- Mar 9, 2001
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San Diego County instituted the first Multiple Species Habitat
Conservation Program (MSHCP) in the nation about 10 years ago.
The MSHCP was supposed to provide "islands of connected habitat" to
"preserve a rich diversity of sensitive flora and fauna". By some
counts, San Diego County has the highest number of plants, animals,
birds, and reptiles in the threatened and endangered species list.
The corner stone of the MSHCP is (or was) the Mission Trails Regional
Park. This "park" connected pocket of habitat from the mountains to
the coast. This same "park" is the corridor that allowed the fire to
progress rapidly through residential and industrial areas; claiming
untold millions in property damage and human life. While this news
report cites eight deaths due to the fire, updated reports have
attributed eleven deaths.
The grand MSHCP "preserve" is now charred lands.
Of note, the fire fighting capacity of San Diego was seriously
diminished as many fire fighting unite from San Diego County were
sent to fight the equally devastating fires in the Los
Angles-Riverside-San Bernardino area. That area received aggressive
fire fighting capability to keep the fires out of the draught
stricken forests that are full of beetle killed trees.
The forests were under a delayed fuels reduction program that has
been delayed by the preservationist groups.
So, on two fronts, preservation minded actions have resulted in
millions of dollars in property damage and loss of human life.
When is enough enough? When is reason and sanity going to prevail
over the insanity of preservationists?
This will make 3 yrs in a row that the Western U.S has suffered loss of life, not to mention property because of their Enviro policies.
I agree when is enough, enough
Conservation Program (MSHCP) in the nation about 10 years ago.
The MSHCP was supposed to provide "islands of connected habitat" to
"preserve a rich diversity of sensitive flora and fauna". By some
counts, San Diego County has the highest number of plants, animals,
birds, and reptiles in the threatened and endangered species list.
The corner stone of the MSHCP is (or was) the Mission Trails Regional
Park. This "park" connected pocket of habitat from the mountains to
the coast. This same "park" is the corridor that allowed the fire to
progress rapidly through residential and industrial areas; claiming
untold millions in property damage and human life. While this news
report cites eight deaths due to the fire, updated reports have
attributed eleven deaths.
The grand MSHCP "preserve" is now charred lands.
Of note, the fire fighting capacity of San Diego was seriously
diminished as many fire fighting unite from San Diego County were
sent to fight the equally devastating fires in the Los
Angles-Riverside-San Bernardino area. That area received aggressive
fire fighting capability to keep the fires out of the draught
stricken forests that are full of beetle killed trees.
The forests were under a delayed fuels reduction program that has
been delayed by the preservationist groups.
So, on two fronts, preservation minded actions have resulted in
millions of dollars in property damage and loss of human life.
When is enough enough? When is reason and sanity going to prevail
over the insanity of preservationists?
This will make 3 yrs in a row that the Western U.S has suffered loss of life, not to mention property because of their Enviro policies.
I agree when is enough, enough