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September 16th, 2015

9/16/2015

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I keep alert to many of the forestry related issues by reviewing material being posted on linkedin. Several folks have responded to news articles on this summer's wildfire frequency and severity. Many, including the media are trying to compare the fire season with past years and factors such as reductions in timber harvesting, climate change, frequency of ignitions, law suits and so on. This is all designed to try to determine what factors influence total acres burned.
     This all makes for interesting reading, but the truth is the science of forestry still focuses management on the production of resources from the forests rather than managing the condition of the individual forest communities or eco-systems if you prefer. I sincerely believe that we can reduce the potential for these catastrophic events if we re-focus our management efforts to maintain and improve the forest conditions by emphasizing health and diversity of individual forest communities. Yes, this means more intensive management, but driven by entirely different management goals. It is also critical that we begin educating our western society to the importance of living in balance with our natural surroundings. 
     Iris and I are about to initiate a project with our local college, to develop environmental education materials that will incorporate the Traditional Knowledge's of our indigenous people. We are excited and hoping to develop partnerships with others as the project progresses. We are truly connected and dependent upon the relationships available only through our natural surroundings. Continuation on the path we have followed the past 100 years will eventually destroy our remaining forests and ourselves. It is time to assist our youth in understanding and appreciating the importance of respecting Mother Earth.  
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September 06th, 2015

9/6/2015

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It has been very rewarding to see the number of folks that are visiting my website. Being able to connect our website with the website of an  international forestry consulting company from Bonn, Germany has provided us a metohd of reaching additional persons and hopefully, gain support for the need to make required changes in the science of forest land management. The more I study and discuss current management of our remaining forested lands, the more convinced I am of the need to reach back to the traditional knowledges of our indigenous people, who shared a deep understanding and appreciation for the complexity of Nature. Somehow, we must find methods and time to observe and understand the dependence we have with our remaining forest environments, I prefer communities, for the survival of our own species. Population expansion and deforestation are two of the top three environmental issues we are faced with today. Expecting our world population to shrink and the acreage of forested lands to increase is totally un-realistic. The burden of discovering a better future rests solely with our ability to improve the management of our remaining forested lands. The future will not be realized through new and better science, as the solution will be found in the development of the wisdom of understanding the uniqueness of the individual forest communities (eco-systems). Our challenge will be managing our remaining forests so they might maximise their contributions to the human environment. We are about to make our small contribution to this issue by working with the acedemic community to develop environmental education materials designed to help young students appreciate how dependent they are on our surroundings and what it means to live in "balance" with Nature.         
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