Comments on: The West is on fire as Washington fans the flames https://writersontherange.org/the-west-is-on-fire-as-washington-fans-the-flames/ Syndicated Opinion for the American West Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:29:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: JakeJ https://writersontherange.org/the-west-is-on-fire-as-washington-fans-the-flames/#comment-1056 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:28:20 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=9999#comment-1056 In reply to Judith Scheirer.

So you despise Donald Trump. I get it. I don’t like him much either. But there’s no reason to rant and rave and lie. Trump has not proposed changing the status of the national parks, nor has he proposed selling them. Tell the truth. Don’t make things up because you are still mad about last year’s election, Judith.

]]> By: JakeJ https://writersontherange.org/the-west-is-on-fire-as-washington-fans-the-flames/#comment-1055 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:25:23 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=9999#comment-1055 In reply to Jennifer.

What does your notion of “fair pay” have to do with any of this?

]]> By: Bill Lambert https://writersontherange.org/the-west-is-on-fire-as-washington-fans-the-flames/#comment-1049 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:19:12 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=9999#comment-1049 It would be good to put together a business case that our National Parks are a huge tourism draw, bringing in significant money from overseas. This would include direct money for Park fees, as well as money for the local communities. A proper business case could lead to more funding based on the ROI.

]]> By: Jennifer https://writersontherange.org/the-west-is-on-fire-as-washington-fans-the-flames/#comment-1044 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:20:48 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=9999#comment-1044 Stone-Manning is right about staffing cuts, but wrong to push the tired myth of “overgrown forests.” Protecting communities and firefighters means working from the community-out—home hardening, defensible space, fair pay—not trying to “manage” fire-adapted ecosystems with logging, which only makes fires burn hotter and faster. Too bad the head of the Wilderness Society is repeating industry talking points—maybe it’s time she found another line of work.

]]> By: Judith Scheirer https://writersontherange.org/the-west-is-on-fire-as-washington-fans-the-flames/#comment-1043 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:33:21 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=9999#comment-1043 You are right on the mark! The president is only interested in parks & forests as “Real Estate” to be used or sold. I don’t think he has ever set foot in a National Park to hike. The USA needs to preserve and protect federal lands for public use not to sell for profit

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