Comments for Wildfire Today http://wildfiretoday.com News and commentary about wildland fire Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:40:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Livestock grazing and wildfires by Dick Mangan http://wildfiretoday.com/2012/02/22/livestock-grazing-and-wildfires/comment-page-1/#comment-13651 Dick Mangan Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:40:30 +0000 http://wildfiretoday.com/?p=18540#comment-13651 I pasture my Black Angus cow/calf pairs on private pasture during the summer months for about $23/pair per month; the rate on Fed lands under the USFS & BLM is $1.35. I'm just pleased as punch as a taxpayer to be subsidizing my competition. I pasture my Black Angus cow/calf pairs on private pasture during the summer months for about $23/pair per month; the rate on Fed lands under the USFS & BLM is $1.35. I’m just pleased as punch as a taxpayer to be subsidizing my competition.

]]> Comment on Livestock grazing and wildfires by Uncle Louie http://wildfiretoday.com/2012/02/22/livestock-grazing-and-wildfires/comment-page-1/#comment-13650 Uncle Louie Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:11:54 +0000 http://wildfiretoday.com/?p=18540#comment-13650 The UNR Range Science Program is a multi-million dollar business that reaches from the rangelands of Nevada to the tenured folks living in the Ivory Tower of Academe. It is not in everyone’s interest to suppress the subsidized public lands grazing by a few politically powerful ranchers in NV. "If you can't be part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem." -- motto of all highly paid consultants The UNR Range Science Program is a multi-million dollar business that reaches from the rangelands of Nevada to the tenured folks living in the Ivory Tower of Academe. It is not in everyone’s interest to suppress the subsidized public lands grazing by a few politically powerful ranchers in NV.

“If you can’t be part of the solution, there’s good money to be made in prolonging the problem.” — motto of all highly paid consultants

]]> Comment on Livestock grazing and wildfires by Chris Sorensen http://wildfiretoday.com/2012/02/22/livestock-grazing-and-wildfires/comment-page-1/#comment-13649 Chris Sorensen Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:27:24 +0000 http://wildfiretoday.com/?p=18540#comment-13649 So using this guys logic, Federal funding of supression, bad. Federal subsidy of grazing good. So using this guys logic, Federal funding of supression, bad. Federal subsidy of grazing good.

]]> Comment on More research surfaces about pine beetles and fire by Bill Gabbert http://wildfiretoday.com/2012/02/15/more-research-surfaces-about-pine-beetles-and-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-13647 Bill Gabbert Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:38:03 +0000 http://wildfiretoday.com/?p=18451#comment-13647 It was posted there on February 16. It was posted there on February 16.

]]> Comment on More research surfaces about pine beetles and fire by Dick Mangan http://wildfiretoday.com/2012/02/15/more-research-surfaces-about-pine-beetles-and-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-13646 Dick Mangan Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:56:09 +0000 http://wildfiretoday.com/?p=18451#comment-13646 The web connection for this research article is: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2012_jolly_w001.pdf The web connection for this research article is: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2012_jolly_w001.pdf

]]> Comment on North Carolina sold CL-215 Super Scooper on eBay, a month before the Pains Bay fire by rnp http://wildfiretoday.com/2011/05/10/north-carolina-sold-cl-215-super-scooper-on-ebay/comment-page-1/#comment-13645 rnp Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:00:27 +0000 http://wildfiretoday.com/?p=13682#comment-13645 Aircraft are not like cars. As cars get older, the cost of some repairs approaches the value of the vehicle. An aircraft that is kept to FAA airworthiness standards on an annual or time in service basis (inspections at intervals based on operating hours) are not like that. Aircraft are expensive to maintain because of that but just because an aircraft is old does not mean it is not cost effective. One of the 'old' aircraft that the NC Forest Service turned in due to the PED and C&D reports were in the neighborhood of 40 years old but they were still cheaper to operate and maintain than the newer Cessnas that were purchased to replace them. Finding parts for the 'old' airplanes is sometimes a challenge but it is not impossible. As a matter of fact, there are companies that specialize in some parts and modifications for those 'old' airplanes. Aircraft are not like cars. As cars get older, the cost of some repairs approaches the value of the vehicle. An aircraft that is kept to FAA airworthiness standards on an annual or time in service basis (inspections at intervals based on operating hours) are not like that. Aircraft are expensive to maintain because of that but just because an aircraft is old does not mean it is not cost effective. One of the ‘old’ aircraft that the NC Forest Service turned in due to the PED and C&D reports were in the neighborhood of 40 years old but they were still cheaper to operate and maintain than the newer Cessnas that were purchased to replace them. Finding parts for the ‘old’ airplanes is sometimes a challenge but it is not impossible. As a matter of fact, there are companies that specialize in some parts and modifications for those ‘old’ airplanes.

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