*More evidence that Washington State is encouraging forest fires, rather than preventing them.

It is common knowledge that the Leftists who run Washington abhor the logging industry, charging them with destroying the state's old-growth forests for profit, and contributing to the extinction of species like the Spotted Owl. Given that most of the old growth forests were logged in the 19th Century, mostly for shipbuilding and home construction, …

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Hello from the Beautiful Pacific Northwest. News that might interest you.

It has been a very eventful week, here in the warm, smoky, increasingly uncomfortable Seattle area. The most prominent news has concerned the air quality (horrible from wildfire smoke from BC and Eastern Washington), temperature (highs in the 80s), and traffic congestion from the "normal" road closures for construction and accidents. Every day brings headlines …

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My, My, My, Aren’t we Prescient!

It seems that just yesterday, I wrote a post right here about the poor conditions in Washington's forests making them primed for wildfires. This was based on a trip we took on Tuesday to Mount Rainier National Park. We drove up to Sunrise, and I commented that the Mountain itself was shrouded in wildfire smoke …

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