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Trump Administration to End Protections for 58M Acres of National Forests

insane_dreamer 1y ago
By Now Pay Later, National Forests edition.
latchkey 1y ago
I stumbled across this forest on Maps [0] and ended up hiking 6 miles through it today. Some of the trees are easily over 1,000 years old. It felt like walking through a scene from a Hobbit movie, absolutely magical. The idea of it disappearing is heartbreaking. [0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/bCMFgSMsLE3eh2iC6 https://maps.app.goo.gl/bCMFgSMsLE3eh2iC6
- dang 1y ago
  This is unrelated but can you please look at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44371049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44371049 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44371052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44371052? The thread in question is already 6 days old but you (both) broke the site rules so badly that this is not one to let pass. We end up having to ban accounts that break the site guidelines like that, so please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - latchkey 1y ago
    dang, you have my email, any reason to write this here? anyway, i apologize, i agree i had too much fun with MegaButts and I let the thread get out of control. i won't do it again.
    - dang 1y ago
      Ok, thanks. > any reason to write this here? It's better to do the moderation on the site itself, for a bunch of reasons. The main one is that it communicates to the community that moderation exists, and what the standards are. Even then, it's hard to get the message across*—you'd be surprised how many regular HN readers don't realize the site is moderated at all! * https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20measure%20zero&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
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nandomrumber 1y ago
Utah for scale is about 54.3 million acres.
mynti 1y ago
this must be one of the worst things this administration is trying to do. old growth forest is almost impossible to get back once it is gone especially outside the tropics. and all this to pay for tax cuts .. absolutely criminal.
King-Aaron 1y ago
It has been interesting seeing the commentary from right-wing voters who base a lot of their personality on hunting etc respond to this. It feels like a lot of people have been caught off guard after the fact, even though the party did indicate their intentions before the election.
NicoJuicy 1y ago
Yeah, just pay attention to the companies who will benefit from this. All buddy's of Trump ofc. US became a copy of Hungary or Russia

By Now Pay Later, National Forests edition.

I stumbled across this forest on Maps [0] and ended up hiking 6 miles through it today. Some of the trees are easily over 1,000 years old. It felt like walking through a scene from a Hobbit movie, absolutely magical. The idea of it disappearing is heartbreaking. [0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/bCMFgSMsLE3eh2iC6 https://maps.app.goo.gl/bCMFgSMsLE3eh2iC6

dang 1y ago
This is unrelated but can you please look at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44371049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44371049 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44371052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44371052? The thread in question is already 6 days old but you (both) broke the site rules so badly that this is not one to let pass. We end up having to ban accounts that break the site guidelines like that, so please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- latchkey 1y ago
  dang, you have my email, any reason to write this here? anyway, i apologize, i agree i had too much fun with MegaButts and I let the thread get out of control. i won't do it again.
  - dang 1y ago
    Ok, thanks. > any reason to write this here? It's better to do the moderation on the site itself, for a bunch of reasons. The main one is that it communicates to the community that moderation exists, and what the standards are. Even then, it's hard to get the message across*—you'd be surprised how many regular HN readers don't realize the site is moderated at all! * https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20measure%20zero&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

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nandomrumber 1y ago

Utah for scale is about 54.3 million acres.

mynti 1y ago

this must be one of the worst things this administration is trying to do. old growth forest is almost impossible to get back once it is gone especially outside the tropics. and all this to pay for tax cuts .. absolutely criminal.

King-Aaron 1y ago

It has been interesting seeing the commentary from right-wing voters who base a lot of their personality on hunting etc respond to this. It feels like a lot of people have been caught off guard after the fact, even though the party did indicate their intentions before the election.

NicoJuicy 1y ago

Yeah, just pay attention to the companies who will benefit from this. All buddy's of Trump ofc. US became a copy of Hungary or Russia