Forest Service in Contempt?

The headlines today about the Forest

Hold the Forest Service in Contempt?

Wow, this sounds Serious.

I wonder every summer, in a time where technology is so amazing, there still is no way to put out a forest fire. I mean no real techy invention that would suck the element form the air that fire needs or some high teck gadget to make fire simply be gone?

The Forest Service Does Not Care about putting out Forest Fires. They HAVE to care when homes are in danger so than the planes come in with the poison that is dropped on the forest, polluting the waters, killing the fish and poisoning the wildlife.

With today’s technology you would think that there could be something bio-degradable and more friendly to the plants, people, wildlife and water. If you live in an area that has been through this you know that it may be easier recovering from the fire than from the deep red redartdant that is dropped from planes to protect you from fire.

I, as an ex-Forest Service Employee am VERY excited at what Judge Donald Molloy of Missoula Montana has said. He speaks the truth. Few will go up against Forest Service Policy. I, for one, think that the Forest Service has a whole lot of “skeletons in the closet” and its time to clean it up.


The Forest Service has violated ," the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act, he wrote. " and seems to be above the law. I thought that the Forest Service, being a government agency was possibly somehow Above the Law. But it looks like One Jude cares about the air we breath, the water we drink


Judge Donald Molloy Even went as far as to suggest that Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey be put in jail. This is awesome, accountability is something that the Forest Service, surely is not use to.

Fire is Organic, the Polluntant they drop to fight it could kill all living life in its path.

Why Do I make the Comment that “the forest service does not care about putting out fires?.” Last Summer, comments were made that suggested that the FS felt they had the Star Meadow fire handled, another words, it did not go out till late fall and mostly do to the weather, the fire jumped every line that was put into place, yet when the fire pointed away from residential areas the FS felt it a success, however, the let the Forest Burn.

This of Course is MY OPINION. However, I was at a Ranger Station working several years back, it was mid afternoon, and a lighting strike had been spotted, they sent a gal up to check it out, she radioed the condition of the small fire back to the station, the head Fire Chief chose to NOT send anyone up to help, there was a FULL crew waiting for such an event, and yet He chose to NOT any of them up to Help.

After a few hours the fire was out of control, it was in a proposed wilderness where there was no logging, by the time a crew got there they had to take a bulldozer and build primitive roads to get to it. This fire did end up endangering homes but did not burn any.

But what did happen is the mountainside is forever scarred, and the fire opened the area up to “Salvage Logging”. In an area where trail crews had to use horses to haul materials for bridges and to fix lookouts so they could abide by the proposed wilderness guidelines, there was allowed every piece of equipment needed to fight the fire and than to log the area. Had it not been burned, it would not have been able to be logged. So it is my opinion that they let it burn on purpose, there really is no other reason that makes sense.


A Note on the FS meeting and the Bitterroot and all THESE issues that coming up about Your Forest:

Folks, Please be Careful out there. With the news in Darby over a public meeting and rumors of death threats, your “opinion” or you speaking the “truth” could just put you in serious danger. I have seen documentaries on environmental issues in Montana, and personally know folks that ended up in accidents because they wanted to “protect the water the drank and the air they breath”.