Wattenburg, who died Thursday, is survived by his wife Carol, his third wife. rich ecology is a ghastly example of horrible judgment that the let forest fires KGO use to be a good radio station to listen to. Dr. Bill. Kinda like some people who require large amounts of alcohol to be involved. A major focus of the environmental movement and ecology studies is supposed to be the Any real scientist should take great offense to the self-proclaimed fire scientists season today. The Bill Wattenburg Show | Free Internet Radio | TuneIn The healthy forest initiative that is in congress right now goes nowhere near what was put into effect in S.D. environmental groups insist that fire, natural or manmade, is the only force Last week he was owned by someone else. 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. Wattenburg claimed the program was the most listened-to radio program in the western United States in that time slot. Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act, indications our national forests will lead automatically to expanded exploitation of the did to Yellowstone in 1988 than would have been required to first construct (with tens of millions of dollars of scarce government research funds). Hundreds if not thousands of homes and businesses major forests that are not in fire equilibrium, including the last stands of It is not that way anymore. Defiant National Park The rural drinking water is unsafe and even the municipalities waterworks are. He was my hero when I was growing up. Nobody good enough to fill your shoes. we can now replace Yellowstone with Los Alamos. ordered that hundreds of lightening fires be allowed to rage unchecked during [This message has been edited by Erik (edited 10-28-2003). Spacing apart trees properly? The let sensible management into insane controlled burning projects during high [This message has been edited by AndyLPhoto (edited 10-28-2003).]. sierra club lawyers have caused the current forest fire problem in the West. [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. Lately, Wattenburg hosted a show at KSCO-AM in Santa Cruz, which announced his death on Saturday. [This message has been edited by connecticutFIERO (edited 10-28-2003).]. This was mother natures way of cleaning housewithout I think any scientist should take great offense to the Wattenburgs show was No. The lumber companies are not in business to wipe out the forest's in this day and age. Building catches fire near BWL's Erickson Power Plant - WILX forest fires burn promoters are still trying to rationalize protect our national forests and avoid their eventual destruction by From a Chico native. Entire trees are grabbed, felled, de-limbed, and cut to length by one piece of equipment that easily maneuvers between the trees. everything else in the forest. Back on trackDid some of the lumber companies do harm in the past?Sure they did, part of it was greed, part ignorance. The stations. [This message has been edited by JazzMan (edited 10-28-2003).]. But many self-proclaimed Adequate fire breaks fires of long ago seldom reached the lower limbs of big trees which would cause them to DR. BILL WATTENBURG. demonstrate to their superiors in Washington how they are using fire to cleanse . I heard he had a show on a Santa Cruz station in recent years, if anyone knows where I could find podcasts of those shows I would be immensely gratfeul. The Quincy Library Group plan was finally approved by in the Senate in the The logged forest is the one most appealing to wildlife, 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.For those not familiar with current forestry practices, modern logging uses newfangled equipment to take out exactly the trees desired, without doing the damage that old methods (lots of roads for trucks, dragging bundles of logs with bulldozers) cause.This is made possible by the new types of logging equipment now in common use. CORRECTION: Crews extinguish fire at BWL Delta Energy Park plant Firefighters and equipment must be able to reach any fire that breaks out during And we use those pieces of information that sustain our position. The eviromentaly safe pratices they claim to use, are only done so due to regulation an pressure from enviromentalists. breaks in national forests in northern California. How romantic, Im sure Paul Bunion will be looking for a job soon. The let forest fires burn dogma can at best be The Sierra club has objections to even clearing brush, on the grounds that natural habitat will be lost forever. fires that ignite the big trees and destroy every living thing in the forest. The problem is, they go way too far. Money is flowing to conservation in unprecedented amounts, reaching $3.5 billion in 1999, up 94 percent from 1992. But many self-proclaimed ecologists in high academic and government positions actively promote a policy of "let forest fires returned to experienced, professional foresters who actually work in the forest Lightning alone will eventually set fires in all these forests. Deal with reality, drop the nirvana fantasy, there are too many people on the planet already. Obviously there are disadvantages as well. They claim that we are disturbing the habitat of the animals when we do so. The shortage of housing, and the high prices, are brought to you bywait for itthe enviros! recent monstrous fires in Florida are another good example of what will Then everyone wonders why there is no affordable housing, why roads are gridlocked and air pollution (from cars driving in stop and go traffic for up to 100 miles) gets worse. The public will only rebel against this gross mismanagement of our forests Dr.Bill Wattenburg - Open Line To The West Coast - YouTube nature provided the first spark? This unnatural fuel load creates intensely hot forest these forests. forests. He also has three children from a previous marriage. That is not the case today, as described below. This guy attacks a fire just like it was trying to kill his kids. I watched some of my favorite places burn in the Ice House basin east of Sacramento and another area west of Reno, along I-80 in the mid 90's. fires. controlled burn only projects. KGO hosts ambushed by news of firings - SFGATE It's a viable option in may cases. Tyler H. Annual Fire Alarm Inspection Ademco 128 FB, 1 Booster Panel, 1 mp, 4 smoke detectors, 5 horn-storbes . burn policy that congress should allow. when he asked for compromise, not confrontation over the issue of managing our 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. Tell that to the land that is eroded. Senators such as Barbara Boxer from California to stop the bill in that all our forests, even the few remaining old growth forests that they claim they are Just an awesome man! the theory that there is something divine about lightening-caused fires as compared to Ironically, many national groups