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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would certainly like to see some work being done
on the impact of deforestation in The Great Basin and climate change.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The pinon nut harvesters have been in those forests
for 3 generations and longer. They tell me that they did not have to wait for
rain from the Pacific in days gone by and that the forested mountains helped
hold moisture in the region.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Penny Frazier</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=landrest@cox.net href="mailto:landrest@cox.net">Wayne Tyson</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=plant@plantconservation.org
href="mailto:plant@plantconservation.org">Olivia Kwong</A> ; <A
title=native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org
href="mailto:native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org">native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org</A>
; <A title=apwg@lists.plantconservation.org
href="mailto:apwg@lists.plantconservation.org">apwg@lists.plantconservation.org</A>
; <A title=rwg@lists.plantconservation.org
href="mailto:rwg@lists.plantconservation.org">rwg@lists.plantconservation.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 12, 2007 10:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [RWG] FIRE 07 Climate change Re:
NEWS: Climate change likely to increase fires</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Invasive plants like the Sahara mustard are quite likely to be
a factor in wildfires, as they fill spaces between widely-scattered shrubs,
and climate change will no doubt affect fire behavior, but I yearn for more
evidence and less opinion and conjecture regarding such sweeping
conclusions. It makes for good press, but what is needed is good
research and solid data. Fires have, and will continue to be, a factor
in Great Basin ecosystems, but the real question is what precisely is the
connection between the data and the conclusions, and what is the <I>marginal
</I>difference. Sensationalism destroys credibility, and "we" need
credibility more than ever in these truly pivotal times.
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