Maybe you haven't read the same USDA Forest Service Documents that I have suggesting that the Indians managed the forests with fire and that we should take the same tack. That Indigenous Spirituality could teach us all a lesson on how to live in our environment.

I have not lost a job because of stupid regulations. I have great empathy for loggers who have to sit on their heavy equipment while the forest around them burns because they aren't government approved. I have nothing but contempt for the government who will not reforest a burned out forest because "there is life in dead trees". Anyone with half a brain can figure that one out.

I also have little respect for forest supervisors who refuse to allow water to be taken out of a pond for the purpose of fighting a fire for ANY reason.