The Tillamook Burn 80 Years Ago

[slowp]

Some good pictures, one even has...... fallers in it.

Historic photos of Tillamook Burn dating to 1933 - Photo Gallery - OregonLive.com

 

[slowp]

The news article. Don't read the comments.

Remembering the devastating Tillamook Burn -- and the green rebirth that came after | OregonLive.com

 

[roberte]

The news article. Don't read the comments.

Remembering the devastating Tillamook Burn -- and the green rebirth that came after | OregonLive.com

I read, then I got thru the first 2 comments, o brother

 

[madhatte]

Ah, good ol' "Comments Section". Seems like nothing is more divisive than forestry, except maybe fire.

 

[slowp]

More Oregon stuff. O&C lands.

Environmentalists press their case to limit logging on O&C forests in Oregon | OregonLive.com

 

[madhatte]

Oh, those guys. Somehow they didn't get the memo that tells us "trees grow back really well hereabouts".

 

[RandyMac]

Oh, those guys. Somehow they didn't get the memo that tells us "trees grow back really well hereabouts".

they are too invested in that flawed agenda to hear reason.

 

[madhatte]

they are too invested in that flawed agenda to hear reason.

One of the key concepts of Science is disproving hypotheses; that is, if we find that we're wrong, we learn from our failed experiment and move on, wiser and ready to learn again. "Invested in an agenda" necessarily precludes sound scientific principles. This is why I have such a hard time with environmental groups. I'm wrong pretty often, but seldom am I wrong in the same way twice.

 

[slowp]

They saw a mess in the stream, I saw badly needed fish logs. I liked the titles under the "experts"...fisherman, war hero, and mom. That's something different.

I drove up along a road where I worked on administering many commercial thinning units. Some looked like they needed it again and it has only been 7 or 8 years. We grow trees quite well here.

 

[madhatte]

Check out this article on misconceptions about ESA and human interactions with the "environment".

 

[slowp]

And here's the reply one gets when showing some articles like that.

It is biased.

Of course, none of the environmental group papers are biased. Right?:bang:

 

[madhatte]

I can't believe you'd so much as suggest such a thing. I am shocked, truly.