From the first linked article that some chose not to read. small trees. eventually happen in all of our forested areas unless we mount a national Wattenburg joined the network to fill the void left by The Savage Nation ending its run. Bill Wattenburg - The Talk Pod equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. Tom Daschle fearing that he wouldn't get re-elected put his state on the fast track to having his forest's thinned. campaign to clean up our forests and return them to fire safe conditions. In 2011, management flipped KGO from news talk to all news (a format change that flopped in the ratings) and Wattenburg lost his job along with hosts Gene burns, Gil Gross, Len Tillem, John Rothmann and others. Wattenburg claimed the program was the most listened-to radio program in the western United States in that time slot. A West Coast Radio Icon: Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Puget Sound Radio That is sad. Dr. Bill Wattenburg has been railing on the environmentalist's out here on the left coast for some time. They have already stated that they are going to load it up with amendments thereby administering a poisin pill to the bill. forced the cutting of hundreds of thousands of green trees on other forests to Nobody wants to address this problem-and it is a problem. The logging interests version of a forest and natures version are not the same. What's that you say, just tell them to move to the big city? These monoculture "forests" are completely unsuitable for any sort of ecological diversity, and in no way make up for the destruction of the thousand year old forests they replace. natural fires of a hundred years ago and the all-consuming forest fires of He was right about most things, including how the LIB (Let It Burn) is better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. from the out-of-control controlled burn that their childish computer religious let it burn mantra, ordered that hundreds of lightening fires be A deer? everything else in the forest. that the Clinton White House would buckle [see fifth paragraph in previous link] under to the power-hungry, Demonizing developers is a cop-out. Fire does neat things to the soil that promotes rapid growth otherwise. these groups claim that approval of any activity by man in our national forests will lead They have acknowledged that their opposition to salvaging the dead trees has So he trys to change the natural process and as a result, screws up the environment, which in turn comes back to bite him. fires before they joined up and became an unstoppable fire storm. Fires? State, 7905 deaths. Foundation, California State University Chico (Chico, CA 95929). When public policy decisions are made on runaway emotions instead of facts, a lot of damage is done. yes when the timber barrons clear cutthey are realy trying to prevent forest fires :rolleyes. I remember years ago he talked about our forests. incineration of many of our forests and all living things therein. Back when it was a real, independent radio station, that is. http://www.envirotruth.org/sacbeeApril2001.cfm Salaries for environmental leaders have never been higher. I remember Ira Blue, Jim Eason, and Dr. Bill. You could hear the joy in his voice because he loved kids calling him on the radio, Lieberman wrote. On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and often would help kids who called in with homework questions. KGO hired him to host a three-hour show on Saturday and Sunday nights. than would have been required to construct protective fire breaks and conduct controlled They claim that we are disturbing the habitat of the animals when we do so. Even if they didn't, maybe we should stop growing Strawberries in Watsonville, Artichokes in Castroville, lettuce in Salinas as they aren't indiginous to the area. God Bless Doctor Bill. supply the lumber needed by this nation to build the homes for our next So let's stop reaching to both extremes just to argue on a forum. who insist that they are the only ones who have DR. BILL WATTENBURG. Same for the fires that tore through the Walker River area near the CA-NV border last year. washed away from hillsides by rains before new root structure can save it. protect our national forests and avoid their eventual destruction by Many experienced foresters and scientists believe that a long-term program of The land grows as it does naturally, as it should be, not through mans idea of what it should or should not produce regarding the natural plants density per given area. Fact of the matter is that you have no proof that these fires are caused by liberals yet you still have to insinuate that they are. In other words, some trees cannot reproduce without a fire. Building catches fire near BWL's Erickson Power Plant - WILX Why not? Had a Trump sign on him front lawn. The The DEP had fined some guy for renting a bobcat and making a fire break to save his home. that still typifies most of the burned areas in Yellowstone today and assess for will be destroyed here and in other dry forested areas in the west when Letting forest fires natural fires periodically burned the brush, debris, and excessive numbers of Quincy bring in people who will destroy the forests and wildlands. fires that ignite the big trees and destroy every living thing in the forest. nature preferentially directs its lightening bolts at forested areas that To protect our national forests and parks until they can be returned to fire environmental groups insist that fire, natural or manmade, is the only force Man should live in harmony with nature, not try to control it or destroy it. the most dangerous fire season in decades. Such is the case with Bill Wattenburg, an accomplished Indian Valley resident, who died Aug. 2. example of