i bet these folks still believe rain follows the plow as well...

November 12, 2002

Another one from the Believe-It-Or-Not Department: Colorado

officials want to increase clear-cutting to help solve the state's

drought problem. Removing trees would allow more snow to fall to the

ground, where it would run off into streams in the spring, providing

enough new water to supply as many as a million families, says Kent

Folksinger, the top water official at the state Department of Natural

Resources. Colorado Gov. Bill Owens ®, a powerful Colorado

representative to the U.S. House, and key Bush administration

officials are all excited about the idea. They say the

logging-for-water plan would kill two birds with one stone,

increasing water resources while also reducing the risk of forest

fires (no trees = no fires -- get it?). Environmentalists say the

plan would only increase flooding and damage mountain streams. " This

is beyond harebrained, " says Chris Wood, a top U.S. Forest Service

advisor during the Clinton years.

straight to the source: Denver Post, Theo Stein, 10 Nov 2002

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