[ft-l] President's Bush's new forest policy for logging and forest fires

[ft-l@mailman.backcountry.net (J Bryan Kramer)]

What evidence do you have that this is true? The only thing I've seen are
environmental groups who oppose anything republican saying this. None of you
have answered the Daschle question either, why is it OK when a democrat does
the same thing??

Bryan

> -----Original Message-----
> Bush "fire prevention" program a giveaway to the timber industry?
>
> If you want to start a fire, do you set a match to a big tree? Apparently,
> that's how President Bush would do it, since his "fire prevention" program
> allows the timber industry to go deep into our national forests
> and cut down
> old-growth trees.
>
> We need a program to clear out the brush and small trees that start the
> fires, and we need to concentrate on areas near homes to save lives and
> property. But Bush's efforts focus on the big trees deep in our national
> forests. It's nothing more then a gift to the timber industry, a big donor
> to Bush's campaign.
>
> Allen Ahern - Wildland Firefighter for only one year , this is
> basic stuff.
>
>
>
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