[Grampa Dave]

Those non important/minor and old news fires may have some impact with congress.

[Grampa Dave]

These non important fires in SW Oregon may have some impact on Congress.

[sasquatch]

If they really give a damn about the forests, they'll demand thinning and road building so that there is a reasonable mix of all ages of trees. That mix will be species dependant; in some cases even age management works best. In any case, the mix needs to be economic. If less than 12 inches (or whatever) trees are not worth cutting, cut enough over that so the industry doesn't need subsidies to survive. Roads are needed to get the stuff out. Treatment and sensible placement for winter is not that hard to do... The siltation from a decent road is nothing compared to the mud flows that will hit this winter/spring due to the full burns.

[blackie]

I don't if it has been posted yet, I've been busy working in the back yard on my new deck.

Westfir is on standby evacuation notice.

[dixiechick2000]

Hi, Gramps! Thanks for the ping. I just arrived home after 11 hours of babysitting.
Sorry about the breaking news...I don't agree with that decision, but I don't run the place.
Bumping this one back up...