Tuesday, November 10, 2015
2.95 cheers
Damn close to 3 cheers for this one!
The U.S. Forest Service says it has increased the pace and scale of its forest restoration work since 2011, but progress waned this year and the agency risks falling further behind. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is using a new report to press Congress to change the way in which the federal government funds wildfire fighting. The report states that the Forest Services was able to thin out more than 4.6 million acres of forest lands in 2014, a 9 percent increase from 2011. The amount of timber produced for public consumption increased by about 12 percent during that same period.FINALLY doing what they should have started 20 years ago. GOOD! My only quibble is that they can't describe the change in a way that would attract public support. They're calling it "restoration" and briefly mentioning "public consumption". They're still talking only to the enviroloons. Call it LOGGING. Instead of apologizing for "public consumption", boast that you're returning to the Forest Service's PROPER AND ORIGINAL BUSINESS of MANAGING forests, to produce LUMBER and bring a PROFIT to the government.
Labels: Carbon Cult
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