by renowned artist 
Bob
Masse, the "Earth Day 2000" poster is colorful, creative and conservation
minded. The totally-cool* (*BAA = Best Available Adjective) artwork is
printed on 100% kenaf paper. Masse's art has appeared on Grateful Dead,
the Doors, Donovan, the Byrds, and Fleetwood Mac posters and albums, and
is definitely worthy of framing. You can get your own kenaf "Earth Day
2000" poster at www.bmasse.com
Burning Issues
According to a study directed by
congress global warming is a reality, not a theory. (Someone is going
to have to come up with a name for the new lake located at the North Pole,
as it looks like it's here to stay.) Now that we are past the acceptance/denial
issue, the predictions being made are grim. Salmon, sugar maples, barrier
islands, and traditional farming. Kiss them all goodbye. Cities will swelter
in heat waves, and droughts will occur in the Midwest. The report concludes
that "based on the Best Available Information (BAI), most Americans will
experience significant impacts" from the Earth's warming, including more
forest fires.
Too Much Smokey Bear?
After years of so called "forest
management", the West is ablaze like never before. Most of the country
heard about the May fires in New Mexico that were intentionally set
by the Park Service. Turns out, the controlled burn wasn't. Over 200 houses
and parts of Los Alamos National Lab went up in flames. And that was just
the beginning of what is probably the country's worst fire season on record.
Montana fires in July and August were worse, and are still burning as
we go to press with this newsletter. Idaho, Texas, California, and almost
every other western state has burned or is currently burning. Finger pointing
and name calling are sure to follow.
Lynn Rymsza visits Smokey's final resting place in Capitan, New Mexico.
Politically Incorrect's Bill Mahr is one of a very few TV personalities who will even talk about environmental issues. True to the show's name, he says, "The Problem is the people who make money cutting down trees and making oil … don't care if we die, business is good." He said it, not us.