St.
George GA, by the Georgia - Florida border is on fire.
The AJC reports: Some 725 firefighters are battling the blaze near the
Okefenokee swamp. It is just 12 percent contained and could burn for
months.
The fire has already spread well beyond the Okefenokee
National Wildlife Refuge, said refuge manager Michael Lusk. He said about 40
percent of the 143,893 scorched acres stand outside the refuge.
I
wonder why we can’t control these large fires that occur every year. They all
seem to begin on federal land that is being “warehoused” as a “wildlife
preserve” or “national park”. The causes
vary from arson to lightning strikes and failure to clear underbrush is usually
the reason these fires spread out of control.
It
sounds to me that the federal government has bitten off more than it can chew again. This land would be in better hands if it had
an active “owner”. I never see cases where actual land owners let their acreage
burn down. They set up fire-brakes and
clear brush and harvest trees and actually “manage” the land.
The
“wildlife” will take care of itself and States could operate all the parks it
can afford to operate. The rest should be sold to private owners and companies
that grow trees and harvest them. They
are the only ones with the incentive to prevent letting their land burn out of
control.
The
federal government should never have violated the Constitution to grab 30% of
the US landmass.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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