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To: goldworldnet who wrote (289801)	8/23/2002 4:16:16 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

chrissy poo is in the "any old stick" club......

To: goldworldnet who wrote (289801)	8/23/2002 4:28:23 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

HE DOES....get with the program..... this is the biggest smokescreen since Ronny Raygun totally the environment with Watt....now we have a bitch from Colorado who is ransacking every nook and corner of the environment from the waters to the skies CC

To: goldworldnet who wrote (289801)	8/23/2002 4:31:49 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

There's nothing wrong with the managed pruning and thinning of forests. There we all agree. What Junior does is talk about cutting brush, but his proposals are for lumber companies to look for commercially harvestable trees and just cut the brush that is in their way. In the old growth forests they talk of thinning, but it means they want to selectively cut hardwood species that they can sell at a premium and leave the ecosystem unbalanced. It sounds good, but that's because Junior's friend Karl Rove spends so much time and money polling for phrases that sound good. TP

To: goldworldnet who wrote (289801)	8/23/2002 5:38:26 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Everyone wants the deal Daschle got, relief from environmental restrictions. Here's Ariz.'s Gov. Hull's response. arizonarepublic.com Sponsored by SAVE THIS \| EMAIL THIS \| Close Arizona needs forest deal like South Dakota's By Gov. Jane Hull My Turn July 30, 2002 Several weeks ago, while nearly 500,000 acres of our state were going up in flames, I was widely criticized by certain "environmentalists" for having the audacity to point out that protecting our communities from tinder-dry forests had been hampered by appeals or other bureaucratic maneuvers. These critics, including Washington politicians who have never set foot in an Arizona forest, alleged that these were partisan attacks, suggesting that those with homes and businesses near our forests put politics ahead of self-preservation. Recently, an independent study revealed that 73 percent of the forest health projects in the Southwest have been appealed over the past two years. Further, the Forest Service found that virtually half of all thinning projects on federal forests have been blocked procedurally over the past two years. These facts reinforce what most Arizonans already knew: Obstructionism by some environmental extremists is putting homes, businesses, wildlife habitat, water and air quality at great risk by preventing the protection of our forests. After all the whining about seeking partisan advantage through the "Rodeo-Chediski" tragedy, last week many in Washington were surprised when Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle acted to immediately allow logging projects to protect his state from wildfire. I wasn't surprised, nor were other Arizonans who have watched our forests grow more dangerous while extremists block nearly 75 percent of the proposed thinning projects. Daschle has done what every state with a raging fire wished they could have done long ago. He passed legislation exempting his state from the environmental regulations and lawsuits that have prevented the thinning necessary to clean up the forests in South Dakota. While Daschle's effort to protect South Dakota from the devastation of wildfire is commendable, it would be more impressive if he would allow the rest of the Western states to enjoy the same opportunity. Some have suggested that the South Dakota situation differs from Arizona because of their work developing an agreement to provide fire protection through logging projects. In fact, the same years of work have been going on here, too. Communities like Flagstaff, Prescott and the area around Mount Graham have been achieving public consensus on thinning projects for years, only to have extremist groups file last-minute appeals halting the process and leaving communities in peril. In Arizona, the fire season is ending and we will soon have a short period of time to safely start thinning projects to bring a measure of security to the forests. Areas across northern Arizona need to be thinned, and the burned trees in the "Rodeo-Chediski" area need to be salvaged before they become diseased and the source of further environmental harm. Likewise, acres of trees on Mount Graham have died from beetle infestation and pose a grave danger to public safety for area communities. Yet the Forest Service has refused to thin these trees - even though independent experts have recommended they do so - because they fear a lawsuit if they act. It is simply not acceptable for them to take this risk with our communities. Numerous environmental leaders and groups have come forward to support and even encourage commercially viable forest health projects. They realize, despite extremist statements to the contrary, that it is possible to help protect our forests and provide forest-product jobs at the same time. It is imperative that those accountable for the public safety in fire-threatened states across the West, including Arizona, be given the same tools by Congress that Daschle has provided to the people of South Dakota. Every day that passes is another day closer to the next fire season, and projects to protect our communities must begin now. Jane Hull, a Republican, is governor of Arizona.