8 Replies to “Saturday On Turtle Island”

    1. TBF … a bunch of desert scrub and tumbleweeds are burning … meh.

      https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSrMNx833MlHtKMu8wJaQd-bCd8h9iWt_U03J3xP_eEsVDtHTdjBhTCJ4kVVHY3NJCi47P7PaGkJu6kVi07nH-lnhSS0OhoEWD5w_lVFWRvtVK-eCvKRoryyc36HZj2UVJb3H5aEEMpLkd3Lah_maLOmbSx5zyF3TlG7eR48NXXyMe7CinTYF3COTLq5T/s843/DFF08825-145C-47DB-9CCB-680A24385BE5.jpeg

      And BTW … didn’t the US Forest Service allow half of Yellowstone Park to burn to the ground … because “fire is natural”? That created a multi-generational scar on the natural environment … so what’s wrong about burning sage scrub and tumbleweeds in the desert?

          1. 1. Fires are an essential part of ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains. This has been explained in textbooks for decades.

            2. The dead trees in that photograph look as much like beetle kill as fire damage. And beetle kill is a result of? Fire suppression.

            3. In 1988 when the big fire hit Yellowstone I’m sure the governor of Wyoming was not in the Bahamas.

          2. I don’t disagree with the … science … of fire being a natural component of the ecosystem. But … mankind is also a natural component of the ecosystem. And we we set aside National Parks for the enjoyment of humans and preservation as a living museum. Burning them to the ground because it’s natural is akin to looting the Louvre.

            By your strict co-orthodoxy … we should just do nothing if the Yosemite valley started burning from a lightning strike. Just sit back and let it all burn -naturally. Let the Ahwahnee Hotel burn to the ground. Well … we actually did that on the rim of the Grand Canyon and burned THAT spectacular architectural gem to the ground.

            Sorry … man’s intervention is just as “natural” as wildfire.

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