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August 17, 2015

  • Fire Fighting wastes money

    George Wuerthner

    The article below has many important points from the Antiplanner that I believe are quite accurate. The FS spends almost a thousand dollars per acre trying to control fires. This is due to the absolutely insane response of the agency to fire. First, most fires self extinguish without any control, yet we waste money jumping…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

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