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Jim Petersen addresses current events and their effect on forestry policy, conservation, management, and economics.

California Flamethrowers and National Wildfires

Jim Petersen, February 5, 2018

California Assemblyman, Miguel Santiago, is apoplectic at the news that Elon Musk’s Boring Company pre-sold 20,000 of its “flamethrowers” in just four days last week. …

Dopey owls and dopey forestry

Jim Petersen, January 21, 2018

The new fret about pesticides killing northern spotted owls is worrisome on several fronts, but hardly news. Marijuana growers have been practicing their trade in …

The Sense of a Goose

Jim Petersen, January 18, 2018

Yesterday, I went looking for an essay I wrote maybe 25 years ago titled, The Sense of a Goose. I found it on the Internet …

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"And what do these families get in return for paying more for gas and other necessities? According to the head of the Oregon State University Climate Center, who testified before the Legislature last year, cap and trade in Oregon would have an “imperceptible” impact on global climate change. In other words, low-income families would foot the bill for a new law that won’t do anything to help the problem." … See MoreSee Less

Opinion: Cap-and-trade bill ignores financial reality facing struggling families

oregonlive.com

The cap-and-trade bill in the Oregon Legislature would significantly increase costs for low-income families while making no headway in solving the climate change problem it seeks to address, writes Ca…

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Maybe They Should Shoot Smokey, Too

“Incredibly Short-Sighted, Ineffective and Stupid”

Felt Necessities: Engines of Forest Policy, Part 6

PERSPECTIVES

California Flamethrowers and National Wildfires

Dopey owls and dopey forestry

The Sense of a Goose