{"id":82963,"date":"2018-11-20T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82963"},"modified":"2018-11-20T17:19:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T21:19:41","slug":"hell-freezes-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82963","title":{"rendered":"Hell freezes over"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SF paper: Trump’s forest raking “rings true– to a degree”<\/h3>\n

Today’s Guest Post is brought to you by Perry Gaskill.<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Just when you think the news media’s anti-Trump hysteria is to the point of needing a soaking down with a cold water hose, they can surprise you. In a story updated on Sunday, Phil Matier and Andy Ross, two writers who have long shared a column at the San Francisco Chronicle<\/i> said that although President Trump might not have presented all the facts, he’s generally correct in calling bad forest management a big part of the recent California fires.<\/p>\n

The smoking gun, so to speak, is from California’s Little Hoover Commission in the form of a forest management report which considered not only drought conditions, but also a broad range of other issues. It’s called Fire on the Mountain<\/i>:<\/p>\n

The report outlines factors that have led to the current forest crisis, including years of poor or nonexistent management policies, and the recent drought and a beetle infestation that killed an estimated 129 million trees across the state \u2014 trees that could go up in flames.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It being California, the Little Hoover report has obviously found detractors. Among them have been both the John Muir Project and the Sierra Club. Their main argument appears to be, without putting too fine a point on it, that loggers are meanies and poopie heads.<\/p>\n

The Matier & Ross story can be found here: https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/matier-ross\/article\/Trump-s-claim-of-poor-California-forest-13400503.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the report link: https:\/\/lhc.ca.gov\/report\/fire-mountain-rethinking-forest-management-sierra-nevada<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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