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maguahiker@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jan 29, 9:38 pm, SMITH29 <smit...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> maguahi...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> .
>>>> xxxx
>>>> You smokin weed!!!
>>> Nope, never touched the stuff but I will go back and start tokin' here
>>> and then re-read some of these posts to see if they sound rationale
>>> then, and I am not talking about my posts. Hell, if I did that...I
>>> would be completely ignorant to ecology and science and everything
>>> else I like and enjoy and start talking like Mike Vanderman or Len
>>> MacDoodle...God help us then, you would want to shoot me for sure.
>> xxxx
>> Yeah I figure you are right on that. :-)
>>
>> I planted trees in the Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National forests as a
>> little Boy Scout and our sponsor was Boise Cascade who helped develop
>> the super tree that grew 10-15 % faster and straight too.
>> I have spent most of our recreation in the forest or the desert in
>> Washington State and have harvested game animals made possible by the
>> State Game departments and have seen first hand what forest management
>> can do and believe me we can manage the forest far better than just
>> doing nothing and let a dry year take most of the forest to ashes.
>>
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> 
> Glad to hear I can get ya to agree with me on that one item!! lol
> 
> I believe what you are saying. It is just tough because we really have
> encrouched upon every natural aspect and destroyed a great deal of
> environment...like I said before, It is just a matter of how we try
> and help now. I just don't think the funding for those projects is
> enough. We spend countless bucks on worthless countries that hate us
> and lack back at home here.
xxxx
Here in Washington State industry and government federal and local work 
in unison to manage our natural resources and more has to be done to do 
a better job in management funding but we have a pretty good handle on 
land management to stop our worst enemy lightning through satellite and 
aircraft survey lance. If we did nothing our forests would have burnt up 
years ago...
> 
> I have a cycling buddy who is a prof in West Virginia whose primary
> work is with trees and developing the "super trees" as he jokes. He
> always has fun comments to make! Interesting topics when we ride or
> meet up at a bike swap.

xxxx
You should have him get online, that would be fun. We could talk about 
beetles.

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