This tactic in destroying forests comes straight out of the moral content of African rebel groups.
The fact of the matter is Rick Snyder and the Michigan Republicans have no clue what to do for the state. They figure if they can rob the Middle Class and cut down forests, the folks in the cities won't notice and they can maintain control of large numbers of the electorate.
Look the other way, everyone just look the other way, we are making money. Morality, conscience and biotic content is hideous and stupid when people are running out of options paying the Governor's salary.
This was a method used by Ronald Reagan. He deregulated everything he could find to deregulate. So, here we are now another Reganite Governor seeking to be President someday; the forest is their favorite victim.
This has already started by the way. This is not new. The State of Michigan has an active forest harvest. Their STATE STANDS of forest has a ratio of 2.1 to 1. That means for every tree harvested by PRIVATE CONCERNS there are 2.1 trees remaining. The Michigan State Forest Department is a very interesting group of folks. They probably name the trees for as well as they know the forests in the State.
There are basically no sincere forests with a CORE in southern Michigan. All the beautiful forests are in Northern Michigan. A forest with a CORE is one that has species only found in dense forest. The EDGE forest is where species such as robins and blue jays live. But, the Core Forest is where dense stands supports exceptional species such as the Kirtland Warbler, now endangered.
Michigan is a home to the Kirtland Warbler. There are several locations of dense Jack Pine Forest Ecosystem that support this species. So, now Rick Snyder is demoralizing the State Department of Michigan Forests even further. I don't see them changing that ratio. A 2.1 to 1 ratio is a very aggressive program by the way. The National Forests are minimally a 5 to 1 ratio. Oh, yes, the federal government has a harvesting program. There are not sincere tree huggers in the USA, UNLESS, it is necessary to protect a special interest.
This act of the Michigan State Congress is a desperate attempt to bring about some kind of uptick in the economy. Any kind of uptick. Please God make it happen now.
Natural resources are at the heart of the Republican bastion of hope. That is their favorite place to turn. Oil. Logging. Fishing. Anything that costs NOTHING to grow or is in a steady state (petroleum) of being is their favorite place to look for an economy. It is the CHEAPEST idea in the world. FIND a natural resource and make money by simply displacing it from it's 'steady state' to make money. Even if the public has no reason to value the product, ie: Canadian Oil Sands, MAKE THEM VALUE IT. Blood diamonds, what blood diamonds, they look clear to me.
Needless to say, this is a failed governorship and Republican lead state congress. The only hope people of conscience have in such a situation is to wait for an election where even city folks understand that a tree proves value other than wood.
The fact of the matter is Rick Snyder and the Michigan Republicans have no clue what to do for the state. They figure if they can rob the Middle Class and cut down forests, the folks in the cities won't notice and they can maintain control of large numbers of the electorate.
Look the other way, everyone just look the other way, we are making money. Morality, conscience and biotic content is hideous and stupid when people are running out of options paying the Governor's salary.
This was a method used by Ronald Reagan. He deregulated everything he could find to deregulate. So, here we are now another Reganite Governor seeking to be President someday; the forest is their favorite victim.
This has already started by the way. This is not new. The State of Michigan has an active forest harvest. Their STATE STANDS of forest has a ratio of 2.1 to 1. That means for every tree harvested by PRIVATE CONCERNS there are 2.1 trees remaining. The Michigan State Forest Department is a very interesting group of folks. They probably name the trees for as well as they know the forests in the State.
There are basically no sincere forests with a CORE in southern Michigan. All the beautiful forests are in Northern Michigan. A forest with a CORE is one that has species only found in dense forest. The EDGE forest is where species such as robins and blue jays live. But, the Core Forest is where dense stands supports exceptional species such as the Kirtland Warbler, now endangered.
Michigan is a home to the Kirtland Warbler. There are several locations of dense Jack Pine Forest Ecosystem that support this species. So, now Rick Snyder is demoralizing the State Department of Michigan Forests even further. I don't see them changing that ratio. A 2.1 to 1 ratio is a very aggressive program by the way. The National Forests are minimally a 5 to 1 ratio. Oh, yes, the federal government has a harvesting program. There are not sincere tree huggers in the USA, UNLESS, it is necessary to protect a special interest.
This act of the Michigan State Congress is a desperate attempt to bring about some kind of uptick in the economy. Any kind of uptick. Please God make it happen now.
Natural resources are at the heart of the Republican bastion of hope. That is their favorite place to turn. Oil. Logging. Fishing. Anything that costs NOTHING to grow or is in a steady state (petroleum) of being is their favorite place to look for an economy. It is the CHEAPEST idea in the world. FIND a natural resource and make money by simply displacing it from it's 'steady state' to make money. Even if the public has no reason to value the product, ie: Canadian Oil Sands, MAKE THEM VALUE IT. Blood diamonds, what blood diamonds, they look clear to me.
Needless to say, this is a failed governorship and Republican lead state congress. The only hope people of conscience have in such a situation is to wait for an election where even city folks understand that a tree proves value other than wood.
March 9, 2013 5:29 AM
LANSING (AP) - The Michigan Senate (click here) voted earlier this week to curtail state regulators’ consideration of biological diversity when designating sections of state forest land, over the objections of environmentalists who said the “anti-science” bill would gut a practice in place for nearly 100 years.
The measure was approved 26-11 along party lines in the Republican-led chamber. It is sponsored by an Upper Peninsula lawmaker and backed by the timber industry. They contend the legislation is needed to prevent large areas of state-owned land from being declared off-limits to logging and motorized recreation, although officials say that is not their intention....
