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Keep tree tops 30-60 feet away from structures is certainly good advice, but the environmental extremists are virulently opposed to any efforts to permit homeow
by briandear 8y ago
Keep tree tops 30-60 feet away from structures is certainly good advice, but the environmental extremists are virulently opposed to any efforts to permit homeowners from being able to do that sort of tree management on their own property.
Here is a page from such a group attempting to oppose a measure that would allow private citizens to cut down trees on their own land, if that land is under 300 acres in area: http://winewaterwatch.org/2018/08/kill-ab-426-allowing-road-building-and-cutting-of-large-trees-without-a-permit/ http://winewaterwatch.org/2018/08/kill-ab-426-allowing-road-...
- megablast 8y agoHow about don't build your house in the forest?
- rblatz 8y agoOr more accurately, don't build your house in the middle of a forest that has fire as an important part of its life cycle.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoWhat would be an example of another kind of forest, where fire isn't an important part of the life cycle?
- oasisbob 8y agoThat strikes me as a misleading read on AB 425. It expands the existing exempted activities which don't require a forestry management plan, like temporary road building: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB425 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm... The ability of "private citizens to cut down trees on their own land" doesn't turn on AB 425. The code already has specific provisions for firebreaks, and AB 425 doesn't change them one way or another: https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/public-resources-code/prc-sect-4584.html https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/public-resources-code/prc-sect-...