Re: D&S Plants Trees to offset Carbon Footpring

bill ramaley Wrote:
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> While this article was being published in the
> Durango Herald, the United States Forest Service
> was conducting a large "controlled" burn in the
> Hermosa Drainage. Smoke so thick in Silverton
> that the nearby mountains disappeared. Here in
> Durango clothes could not be hung out to dry on
> the clothesline. Hazy weather for several days.
> I wonder how much CO2 and how much particulate
> matter was released into the atmosphere?

I'm willing to bet that a lot LESS was released than if the entire Hermosa Drainage was to go up in flames from a big forest fire (acutlly it's a matter of WHEN and not IF). The USFS does controled burns to reduce the amount of fuel (dead, dry wood and brush) in areas that have not had regular fires to remove excess fuel, in order to reduce the impact of forest fires. Eighty years of "Smokey the Bear" generated a lot of excess dead wood and brush that causes major fires.

Bill Daniels
Santa Rosa, California