Swordsmyth
11-21-2018, 04:11 PM
Interior Secretary and former Montana congressman Ryan Zinke has blamed "radical environmental groups" for a lack of forest management in California which he says paved the way for tinderbox conditions that led to the recent wildfires which have killed more than 80 people (https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/california-fires-latest-2018-11-20-camp-woolsey-paradise-recovery-search-rescue-live-updates/), while over 700 are still missing.
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Zinke told reporters on a Tuesday conference call that "lawsuit after lawsuit by, yes, the radical environmental groups that would rather burn down the entire forest than cut a single tree or thin the forest" prevented the state from safely managing its forests.
"This is where America stands. It's not time for finger-pointing. We know the problem: it's been years of neglect, and in many cases, it's been these radical environmentalists that want nature to take its course," Zinke said in the Sunday interview, according to CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/ryan-zinke-radical-environmentalists-california-fire/index.html). "We have dead and dying timber. We can manage it using best science, best practices. But to let this devastation go on year after year after year is unacceptable."
In August, Zinke called out "extreme environmentalists" in an interview (https://www.kcra.com/article/interior-chief-on-wildfires-this-has-nothing-to-do-with-climate-change/22709688) with KCRA, while he also lambasted "environmental terrorists groups that have not allowed public access, that refuse to allow harvest of timber" in an interview (https://soundcloud.com/breitbart/breitbart-news-saturday-sec-ryan-zinke-august-11-2018) with Breitbart Radio the day before.
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This did not age well
The Daily Caller (http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/14/ryan-zinke-wildfire-global-warming/)'s Michael Bastasch noted in August:
Zinke is taking the conversation away from global warming and bringing it back to land management, including the litigation and environmental laws that keep officials from actively managing the forests.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-21/interior-secretary-zinke-blames-california-wildfires-radical-environmental-groups
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/Ryan_Zinke-3-e1534267328544_1.jpg
Zinke told reporters on a Tuesday conference call that "lawsuit after lawsuit by, yes, the radical environmental groups that would rather burn down the entire forest than cut a single tree or thin the forest" prevented the state from safely managing its forests.
"This is where America stands. It's not time for finger-pointing. We know the problem: it's been years of neglect, and in many cases, it's been these radical environmentalists that want nature to take its course," Zinke said in the Sunday interview, according to CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/ryan-zinke-radical-environmentalists-california-fire/index.html). "We have dead and dying timber. We can manage it using best science, best practices. But to let this devastation go on year after year after year is unacceptable."
In August, Zinke called out "extreme environmentalists" in an interview (https://www.kcra.com/article/interior-chief-on-wildfires-this-has-nothing-to-do-with-climate-change/22709688) with KCRA, while he also lambasted "environmental terrorists groups that have not allowed public access, that refuse to allow harvest of timber" in an interview (https://soundcloud.com/breitbart/breitbart-news-saturday-sec-ryan-zinke-august-11-2018) with Breitbart Radio the day before.
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/did%20not%20age%20well%201.png
This did not age well
The Daily Caller (http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/14/ryan-zinke-wildfire-global-warming/)'s Michael Bastasch noted in August:
Zinke is taking the conversation away from global warming and bringing it back to land management, including the litigation and environmental laws that keep officials from actively managing the forests.
More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-21/interior-secretary-zinke-blames-california-wildfires-radical-environmental-groups