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11/30/10

Dear ARB Members,

The removal of forest vegetation simply is NOT justified by any
need to offset carbon emissions.  Our forests store carbon. 
Legalizing the removal of forests to provide carbon emission
credits thus makes no sense. 

Polluting industries should offset polluting industries.  We should
not promote forest removal to further encourage polluting
industries.

Our forests, whether private or public, are part of our most
important natural heritage.  They provide many resources for our
benefit and enjoyment. You know what those are.  I will not list
them here.  

Very little of the natural forest remains in the United States and
for this statement, in California in particular.   We should not
encourage the continued demise of our forests simply to continue
present-day polluting industries.  On the other hand we should be
promoting TRUE restoration of our forest resources.  Our forests
should be restored and last for the ages.

 Our forests should not be managed as an inconvenient tool with
which polluting industries can mask their wasteful extravagances
while innovate, cleaner, greener, less destructive replacements for
those industries are held in abeyance. 

 Polluting industries will last only until resources for those
industries are squandered.  Let's not squander our forest and
waters and air just to promote squander.

Yours truly,

Rich Kangas