http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/ San Diego Fire Recovery Network (SDFRN) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:09:34 GMT Richard Halsey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1679 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1679 http://nctimes.com/news/opinion/letters/article_7c5d6a91-f3c6-5134-876f-06279ecffeee.html Pay no attention to man behind curtain Who really is the wizard of Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:09:27 GMT Richard Halsey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1678 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1678 Soil crusts are an essential part of chaparral ecology. Unfortunately, they are destroyed when the soil is disturbed through aggressive vegetation management Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:31:48 GMT Patricia J Akers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1677 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1677 So the County of San Diego will have to go back to the Federal government and private foundations for funding to rebuild what they destroyed. The real sin, Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:32 GMT Richard Halsey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1676 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1676 The word is getting out now in the popular media: "Aggressive brush clearance efforts designed to prevent fires have instead resulted in an invasion of Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:03:01 GMT Richard Halsey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1675 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1675 Dear Friends of the Chaparral, The fall issue of The Chaparralian has just been released. This issue focuses on children and learning. However, I take a Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:07:16 GMT Patricia J Akers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1674 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1674 Janet, I think the worst of all of this is that all these people who are trashing San Diego County say they love it here. Really? When this group began there Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:52:25 GMT Janet K. Shelton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1673 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1673 I got my first abatement order in 2004. The misrepresentation and outright lies associated with this were stunning. It didn't take me long to figure out that Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:48:43 GMT Patricia J Akers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1672 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1672 There is a systematic method of determining where these might be. Look at google earth and zillow.com You can even go street by street, parcel by parcel and Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:47:34 GMT Richard Halsey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1671 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1671 As with most problems regarding the lack of environmental protection in San Diego County, it will take a lawsuit by a motivated homeowner or a conservation Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:10:45 GMT afege@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1670 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1670 When insurance companies demand 300 to 500 feet of defensible space, they are violating California law! As of September 2008, insurance companies are not Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:14:32 GMT Richard Halsey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1669 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1669 Cindy, I really appreciate your enthusiasm for sharing your love of nature. Thank you, Rick Chaparral...help protect what's left The California Chaparral Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:28:38 GMT iokuok2 Buxton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1668 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1668 latest videos of the back country: A cooooool one of upper Cedar Creek with alota frogs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZUX4ihNB28 A hummingbird feeding her Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:19:08 GMT delachenaie1 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1667 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1667 Strikes me that the type of experimentation in the ceanothus would not be implemented as easily on aspens. On the attribution to global warming and the Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:24:22 GMT Richard Halsey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1666 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1666 Fire suppression is claimed to be the boogie man once again. Is there any data to support this claim, or it is yet another blind acceptance of the Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:53:26 GMT Jon E Keeley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1665 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDFRN/message/1665 Patricia The first thing one would want to know is what is the causal mechanism behind Aspen mortality. Currently what is being reported are correlations. If