Its ok to be bearish on these solutions because you have real world experience and understand the problem. Firedome is a ridiculous idea. It is 90 lbs. just think of the force required to launch a 90lb balloon a 1/4 mile. Next the sensor network required. Its 200k a year! If it doesnt explode and hits you then what? We saw what a tiny drone did to an airtanker. Its just not what anyone needs and its sad to see these get traction like this. I have a story i cant tell you but know this has got the attention of influential people who see this as a solution. Its just ridiculous.
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In terms of where the future of public land management is headed…
Imo, one outcome (perhaps un-intended - perhaps not) from the re-organizing & chopping of land management agencies will result in the largest shift in land management philosophy in my lifetime. In my mind the forthcoming actions will shift us away from a conservationism & stewardship for greater good mindset back to one of pure revenue generation for the greatest amount of $$ mindset? I wonder - what happens in the Rx ecosystem once #fire gets pulled out of current agency’s and put under the OWF? I also wonder what happens next in the agencies that no longer have a fire dept?
Imo it seems like a yellow brick road is being paved for the other industrial complexes #Timber #Gas/Oil/Coal, #Tech & #Aviation to become the new tip of the sword for doing the “peoples work” through mainly contracting & monopolizing each sector. Does that mean those left standing in our land management agency’s become contract managers instead of land managers?
In my lifetime none of the industries mentioned above have NEVER shown a history of doing the right thing at the right time for the right reasons for the people - unless it profited them to do so OR they got caught doing un-nicery. Right now there is more executive order pressure than you can shake a stick at pointing the way towards privatization & contracting.
It is not fake news to remind folks that ALL of the good public service #lifers always say they aren’t in it for the $ yet they stick around (and endure the b.s.) because of the mission & the people. Point being its not a $ driven mindset/motivation that gets the land management results we the people need. I go so far as to say that it actually its the exact opposite mindset needed to meet the challenges we all see happening and those yet to come. Idk where i’m going with all this - guess i drank too much green/yellow cool-aid back in the day…
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Perhaps more intel to be learned regarding what the fed firefighting future might look loke… or not.
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