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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, joined by members of the Montana congressional delegation and the governor of Montana, will light the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree during a ceremony next week, Tuesday, December 2, at 5 p.m. This year’s tree, a 70-foot subalpine fir, came from Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest.You can read more about this year's tree at Capitol Christmas Tree 2008.
As part of the Capitol’s continuing commitment to save energy, strands of energy-efficient LED lights will be used to decorate the tree.
WHO: Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Senator Max Baucus (MT)
Senator Jon Tester (MT)
Congressman Dennis Rehberg (MT-at large)
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer
Stephen T. Ayers, Acting Architect of the Capitol
WHAT: U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
WHEN: Tuesday, December 2, at 5 p.m.
NOTE: Security sweep at 3 p.m.
WHERE: West Front, The Capitol
Washington, D.C.
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KarenAnne 67p · 853 weeks ago
Peter Zenger 62p · 853 weeks ago
I am a conservationist originally from South Dakota. I treasure our National Forests, especially Black Hills National Forest. One thing that you may not realize is that without responsible forest management including some logging the forests are much more likely to burn in a large forest fire. By thinning the forest regularly it is able to maintain good health, be more resistant to drought and less likley to burn. Another thing to consider is that one of the leading causes of forest fires is lightning strikes. No amount of human behavioral changes will prevent fires caused by nature.
KarenAnne 67p · 853 weeks ago
I thought the best thing for forests was periodic natural burns in such a way that the involved areas were not gigantic. Thinning would seem to disturb the ecoculture.
Plus to get in there to thin, you need roads - even dirt roads have to disturb things, divide territories/habitat, cause mudslides a la California.