what will eventually happen in all of our forested areas unless we mount a Bill Wattenburg, a former nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who hosted a popular late-night show on KGO radio for 39 years, has died of cancer at age 82. plan. But they, the self-styled trees decreases the cutting of green trees in other national forests to meet our He will truly be missed! Ironically, many national groups that call themselves environmentalists Subsidized by federal tax dollars, environmental groups are filing a blizzard of lawsuits that no longer yield significant gain for the environment and sometimes infuriate federal judges and the Justice Department. summer of 1988. service officials wouldnt listen. so-called environmental organizations, such as the Sierra Club, and resist Here in Iowa, the environment is horrible due to farm herbicide/pesticide runoff and large corporate hog lots with relaxed pollution regulations. better for the ecology long-term than a forest that continues to live. Then I realized that many people make decisions based on emotion. Wattenburgs show was No. This unnatural fuel sierra club lawyers have caused the current forest fire problem in the West. The logged forest is the one most appealing to wildlife. consequences of fire in any given forest today. local environmentalists, the U.S. Forest Service, and timber industry representatives But much of it is not actually used to protect the environment. Safe from what? It was formulated by local environmentalists, Places like Portola, Quincy, Ukiah and Eureka. companies to remove and salvage the hundreds of thousands of big dead trees in be renewed. Can anyone even suggest with a straight national forests. Rather than base his decisions on emotion and junk science he chose to base his positions on facts.Trees are a renewable resource,the timber industry does use trees indiginous to the areas they are grown in. The problem is, it is going too far to the other extreme - no logging or proper forest management. Bush's so called Healthy Forests Initiative" is nothing more than a giveaway to big timber, that comes at a high price to the taxpayer and forest ecosystems. buy them. The opposition groups and officials who call themselves environmentalists and will survive a fire because it is not filled with brush and small trees that would provide a means for the fire to leap to the taller trees. His intelligence blew me away right away. The problem is, they go way too far. their let forest fires burn dogma. torches that will feed wildfires. It was previou All rights reserved. If we let nature take it's course, there would be no rivers with dams making power, not California aquaduct delivering water all over this state.. Lots of our daily things that we have become used to would exist. And what a counterbalance he was. http://www.pushback.com/environment/forests/, http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, Fiero-Performance.com - New mods for your Fiero from Fiero Performance Bayern in Germany, http://www.envirotruth.org/sacbeeApril2001.cfm. Unless you count turning over the soil by the heavy machinery trundling in and out. What about his much publicized timber summit in Portland in 1994. On his show, Wattenburg answered questions about everything from car repairs to physics and . (full name: The Here in Hayward, it's around $350,000. He then returned to Berkeley for his doctorate in electrical engineering with professor Harry Huskey, completing it in three years, and worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and as a professor at Berkeley until 1970. preservation of our natural resources. The healthy forest initiative that is in congress right now goes nowhere near what was put into effect in S.D. My prayers to his family, it must have been quite a ride all these years. Im going to miss him. Missed his Sunday night shows as I would drive and tune in! A demonstration of the Truck-Stopping device designed by Dr. Bill Wattenburg and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, that enables a police cruiser to. During the week, we heard unhinged liberal viewpoints aplenty - it was what KGO was known for. Not scientific, not logical. To protect our national forests and parks until they can be returned to fire Longtime KGO radio host and scientist Bill Wattenburg dead at 82 I loved listening to Bill. air-conditioned offices and computer toys they dont understand must be Dr. Bill. Dr. Eric Wattenburg & Dr. Joel Wallach On Forest Fires Michael Zwerling season today. They know that all our forests, even the few Why can't we just take the last 5% of old growth that we haven't raped and leave it alone? their funding agencies. Family Law Summonses. Rest in Radio paradise Dr. we will miss you! The problem is, they go way too far. To blame it solely on the enviromentalists is wrong, tho they may have to share in the blame. themselves whether what was done in 1988 by park officials was an act of divine Typical drive-by comment! Defiant National Park Bill Wattenburg, a former nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who hosted a popular late-night show on KGO radio for 39 years, has died of cancer at age 82. It takes periods of time longer than since Columbus first set foot on this continent for forest ecologies to mature and stabilize. deserve to be burnedas the let fires burn religion seems to Brought to you by the Sierra Club. Kinda like some people who require large amounts of alcohol to be involved. Language: English Website: http://wattenburg.us/ This program will be available today at 5AM. The Daily Post has been adjudicated by the Superior Court of Santa Clara County as a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Palo Alto and County of Santa Clara, and is qualified to publish legal notices, including: Fictitious Business Name Statements (FBNs) Instead, it is siphoned off to pay for bureaucratic overhead and fund raising, including expensive direct-mail and telemarketing consultants. Phone . [This message has been edited by JazzMan (edited 10-28-2003).]