Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:01:40 -0400 From: Muddylaces Subject: Conservative County Commisioners accomplishments Because WRAL and the News and Obscurer continue to cover a group of a few hundred gimmie voters on Moron Mondays, don’t believe the hype that republicans are unpopular statewide. According to the ultra-rightwing news organizationContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:11:40 -0400 From: Francis DiGiano Subject: Looking for Clean Jordan Lake committee volunteers Clean Jordan Lake produced this new 5-min video about the long term solution to the trash problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV3IAXbEXC4&feature=youtu.be We need volunteers to help plan and execute a wide range of activities.  PleaseContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:56:04 -0400 From: “John R Dykers” <> Subject: Post Monday 23rd Thank you, maryphillis, for a beautiful description of your experience of big old trees. They are RELATIVELY safe, even if location known, and with Google Earth, you can bet they are known. MOST, notContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:14:40 -0400 From: Gene Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Chatham Online Bulletin Board Topics 1. Chatham Chatlist Anonymous Obsessions  (Read 7725 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,30715.0.html 2. Concerns with the Goathouse Refuge’s anti-gun range petition  (Read 2712 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,31006.0.html 3. Walgreens  (Read 2697 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,31215.0.html 4.Continue Reading

Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:17:35 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Pittsboro landowner recognized for outstanding forest management Since we are talking about the long-term crop called trees Read the entire story at http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/news/agriculture/pittsboro-landowner-recognized-for-outstanding-forest-management-140622.shtml Pittsboro, NC – Thomas Glosson, a Pittsboro resident and long time tree farmer, was recently re-certifiedContinue Reading

Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 18:46:04 -0400 From: “Andrew George” Subject: RE: your posts critique of ‘Cryptic’s facts’ dated 12 june and posted 14 june Actually,  Old growth and mature forests sequester more carbon than spindly little genetically modified pine-plantation crops.  See below w/re NATURE Magazine articles about carbon.   And,Continue Reading

Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 16:37:59 +0000 From: Michael Burke Subject: You_all_are_right_in_your_positions_to_a_certain_extent Cryptic, Mr George, Maryphyllis… Guess what?  You all are right in your positions to a certain extent… first of all let’s look at some things perhaps the most important is taking western U.S. forest ecosystems and placing themContinue Reading

Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:57:16 -0400 From: cryptik Subject: Fisking the environmental “experts” Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:53:01 -0400 From: “Andrew George” Subject: Crypic’s “facts” >Since “Cryptic” seems interested in getting to the truth, please consider these facts: >Cryptic writes: “What if you discover that humans clearing outContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:53:01 -0400 From: “Andrew George” Subject: Crypic’s “facts” Since “Cryptic” seems interested in getting to the truth, please consider these facts: Cryptic writes: “What if you discover that humans clearing out old growth forests for timber and pulp prevents wildfires?” —Incorrect.. In fact, logging OldContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 08:14:34 -0400 From: “Frans C Verhagen,  PhD” Subject: Chatham Park vote and an Energy and Climate educational program Though several important questions about density and others were raised and remain after the  4-1 vote, much depends on the quality of the working relationship of theContinue Reading