tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452661480381219564.post4261426135189608912..comments2023-06-07T08:28:17.860-05:00Comments on Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society: Joe Neal finds Trillium pusillum variant ozarkanum at Cave Springs Natural Area on March 22, 2009aubuniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281865213176006571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2452661480381219564.post-18062504695027147612009-03-23T07:22:00.000-05:002009-03-23T07:22:00.000-05:00Well, yes, you are suspect: "... admittedly, my at...Well, yes, you are suspect: <BR/><BR/>"... admittedly, my attitude about this is STRONGLY shaped by years of working as a USDA Forest Service Wildlife Biologist with endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers ..."<BR/><BR/>Fire is part of the natural landscape. The solution is to keep separate the cultural landscape from the natural landscape so that fires, regardless of how they are caused, are under the control of natural forces. Smokey the Bear protects people and their things and not the forest.<BR/><BR/>Creating post fire zones for specific species is a human plan. Human plans do not speak to the natural landscape.<BR/><BR/>Your use of non sequitur is appalling. It does not follow that, because fires rejuvenate forests and prairies, it is appropriate to start fire.<BR/><BR/>Forest management is really people management. Did you not know that?<BR/><BR/>You are suspect, indeed. You do not speak for and do not wear the hat of the natural landscape. You may in the future, but for now you are a forester and consult for forestry which is known for grooming the land.<BR/><BR/>Richard H. Stafursky<BR/>Pres., WSLF<BR/>Conway, MA (Massachusetts), United States (USA)<BR/>(802) 257-9158<BR/><BR/>WSL (World Species List Forest)<BR/>http://wslfconwaymausa.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>The Natural Landscape<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_landscape<BR/><BR/>Richard is also known as Dropintheforest on YouTube<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/user/dropintheforest<BR/><BR/>Richard lives in Brattleboro, VT (Vermont), United States (USA)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com