tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post116891581156965972..comments2023-08-27T10:54:42.777-05:00Comments on sand creek almanac: the sound of violenceDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1169002312494416202007-01-16T20:51:00.000-06:002007-01-16T20:51:00.000-06:00FC- substitute aspen for pine, and...you get the p...FC- substitute aspen for pine, and...you get the picture. And it ain't pretty! I just wonder what's happening to the bears that may have chosen that acreage to hibernate, or the birds that roosted there for the night...oh that's right, they'll come here, more birds for me! <BR/><BR/>There's something wrong with an economic system that demands this...Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1169001978379814722007-01-16T20:46:00.000-06:002007-01-16T20:46:00.000-06:00Yes, take some photos so we can look back in a few...Yes, take some photos so we can look back in a few years and compare. This is so timely, a planted pine forest nearby vanished, clearcut in a matter of a few days last week. It was so striking to leave for work and drive past a forest and then come home from work and drive past a clearcut stump field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1169000258324274412007-01-16T20:17:00.000-06:002007-01-16T20:17:00.000-06:00I guess I should say, it's in my Minnescandinavian...I guess I should say, it's in my Minnescandinavian heritage to be apologetic about any rant that approaches being dramatic. I apologize for apologizing for being dramatic. :) <BR/><BR/>pablo- I have read The Monkey Wrench Gang, and Hayduke Lives. I admire Abbey's writing and passion. There was an article in this month's Orion magazine, and I don't know if the text is available online, but it discussed some of the recent "eco terrorism" cases and how the defendants were prosecuted, and their motivations. Seems frustration with the system is epidemic these days. <BR/><BR/>not-so-anonymous: ;) I understand thirty year old aspen, grown at this latitude and harvested with fury, has the propensity to not make pages stick together when they are um...used. (inside joke here! Laugh with me! ) <BR/><BR/>The machinery is louder than ever tonight, they have cut an alley to the edge of the swamp along a property line; I'm sure if I look out my bedroom window I'll be able to make out the lights of land raping machinery. I'll be sure and post a photo essay when all is said and done.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1168983501943819472007-01-16T15:38:00.000-06:002007-01-16T15:38:00.000-06:00The greatest ironry of it all is that the pulp der...The greatest ironry of it all is that the pulp derived from these aspen trees produces a high quality gloss paper. The mills where these trees (fiber)are destined, biggest customer is Playboy magazine and the likes..no crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1168974858677986142007-01-16T13:14:00.000-06:002007-01-16T13:14:00.000-06:00'Tis OK to be dramatic. At least you care and can ...'Tis OK to be dramatic. At least you care and can tell otheres about the issues...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1168959207844552682007-01-16T08:53:00.000-06:002007-01-16T08:53:00.000-06:00Sometimes it seems like the whole process is accel...Sometimes it seems like the whole process is accelerating very dramatically in the past few years. I used to think it was just "the Boom", but now I'm wondering if it's the cumulative effect of population growth. Dreams are so telling, so wise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1168956092684306282007-01-16T08:01:00.000-06:002007-01-16T08:01:00.000-06:00I feel your pain. MAWI feel your pain. <BR/>MAWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1168947054289782992007-01-16T05:30:00.000-06:002007-01-16T05:30:00.000-06:00I suppose you've read The Monkey Wrench Gang by Ed...I suppose you've read The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. I'm sorry about the incessant machine sounds. When we had our roof replaced we had to leave to escape all of the hammering, and that was just for one day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1168926290096464372007-01-15T23:44:00.000-06:002007-01-15T23:44:00.000-06:00When I did pre-development site assessments, I wou...When I did pre-development site assessments, I would walk out on gorgeous native prairie, noting grasses, sedges, flowers, birds - and knowing that if I ever got to come back, the scene would be dominated by a pumpjack. There would be a road up to it, and non-native plants creeping outward on all sides.<BR/><BR/>More recently I worked on the reclamation end of the process, after a pumpjack had done its decades of work and been removed, the road had been ripped up, new topsoil spread, and a "native seed mix" planted. I would walk through the dense stand of two or three grass species and assorted weeds, noting how excellently the ground was covered (stakeholders happy, yes). Then I'd look around at the surrounding native grassland - a bit shabby with weeds spreading from the old site, but still beautiful - and know that the reclaimed area was nothing like it. But the percent cover was equal or often much higher in the reclaimed area, so it was counted a success.<BR/><BR/>A bit here, a slice there. Roads piercing in, weeds spreading out.<BR/><BR/>Eventually I couldn't stomach it any more.<BR/><BR/>But I haven't found anything more effective to do about it. I can stop using the oil, but someone else will use it. I can buy some land and treasure it, I suppose - although nobody can stop an oil development.<BR/><BR/>And so I mourn. I mourn with you, and with whoever or whatever mourns each tree and grass and sedge and flower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1168919823157323482007-01-15T21:57:00.000-06:002007-01-15T21:57:00.000-06:00I cringe every time I see logging, even "best prac...I cringe every time I see logging, even "best practices logging." When I was pregnant and awash in hormones, I was reduced to tears by the sight of our neighbor cutting down a 100+ year old oak. (The feeling would have been there even without the pregnancy, but the tears might not have been quite so hysterical.) Not that I don't realize the role wood plays in our society, but clearcut logging, mercenary logging, CARELESS logging makes me angry, like watching a rape.<BR/><BR/>Be as dramatic as you like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10304963.post-1168918979463173422007-01-15T21:42:00.000-06:002007-01-15T21:42:00.000-06:00no, I can only imagine how that whine sounds...it ...no, I can only imagine how that whine sounds...it really is hurtfulPJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104319952137455099noreply@blogger.com