The Rocky Mountain Nation Podcast

Chemicals continue to ruin our health and the environment also.
Dr.David Black
www.blackchiropractic.com.au

Spraying is a short term solution just like she said. I would never take my family to these campgrounds. Just look at the course of history people, have chemical ever helped your heath or your children's health? How about the ecosystem? No. Spraying is meant to target the Pine beetles but there is no way of telling what the long term effects on the ecosystem nor do we know the extent of what the pesticide is killing or effecting. Our ecosystem is just too complex to predict with human science. As sad as it sounds, I agree with what she starting saying about the fire, that is starting to think about the natural course of nature. It is all about cycles and we as humans can't always keep trying to put barriers around nature. I am NOT saying burn the trees down, I am just saying that we need to consider the complexity of nature more when we try to come up with solutions for our ecosystems.

Great points and stated very well. Thanks, Jocelyn!

Hi Scott! Thanks for listening to the podcast. If you ever have any topic suggestions or people I should get in contact with, let me know.

I'm interested in seeing the forest renew itself as well. Sounds like a long process.

On one positive note, were getting to see a natural process that hasn't been seen in our life times and won't be seen for generations to come. As sad as it is, it's also fascinating. A font row seat to Mother Nature pushing us aside and cleaning up after our abuse, neglect and mismanagement. I hope you took the time to look at the photos I posted on tweeter the other day, and I hope nobody misunderstands me, I'm a little angry at the fact we have been asking for help for the last 7 years and until the beetles jumped the divide no body seemed to care. Keep up the good work.

We have sprayers coming here from Wyoming, we have local sprayers going to Wyoming. Doesn't make much sense. Forecast is calling for a long dry hot summer which is one reason the beetles have prospered over the last 6 years. The other reason is the forest has become to dense to support healthy trees. I have sprayed my trees every year, and loose one every year. This year I'm going to take them all down. It's sad to watch, but spraying isn't the answer. I think the park needs to be logged and burned. Lets get it over with and get started on watching our forest renew. Scott Huff, Grand lake. CO twitter/goslow53