NOT the same areas.

Wildfires in California Are Not Burning The Redwood Trees

Justice Department investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. So THAT'S Why they tried to replace the Inspector General.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/politics/zinke-justice-department/index.html
The Justice Department is investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for possibly using his office for personal gain, following a referral from Interior's inspector general, two sources familiar with the investigation say.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-interior-zinke/probe-into-conduct-of-u-s-interior-secretary-zinke-referred-to-doj-reports-idUSKCN1N42IV

Referring a probe to the Justice Department means it will explore whether evidence warrants a criminal investigation. Mary Kendall, the acting inspector general of the Interior Department, is conducting at least three probes into Zinke’s conduct, but it was not clear which probe had been sent to the Justice Department, the Washington Post said.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/411631-hud-political-appointee-to-replace-interior-department-inspector

HUD political appointee to replace Interior Department inspector general

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/amid-confusion-interior-department-says-hud-official-not-taking-over-n921876 

Instead of becoming Interior Department inspector general, Tufts resigns from HUD

Questions were raised after a report that a Trump political appointee was about to replace the watchdog investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

Another Corrupt Republican, Interior Secretary Zinke CAUGHT Spending Taxpayer's Dollars on a Vacation to TURKEY...

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/18/zinke-wife-interior-dept-probe-914313

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Interior Dept. probe faults Zinke for travels with wife

The report revealed that Interior spent $25,000 to send a security detail on vacation with Ryan and Lola Zinke when they traveled through Turkey last year.

Corruption? Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is the subject of 14 separate government investigations. Then he Fired Annoying Inspector General

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/10/ryan-zinke-fires-annoying-inspector-general/

Zinke just fired the Department of the Interior’s acting inspector general.

The news doesn’t stop there. Not only did Mary Kendall, the acting inspector general, not learn she was being replaced until The Hill broke the news this morning, but her replacement will likely be able to fill the role without needing to go through Senate confirmation.

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Overnight Camping Prohibited Sign Uprooted by Vandals.
No Parking/Camping where Posted...Well, it's Not Posted NOW!

"OMG!" Said Susan, "I'm Talking as if I was Texting! WTF!!!!" - "Relax" said Bob "It's only the lingering effects of your (~);-} training. - "Wow," said Susan "I never heard (~);-} pronounced before... It reminds me of a Story... " and then she told the Tale of "Al-Bundy and the 42 Shoes."

Chapter One: The scene: A Jamaican Resort. While sipping ice cold fruity beverages they surfed the internet... "I see that our bank robbery has caused a global economic collapse." said Bob. "Whatever." said Betty. "Hand me the bong. So What if all the Money has vanished? Our Neighbors here on the Island have been living without Money for Generations... Have you ever really listened to the lyrics of 'Electric Avenue by Ed Grant' - He says he can't afford a single thing they show on TV. What about Saint Francis of Assisi? He got by without a Billion Dollars in the bank... Whatever... And I Mean That In The Most Sincere Way... or something... Hey! I see that the Gotterdammerung Market in Walla-Walla Washington is having a Sale! Let's GO! Half Off Women's Clothes... I wonder which half? Topless or Bottomless? I need some GNU Clothes... Sure, I spend most days in a Bikini Atoll but at Knight it Getz Chili. Please? Pretty Please? You could buy some of that 'Dutch Queen' Cannabis [over 30% THC] and some Cookies... Cookies! Open Sesame Street and Delete some Cookies, restart Browser. " Bob thought for a moment, What If they took some of those stolen Millions of Dollars and took a Vacation to Space Needle Park in Seattle? The Experience Music Project is Calling... Can You Hear IT? The Jimi Hendrix Experience Music Project That Is... Swimming Pools, Movie Stars. Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named JIMI... "Jose. Can You See? Byda Dawnz Earl E. Light" - Star SpangleDangled BannerAdvertisementForRainbowGlassesClickHereForFun

http://who.ru/ Who Are You? a fan website for Russians who like Pete Townshend? KNOW The truth and it will set you free... CIA Motto. From Zugzwang to Zeitgeist.

Bob & Betty dunked Their Cookies at the Zeitgeist Coffee Shop located where the AMTRAK Train crosses the Monorail in Seattle. Then... They walked out onto the street where it was Friday Night at 5:00 PM on the First Hot Day of Spring. The office workers were exploding out of the buildings and making dates to go to the WATER. Boating, Swimming, Dancing Nude around a Campfire... Puget Sound Bound. An electric guitar player was shredding NERVE ANNA... and then... Bob had to pee... No place to go so he simply pissed in his pants... All "Public" restrooms closed... Members Only! However, on Two Cannabis Cookies, Who Cares! Soon to be a Major Motion Picture. Starring Abbot Hoffman as Al-Bundy [Shoe Salesman and Father of the Sons of Anarchy] and his P.A.L. from U.N.C.L.E. - S.A.M. 

If you know the tune to "Moss Cow Knights" sing along now... "Knee Slishna Sfazadu Da Zhaw Shar A Hee. Fszo Dezzz Da Utra, Da Mer Lo, Da Zhugh Gsnaleevwee, Par Moscow Der a Gee. Tzar Utrah Zemer SMERSH Babaloo." - Translated from the original Russian by Professional employee of the DoD. 

