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JUNE 24, 2012 

WE THE PEOPLE RADIO

WE THE PEOPLE RADIO
 
GIVE US OUR LAND BACK

www.GiveUsOurLandBack.org

 
Today's guest: Mike Dubrasich

MIKE DUBRASICH     

 

About Mike Dubrasich

Mike Dubrasich has been a practicing professional forester in Oregon since 1975. For the last 31 years he has been a private consulting forester specializing in forest biometrics.

Mr. Dubrasich has organized three different consulting firms and served as Oregon Chapter Chair of the Assoc of Consulting Foresters of America. He is author of "A Guide to Innovative Tree Farming in the Pacific Northwest." In 2007 he founded the Western Institute for Study of the Environment, a non-profit educational website teaching environmental stewardship and caring for the land: http://westinstenv.org .

 
Mr. Dubrasich recently founded Give Us Our Land Back: http://giveusourlandback.org  Give Us Our Land Back is a civic coalition spearheading the Petition to De-Federalize Oregon Lands.


We seek redress of grievances as authorized by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Our grievances are:

* Our public lands rightfully belong to the Counties of Oregon,

* we deserve, indeed are Constitutionally guaranteed, the same rights and privileges afforded other States, and

* Federal trusteeship over those lands has failed catastrophically, damaging our environment, our economy, and our social integrity.

The redress we seek is transfer of title and jurisdiction of Federal lands to the Counties in which those lands lie. has been a practicing professional forester in Oregon since 1975. For the last 31 years he has been a private consulting forester specializing in forest biometrics.
 
Discussions on our program today:
Give Us Our Land Back  www.GiveUsOurLandBack.org
MIKE DUBRASICH'S LETTER TO NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

 

From: Mike Dubrasich, Exec Dir
33862 Totem Pole Rd.
Lebanon, OR 97355
541-223-5764

 
To: Honorable Don Hastings, Chairman, Natural Resources Committee
US House of Representatives, Washington DC 20515
Re: House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests
and Public Lands oversight field hearing on: "Failed Federal Forest Policies:
Endangering Jobs, Forests and Species" May 21, 2012
Testimony for the record for the Longview, WA, Field Hearing
 
Greetings,
 
My name is Mike Dubrasich. I have been a practicing professional forester in Oregon since 1975. For the last 31 years I have been a private consulting forester. I am author of "A Guide to Innovative Tree Farming in the Pacific Northwest" as well as numerous scientific papers.
 
I am a founder and Executive Director of the Western Institute for Study of the
Environment, a non-profit educational website teaching environmental stewardship and caring for the land: http://westinstenv.org
I am also a founder and Executive Director of Give Us Our Land Back, a civic betterment corporation spearheading the Petition to De-Federalize Oregon Lands:
http://giveusourlandback.org .
 
My testimony today consists of six parts which follow. Testimony of Mike Dubrasich, Give Us Our Land Back.
 
1 - Firebombing Spotted Owl Stands
Last September the US Forest Service waged an aerial attack on Oregon old-growth Spotted Owl forests by firebombing them. Approximately 6,400 acres of heritage forest were destroyed by military-style incendiary bombing.
 
It really happened. And now firebombing old-growth is established as the de facto forest policy on Federal lands in Oregon and elsewhere. The chemical used by the USFS to incinerate old-growth Spotted Owl habitat at Santiam Pass was potassium permanganate (KMnO4) injected with glycerin. The explosive chemicals were encased in polyacrylate “Ping Pong balls” ejected by government helicopters on green forests.
 
An instant canopy fire resulted, an effect similar to napalm.
The Shadow Lake Fire received no initial attack. Deschutes National Forest public
announcements declared the fire management strategy was “allowing nature to run its course in the wilderness.” That is a treatment prescription, but no EIS, EA, or other NEPA process was instituted. No Section 7 ESA consultations were made with USFWS.
 
Read the complete letter: http://wethepeopleradiorecords.com/20120624/Dubrasich_testimony_05212012.pdf
 
Websites and material mentioned on today's program:
http://GiveUsOurLandBack.org
Dubrasick's Testimony in PDF
www.evergreenmagazine.com
 

 

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