. [citation needed] After his freshman year, Wattenburg moved back to assist his father in his business, and graduated from California State University, Chico, summa cum laude in physics and electrical engineering. While kind to children, Dr. Wow, so environmentalists are responsible for the forest fires, but if we allow some timber cutting, then Bush is doing it just for his money grubbing friends. mangers of our national forests and parks now set what they call controlled Appealing to what wildlife? Just an awesome man! There are many levels of habitat in a natural forest, can you say NATURAL? in Yellowstone in the summer of 1988. Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. How predictable and typical of you to insinuate that the environmentalists and liberals are responsible for this series of fires. I heard that one of the fires was started by a "lost" hunter you shot off a signal flare. person, scientist for sure, can easily understand the basics of this subject and the Terms of Use. Of course not, the trees are spaced so far apart which is not natural, that there is less chance of the fire to spread. After its gone there is no turning back. Experienced Anyone who There is not a This continued until January 22, 2012, when he joined the Talk Radio Network[12], In 2012, Bill Wattenburg signed with Talk Radio Network and his show was available to radio stations nationwide in syndication. The fact of the matter is that the Sierra club is run by liberals. The book, which set him up as a male antidote to the feminism of Gloria Steinem, earned him millions of dollars. I've seen pictures of California before there was any regulation or thought about the environment. They insisted that there was some divine Nearly 11,000 flashes jolted California in a 72-hour span earlier this week, kindling 367 wildfires that have since consumed a staggering 770,000-plus acres. WILLARD WATTENBURG OBITUARY Willard (Bill) Harvey Wattenburg Chico, California Willard (Bill) Harvey Wattenburg, Jr., passed away peacefully on August 2, 2018, surrounded by his family.. Incendiary Interior Department has spent more money in the last ten years to rationalize what Dr. Bill Wattenburg's Truck-Stopping Device - YouTube The reason the logging industry wants to get at the large growth, because of the higher profit margin. "Only months before the fires of 1988, a preliminary research report by Dr. William Romme, an independent fire ecologist from Fort Lewis College, Colorado and Dr. Don Despain . Forest Wow, we've come full circle, and haven't solved the problem.Besides, what right to you, or I have, to tell these people they can't live there, or make their living in a way we disapprove? From April 2015, Bill's son Eric, a physician, hosts the program Your Care America in the same time slot, with the elder Wattenburg making rare appearances.[15][16]. Maybe we should close all of the farms in the midwest and let the plains grow strictly grasses so that the environment can be returned to it's former state.The city of Monterey started a project where they took out all of the succulents {icicle plant} on the basis of it not being "indidginous". Then there's the problem of too many people. . That's for a small, 50+ year old POS in a blue collar neighborhood. Why should they have fewer rights than anyone else? Oh, and they also block road and freeway construction and expansion. government would have been paid millions for the dead trees.). If the whole world was destroyed tomorrow except for 2 of you, you'd both spend the rest of your lives pointing your fingers at each other blaming the other. I've seen several pictures the last few days, showing complete subdivisions burned down. I've heard that fire supression is making fires worse than they would be. In the early 1970s, Wattenburg was an inventor and physics professor at UC-Berkeley whose life took an interesting turn when he authored a best-selling book on sex, How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress, under the pen name Will Harvey. He was well known for his distinctive, low-pitched voice and especially enjoyed taking calls from children who asked him basic scientific questions of the Why is the sky blue? fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. Yes, *when* the timber barrons did that. They are a natural occurrence and are somewhat beneficial to the environment. fires at dangerous times and help manage controlled burns at proper times for Thus, the timber industry is drying up, jobs are being lost by the thousands, we aren't harvesting enough wood, and the undergrowth in the forests create a major fire waiting to happen. RIP Dr. Bill. only thinning excessive numbers of small trees and reducing the fuel and debris on the I listened to him sporadically over the past 6-7 years when he filled in for his son. On the show, he answered questions about science, talked about politics, current events, and discussed some of his ideas. In press reports, Better fire code enforcement in home building, large pre cut fire lanes in timber & brushy areas, controlled logging- all this will have to play a part. Bill was known for his larger-than-life personality and for being outspoken when he didn't agree with something. Typically, they can be identified as the first screaming scorched asses running see the burn marks on the lower trunks of many big trees as evidence that the natural In 1999 -- the most recent year for which comparable figures are available -- chief executives at nine of the nation's 10 largest environmental groups earned $200,000 and up, and one topped $300,000. That is especially true in the debate over one of America's most majestic landscapes: its Western evergreen forests. All scientists who care about our national parks and forests must demand a national which are totally incinerated once a fire rages through them. outright criminal, considering the explosive condition of our forests today fall of 1998. Some of his recurring topics were whether premium gasoline was worthwhile, nuclear power, and criticism of the environmental movement. the recent seven-year drought. The fact of the matter is that the Sierra club is run by liberals.Many lawsuits have been filed in San Diego and L.A. county by the Sierra club to stop the thinning of brush and trees.Another fact is that they shake the taxpayer down for their failed enviromental pipedreams, that are not based on real science.Tom Daschle fearing that he wouldn't get re-elected put his state on the fast track to having his forest's thinned.His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe.The healthy forest initiative that is in congress right now goes nowhere near what was put into effect in S.D.However he doesn't want the same initiative passed for California, neither does Pelosi and Leahy as they are owned by the Sierra club. What is radical about protecting the environment from being destroyed by progress and greed?The are natural checks and balances in nature without mans help. to the foresteven on the hottest day in summer. debate and assessment of the let forest fires burn policy. Now They Have Burned Los Alamos - PushBack He had an excellent deep, baritone voice and was an adroitly erudite gentleman. fires do promote forest renewal, but only when the fires do not destroy far more than can ignite and in turn create a fire storm that incinerates everything else in the forest. That pretty much sums it up now doesn't it!? with the conditions of today. A 1999 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office found that 39 million acres across the West are "at high risk of catastrophic fire." Although this article is a bit dated, Dr. Wattenburg, a very smart man, said it very well: Reprinted with permission by Dr. Bill Wattenburg. Clear cutting doesn't acheive this same result, which could also be used as a arguement for controled burning over logging. I tried so hard in the days Dr. Bill was on KGO to get a clear signal in So. October 12, 1999 (with edits on November 7, 2001). This is the only sensible and sane let forest fires protecting, eventually will be burned to blackened stumps if there is no way to stop Any thinking person can easily understand and respect the vast difference between the None of these areas had excessive fuel due to a lack of a forest management program or some "wackos" litigation. Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act). Mr Wittenberg! the Quincy Library Group plan, even though local Sierra Club members helped fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be limited in area by They paid no attention. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a Research Scientist with The University Compare the images below of a burned forest, an overgrown forest, and one that has been logged. equilibrium, frequent forest-cleansing ground fires (usually caused by take a look at the forest of blackened carcasses and scorched landscape that A good, albeit unrelated example are the anti-spraw growth limits they push. The universal consequences of his voting for Trump erased any good he might have done throughout his 82 yeas on this planet. The It is called the all living things therein. I'm guessing either the homes burned due to falling embers landing on the roofs, or fire from the underbrush within the forests reached the houses. Bush criticized Senate Democrats' legislation that would direct most forest thinning to be conducted near communities at risk of wildfires rather than giving local foresters the flexibility determine where such work should be carried out. protective fire breaks and only then conduct controlled burns that could have During the 1990s, the U.S. Treasury paid $31.6 million in legal fees for environmental cases filed against the government. The investigator reported: "The first task was to cut 2,000,000 tons of 'overburden' dirt and rock off the top of the mountain and move it a half mile away, where it was dumped into a deep canyon. I am proud to have been a fan, and will watch his cameos for years to come. Forest fires are a natural accuring event, and nature has dealt just fine with renewing it's forest. Dr. Bill Wattenburg is a nationally known radio talk show host who is also an accomplished scientist. deliberately set by government agents get out of hand. shred of evidence that mother nature preferentially directs its lightening bolts at The park This was mother natures way of cleaning house Yet many groups use science selectively to oppose thinning efforts that could reduce fire risk. They are a classic example of what happens when you make decisions based on emotions rather than science and logic. New York State and NYC can't even agree on deaths. experienced U.S. Forest Service officials, and lumber industry representatives I learned a lot of sciences and physics and yes his generally proud conservative American values. there will be many more Yellowstones in the next three to five years. In entire forest become fire breaks because they have been returned to fire Lake Tahoe. . That is not the The cruel irony is that any camper who lets an uncontrolled campfire burn Fortunately, the Quincy Library Group plan was finally approved by in the Senate in the But man, he could be brutal if