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In reply to the discussion: Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service [View all]ProudMNDemocrat
(20,914 posts)11. My sister lives not far from Mt. Lassen National Forest.
Should that go up in flames, it will be sayonara to plant and animal life.
States like South Dakota, California, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington State, Montana, Idaho, etc, with vast forest lands will be up a creek if a wildfire runs through and no one to put it out.
THIS IS SO WRONG!
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Irish_Dem
Yesterday
#53
Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg and all the other technofascists responsible for this destruction must be forced to pay for it.
Borogove
Yesterday
#26
Is it time to shelf this fool in the WH? In my personal feelings the time is long ago passed/
usaf-vet
Yesterday
#27
Dude probably thinks we won't have forest fires if we cut down all the forests
IronLionZion
Yesterday
#28
Conservative, rural, Trump-votong, tourist, moumtain towns are not benefitting from this. Could this be a ramping up
Exp
Yesterday
#31
As bad as this is, I"m wondering how many people in the U.S. Forest Service voted for Mierda47? n/t
aggiesal
Yesterday
#33
I'm not a big fan of the Forestry Service whose main job seems to br maintaining national forests for harvesting by
Martin68
Yesterday
#50
undone later like killing pbs/npr. all illegal decrees by the fat preznit.
pansypoo53219
18 hrs ago
#64
193 MILLION acres - the largest body of public land anywhere. Not just in America, but the whole world.
summer_in_TX
15 hrs ago
#68
Can the states do anything to rescue the data and these highly knowledgeable scientists?
summer_in_TX
15 hrs ago
#69