Workingman's Greens by the Grateful Dead. What If they bought a boat and sailed out beyond the 12 mile limit? Do Pirates Have Laws? No Thank You. Mr Lawman! When Peter Fonda bought a Ruby Yacht from the son of Boeing [he builds airplanes] he became El Capitan... Different rules... Everybody Sing... "Yo no soy marinero, soy un sauce that is very handy for removing Red Wine Stains from a Party Dress." George Thoroughly Modern Millie. A Modem Mystery Munch-a-Buncha Silly Con Chips. "Attention" How to build an Aldous Huxley Utopia. Did you know that the WORD Database in Arabic Language is Al-Qaeda? They had a list of names and phone numbers for all the members stored on a computer. in a DaDa Bass Fishing in America by Trout Mask Replica Captain "Trips" Beefheart and Frankly Scarlett I don't Give A Dam Zappa, Moon Unit and her Nanny All Natural Pam went down the road from Laurel Canyon and came out on a street in Laurel Maryland at the shopping center an instant before George Wallace was shot. Did you ever Notice that Andy Roonie starts of all his TV Shows with the words "Did you ever notice." Zapatistas, Freeway Rick, Gary Webb, Dark Alliance, Cocaine Import Agency, Los Angeles, 1942 UFO Battle - Overwhelming force shot down what looked like an Unidentified Flying Object. Taking no chances the US Military fired Thousands of Artillery Shells at the UFO. No Trace Was Found. Yabba Dabba DU - Depleted Uranium, Not Jest 4 Break Fast NE More. Doobie Brothers and Sisters, Embrace Rainbow Spiralism or... Don't... It's Your Choice... Rare, medium, well done or Tofu Mike the Sound Man in Arcata, CA.(Lila Nelson's Brother) [2B or Not2B Continued - CLICK HERE - The Peasants Have No Bread to Eat, so LET'S BAKE 'EM A CAKE!]

Preventing California's Wildfires: Stop Climate Change OR Increase Logging to remove fuel? Or Do Both? We Are Burning Up Now and Next Year Will BE WORSE.

Interior Secretary Zinke says that increasing logging would make people safer because there would be fewer trees to burn... and firefighters could put out the fires easier... Of course, if we simply used ONE THOUSAND helicopters to dump water on the fires we could put them out. Why not bring all the Helicopters home from the wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Africa? We could employ the soldiers as firefighters... bring them home and keep them safe...

Do not increase logging in the Redwood Forest. We are logging at a good rate already. The people that run the Pacific Lumber (Now known as Humboldt Redwood Company and Mendocino Redwood Company) are doing a fine job already. No Logging of OLD GROWTH... Cut only as much as grows every year and we can log forever. Redwoods grow in a cool and rainy climate and we have not had a lot of wildfires here...

Should we remove trees in Pine, Oak and Douglas Fir forests in order to reduce hazards? Does that makes sense at all. The people at "The Earth Island Institute" say that increased logging does not make us safer...

But Pine, Oak and Fir trees grow quickly and if we cut down the forest... or "Thin" the forest (as Zinke says) we can plant new trees and they will grow quickly... We do use boards to build houses... but there is no real need to Log OLD GROWTH REDWOODS for lumber... It is possible to build a fine home without Redwood Boards... Why NOT log pine, oak and Fir forests?

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/bill_relies_on_fear_of_wildfires_to_expedite_logging_on_public_lands/

Bill Relies on Fear of Wildfires to Expedite Logging on Public Lands.

HR 2936 was pushed through the House by lawmakers whose campaigns are bankrolled by the logging industry

http://johnmuirproject.org/

DID YOU KNOW...

that dead trees do not increase the occurrence or intensity of wild fires? 

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/radical_environmental_activism_and_whole-system_change

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke sidesteps climate change in broadside blaming ‘radical environmentalists’ for wildfires... Obviously Wrong...

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-and-zinke-blame-environmentalists-not-climate-change-for-the-wildfires-4f5c5109054e/ 

President Donald Trump finally took notice of the California wildfires earlier this week when he used the ongoing disasters to attack the state’s water policies and the nation’s environmental laws.

Trump’s perplexing comments were followed by an op-ed in USA Today by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, published Wednesday, that attacked “radical environmentalists” for using litigation to stop the federal government from employing methods to manage forests that they believe are harmful to ecosystems and wildlife.

Republican governance—“Stupid or Evil?” - an age old question... In Interior Secretary's Ryan Zinke, It's "BOTH"... #DumpTrump

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a22530044/interior-department-leak-emails/

The thousands of pages of email correspondence chart how Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his aides tailored their survey of protected sites to emphasize the value of logging, ranching and energy development that would be unlocked  if they were not designated national monuments. Comments the department’s Freedom of Information Act officers made in the documents show that they sought to keep some of the references out of the public eye because they were “revealing [the] strategy” behind the review. 

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/07/these-emails-show-exactly-how-science-was-wiped-out-at-the-department-of-the-interior/

These Emails Show Exactly How Science Was Wiped Out at the Department of the Interior

Clearing the way for drones, jet skis, and luxury developments in our national parks.

Correct answer: BOTH!

Secretary of Interior Zinke is Opposed to Protecting Land and in Favor of Corporate Profits. He Reduced the size of National Monuments in order to Enable Logging, Oil Drilling and Mining.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2327916/secretary-interior-ryan-zinke-scandal

Secretary Zinke decided the Department of Interior should do away with a policy called “compensatory mitigation.” It was introduced to act as a give and take between extraction industries and environmentalists by asking companies to offset damage in one spot by funding conservation in another. For example, if a company wanted to expand its operation on public lands in one area where unavoidable damage to a stream was likely, the company might back a wetland restoration project in another area. 

Zinke's announcement came just a few days after the Trump administration said it wants to overhaul the Endangered Species Act (primarily to make it easier for companies to work in protected habitats), and environmentalists saw this as another move to hack away at protections in favor of industry.