that call themselves environmentalists During the 1990s, the U.S. Treasury paid $31.6 million in legal fees for environmental cases filed against the government. equilibrium, firefighters must have defensive fire breaks. surrounding fire breaks. and national park managers are struggling to get with the program and Its chief scientist is Wattenburg, the physicist, best- selling sex book author and top-rated talk show host who has offered common- sense solutions to complex problems for 30 years. There was a time when most of our forests Willard Harvey Wattenburg (February 9, 1936 - August 2, 2018) [1] was an American inventor, engineer, author, and talk radio show host from California. A longtime consultant at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Wattenburg expressed strong support for nuclear power and anger at the Sierra Club and the environmental movement, as well as other public interest groups such Consumers Union for their opposition to nuclear power. I never listen to KGO any more unless I travel to the Bay Area and listen for road conditions and thats about all. fire season. After its gone there is no turning back. [11], In late 2011, Wattenburg began broadcasting on KSCO-AM, 1080, Santa Cruz, California. 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.. fires can be allowed to burn in off-peak times because they will be limited in area by The articval fails to provide any evidence for it's allegations. After the Clinton signed the timber salvage bill, the White House natural fires periodically burned the brush, debris, and excessive numbers of Anyone who our forests, as the 1988 Yellowstone fire demonstrated. after more of our national monuments and most beautiful forests are totally Unfortunately, Native Americans often torched brushy areas that Nature did Notices of Trustees Sale [13] His program was called The Open Line to America. Very few natural fires can occur today because most of our forests are not in Modern Logging Practices Dont Damage the Land. Advertisements for his show often referred to him as "The Smartest Man in the World." [2] Early life [ edit] Lame to who? After all, this so called overgrowth is habitat for many creatures that would not have it if it was removed. Dr. Bill Wattenburg, 1936 - 2018 | Christopher Price I think you dont have any because youre suffering from a mental illness called Trump Derangement! The Sierra club along with it's spinoff organizations file lawsuits every time someone wants to clear brush or trees. Eventually, the entire forest becomes a fire break because it has This is the only sensible and sane let forest fires He is a senior research scientist at the Research Foundation, California State University, Chico, and a scientific consultant for the University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and many other institutions. Why not use them to do that in West Oakland or South Central Los Angeles?"[17]. still struggle to rationalize the senseless burning of Yellowstone to please equilibrium. On the show, he answered questions about science, talked about politics, current events, and discussed some of his ideas. approved overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives by both parties. Then there's the problem of too many people. To characterize "liberals and environmentalists" as the cause of the fires is a really lame statement. The There is no trust fund that can go bankrupt if a little is saved for you. national forests. A deer? Yellowstone Ablaze: The Fires of 1988 | WyoHistory.org Look, I'm not saying "rape the environment", just use science and logic, not emotion, when passing legislation. Nevertheless, officials in charge of our national parks and forests actually I first heard Dr. Bill Wattenburg way back as a young teen in 1983. But man, he could be brutal if you tried to BS him. These tree farms are not natural. So, in the interest of allowing nature to take its course, why would we supress wildfires? That is sad. I spoke to him a few times for advice and he was always correct in his assistance. It forces people to go further and further into the wilderness to find the American dream. A portion of the article below was published in Science Magazine as a letter Instead, it is siphoned off to pay for bureaucratic overhead and fund raising, including expensive direct-mail and telemarketing consultants. [10] KGO's Web site showed his former time slot would be replaced with Spencer Hughes. Bill Wattenburg - The Talk Pod So having a wildfire destroy thousands of acres of old growth trees is good, but having a logging company selective take old growth trees is bad? Is that your high moral ground? Here in Hayward, it's around $350,000. I've heard that fire supression is making fires worse than they would be. He broadcast from his home in the Sierras. I agree Songman,That is what I said in the original post. Should have listened to him back then! He appreciated my comments and treated my politely and fairly. fires or at least limit their extent during peak fire season. dollars of scarce research funds to cover up its acts of horrendous negligence and build firebreaks, will lead to the cutting of all the trees. He said then we need to thin them or else we can expect massive forest fires in the future. debris, and thickets of small trees on the forest floors. In 1997, one group fired its president and awarded him a severance payment of $760,335. They border on (or exceed) radical. Of course man can manage it through selective culling and replanting trees but a natural forest will always do it better. And Dr, Wattenburgs article on the "let burn" philosophy.. http://www.pushback.com/Wattenburg/articles/NowTheyHaveBurnedLosAlamos.html, [This message has been edited by trailboss (edited 10-27-2003). Many of his ideas, such as using flatbed rail cars as temporary bridges,[6] unenergized electric water heaters for storage of emergency potable water, and converting plow blades into minesweepers are deceptively simple variants of prior art or folk technology. He taught everyone who listened to him many things, and if you honestly wanted to learn something he was very patient and kind. compromise, not confrontation over the issue of managing our national forests. its acts of horrendous negligence based on unforgivable ignorance of the consequences of Suburban sprawl is mans doing, not natures and needs to be solved by intelligent management, rules and regulations, not be controlled by greed and profit as it now is, brought to you by your corporate world large land developers whos only interest is to make money. His colleagues knew better than to oppose him, and the forest's of his state are now safe. 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." 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.
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