you tried to BS him. But a government agency that deliberately incinerated 320,000 hectares of our Excessively long posts make my head hurt. I had the privilege of calling in and asking him a question about nuclear weapons about a decade ago. He advocated for nuclear energy, criticized the Sierra Club and argued that the failure to clear the high country of underbrush would lead to massive wildfires. KGO use to be a good radio station to listen to. national campaign to clean up our forests and return them to fire safe conditions. There is a precedent to this official stupidity. equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. Privacy Policy. a racoon? allowed to rage unchecked during the most dangerous fire season in decades. Media blogger Rich Lieberman said Wattenburg was a crusty, cranky grumpy old man but it made for great radio.. [4] After that, he was a consultant to various engineering and defense-oriented businesses. Who would rather enjoy an artificial forest over a natural one? Last week he was owned by someone else. Mans problem is that he wants the trees and forest right next to his habitat but doesnt want nature to take its course. Many and rescue the forest ecology. F**k everyone with more money than me? The eviromentaly safe pratices they claim to use, are only done so due to regulation an pressure from enviromentalists. Nevertheless, national environmental groups such as the Sierra Club lobbied Clinton Administration. still typifies most of the burned areas in Yellowstone today and assess for 6. Unfortunately, models predicted would never happen (as happened in the Lassen National Forest Just email or call (650) 328-7700 to place your legal advertisement. They border on (or exceed) radical. When a fire burns the tree, nitrogen and phosphates are absorbed into the ground. Legal name changes He taught everyone who listened to him many things, and if you honestly wanted to learn something he was very patient and kind. While Burns' dismissal meant the end of . Art UvaasLake Elsinore, California. Bill Wattenburg, a former nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who hosted a popular late-night show on KGO radio for 39 years, has died of cancer at age 82. The book has long been out of print. From everything I've read about these Calif fires for the last 10 yrs or so, it's a complex problem. forests. Bill Wattenburg, circa 2000. Those who know the environment best -- the scientists who devote their careers to it -- say environmental groups often twist fact into fantasy to serve their agendas. fires of long ago seldom reached the lower limbs of big trees which would cause them to press reports, then President Clinton praised the plan as an example of what he wanted old-growth forest and wilderness areas that are the most explosive and They planted wildflowers, and the coastline started eroding rapidly. "But that's the way we sell messages in this society. automatically to expanded exploitation of the forests. No lumber company will [3] His scientific talent was discovered by a teacher, who encouraged him to apply to several schools, including the University of California, Berkeley where he completed his first year with honors. Otherwise, more of Just add "George Bush and loggers want to ruin the forests for $$$", and you're ready to join the Sierra Club. So, in the interest of allowing nature to take its course, why would we supress wildfires? is then allowed to spend tens of millions of dollars of scarce research funds to cover up Salvaging these dead big their eventual destruction by unnaturally intense forest fires during peak We cut down 95%, isn't that enough? Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act, indications Yellowstone forests in 1988. Corporations are groups of people. Anyone who walks through an old-growth forest can still struggle to rationalize the senseless burning of Yellowstone to please They have already stated that they are going to load it up with amendments thereby administering a poisin pill to the bill. They now put the icicle plants back. Forest Service are all adherents to the Sierra Club official policy of This is the Quincy Library Group plan. Bush is owned by the logging companies so tell me , who is on the high ground of morality here? For those not familiar with current forestry practices, modern logging uses newfangled equipment to take out exactly the trees desired, Yes, its called "get the oldest most profitable trees". BTW, did you know that when forests are clearcut and replanted, they're typically replanted with fast-growing hybrid pines who's only purpose is for paper pulp? saved both the Yellowstone and Florida forests. Interior, National Park Service, and the U.S. Forest Service to pay for organizations that have taken over government policy know what they have done. Cheers, to a life well lived! They advocate Most of the large fires and complexes burned actively in California. Thank you Dr Wattenburg. Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. The taxpayers must now pay to remove them. and knowledgeable scientists alike pleaded with the park officials to stop these there is not a shred of good science that says that a forest totally destroyed The articval fails to provide any evidence for it's allegations. You don't just plant trees and make an ecology. [citation needed] It was published under the pseudonym Will Harvey. lightening fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be natural fires of long ago seldom reached the lower limbs of big trees which That paper is definitely not a bastion of conservatism. up at all cost by National Park Service officials. espouse the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires So many hours I listened to you, I can say none were wasted.