RE: The Right to Burn vs the Right to Breathe

[Keith Russell <keithr@uidaho.edu>]

All in the short run, very short run. 


Keith C. Russell,  Ph.D. 
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Resource Recreation and Tourism and 
Leader, Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Cooperative
University of Idaho-Wilderness Research Center
CFWR Room 18a
Moscow, ID 83844-1144
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-----Original Message-----
From:	Stephen Cooke [SMTP:scooke@uidaho.edu]
Sent:	Tuesday, September 21, 1999 12:34 PM
To:	Keith and Margaret Howe
Cc:	Vision2020 Listserver
Subject:	RE: The Right to Burn vs the Right to Breathe

My impression is that wheat straw burning is justified on the basis of
disease and pest control. Blue grass burning is justified based on increased
yield.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith and Margaret Howe [mailto:kmhowe@moscow.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 12:23 PM
To: Vision2020
Subject: Re: The Right to Burn vs the Right to Breathe

Perhaps someone can elighten me as to what field burning can accomplish that
decent agricultural management cannot? (What about crop rotation or planned
usage? What, actually, are farmers burning that cannot be used otherwise?)
Just curious, since I really don't know what makes burning an important
aspect of annual farming...

 - Keith Howe
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne H Beebe <mailto:whbeebe@turbonet.com>
To: Vision 2020 <mailto:vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 12:12 PM
Subject: The Right to Burn vs the Right to Breathe

Another smokey day on the palouse.  Looks like the smoke is coming from the
East.  Regardless.  I note that the President of the Washington Wheat
growers association says it is the right of the farmers to burn, they have
been doing it for generations.  What about the Public's right to breathe
clean air?  My lungs are hurting today.  Isn't there a better way?
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