To date, while some western senators and representatives have objected to Clinton s unilateral actions, Congress has looked the other way and the one federal court presented the question has been unable, due to Clinton stonewalling, to issue a ruling. That may change. The day before Babbitt s latest monument proposal, Texas Governor George W. Bush attacked Clinton, Gore, and Babbitt on the issue. We have seen millions of acres of land declared off-limits and designated national monuments just like that, with no real public involvement and no regard for the people affected by those decrees. Nearly four years after the designation of the Utah Monument, someone seems to be listening.
Fire is the only way to properly manage a forest.
I was impressed how well the lush green foliage was eliminated . I was impressed how the trees were completely destroyed, and how this part of the forest will have this wonderful look of gray for years to come. I can only imagine, riding my horse up into the lush gray soot that covers the ground. Rubbing against the lifeless gray sticks that were once trees. Then to fold out my bed roll into the soft soot and watching the fine dust covering my bed roll.