While ponderosa pine is not native to the Black Hills native limber and lodgepole pine have been mostly extirpated from He Sapa, The Heart of Everything That Is.
Ponderosa pine only reached the Black Hills less than four thousand years ago. The Industrial Revolution and European settlement in the New World took hardwoods for charcoal then humans allowed fast-growing conifers to replace lost forests.
Now in the Mountain West aspen has been choked out by fire suppression and the timber industry exacerbating climate change. Aspen leaves reflect sunlight in the summer and aspen communities hold snow pack into the Spring while pine needles absorb heat and accelerate snow melt warming the planet.
There is no evidence to support the claim that logging is effective insect control so the logical conclusion is that Black Hills National Forest chief Mark Van Every is on the take.
Alan Aker is a long time campaign supporter of earth haters like John Thune, Kristi Noem and Larry Rhoden. He is a vocal critic of equal rights for women and American Indians. The GOP former lawmaker and erstwhile Meade County Commissioner has billed that county $31,000 for logging on federal ground under an unwritten agreement with the Forest Service.
Nevertheless, he blames the State of South Dakota and its Republican handlers for the Legion Lake Fire.
Ponderosa pine only reached the Black Hills less than four thousand years ago. The Industrial Revolution and European settlement in the New World took hardwoods for charcoal then humans allowed fast-growing conifers to replace lost forests.
Now in the Mountain West aspen has been choked out by fire suppression and the timber industry exacerbating climate change. Aspen leaves reflect sunlight in the summer and aspen communities hold snow pack into the Spring while pine needles absorb heat and accelerate snow melt warming the planet.
There is no evidence to support the claim that logging is effective insect control so the logical conclusion is that Black Hills National Forest chief Mark Van Every is on the take.
Alan Aker is a long time campaign supporter of earth haters like John Thune, Kristi Noem and Larry Rhoden. He is a vocal critic of equal rights for women and American Indians. The GOP former lawmaker and erstwhile Meade County Commissioner has billed that county $31,000 for logging on federal ground under an unwritten agreement with the Forest Service.
Nevertheless, he blames the State of South Dakota and its Republican handlers for the Legion Lake Fire.
Rather than rely on these tried and true methods, the state squandered many thousands of dollars hiring helicopters from out of state to airlift the infected trees to highways, where it sold the wood for a loss.Read the rest below.
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