[16:05] <Ahmuck> morning
[16:05] <Ahmuck> just got back from AR
[16:13] <Ahmuck> have a few questions for some nativie AR
[16:14] <kwadroke> ok
[16:15] <Ahmuck> is AR smoggy?
[16:15] <kwadroke> no
[16:15] <kwadroke> most of arkansas is too flat
[16:15] <kwadroke> to hold on to any smog
[16:16] <kwadroke> other places like fayetteville are too windy
[16:17] <kwadroke> can't think of anywhere that smog could be an issue
[16:17] <kwadroke> in Arkansas anyway
[16:18] <Ahmuck> i noticed in NW AR that it seems there are roads everywhere and houses are dropped off those roads at random
[16:18] <Ahmuck> normal?
[16:18] <kwadroke> I can understand that
[16:19] <Ahmuck> what kind of vine is choking the trees?
[16:19] <kwadroke> Arkansas is not known for it's planning of roads
[16:19] <Ahmuck> heh
[16:19] <kwadroke> Kudzu
[16:19]  * Ahmuck researches kudzu
[16:19] <Ahmuck> have they found a way to deal with it?:
[16:19] <kwadroke> burn it
[16:19] <kwadroke> and keep it cut back
[16:19] <kwadroke> constantanly
[16:20] <kwadroke> there's more Kudzu in south AR
[16:20] <Ahmuck> looking at wikipedia, it seems goats love it and it has high protien
[16:20] <Ahmuck> seems like the best control method would be the use of goats
[16:21] <Ahmuck> wonder why the AR forest service doesn't fence all large portions and turn goats in on it
[16:21] <kwadroke> goats themselves can be problems
[16:21] <Ahmuck> how
[16:21] <kwadroke> usually they don't eat what you want them to eat
[16:22] <kwadroke> and kudzu grows up into trees and such, so goats can't get to it
[16:23] <Ahmuck> i'd think that grazing the vine below would kill those in the trees
[16:23] <Ahmuck> hrm, i'm wondering if i just saw burn smog when i was there
[16:25] <kwadroke> we do control burns alot here
[16:25] <Ahmuck> it appeared the mountains were being clear cut for farming
[16:25] <kwadroke> *controlled burns
[16:25] <kwadroke> tree farming usually
[16:25] <Ahmuck> if we do controlled burns here, sometimes they get a bit out of hand.  the prarie is to dangerous for burning anymore.  liablity
[16:25] <kwadroke> Weyerhouser is big here
[16:25] <Ahmuck> a lot of housing development i noticed
[16:26] <Ahmuck> mountain wise.  i'm not sure how to feel about that
[16:26] <Ahmuck> the prarie run off people long ago.  it's a hard place to live.
[16:27] <kwadroke> there's housing development all over
[16:33]  * Ahmuck wonders how long it'll be before there are no mountains
[16:33] <Ahmuck> got caught in devils den and lost my brakes this weekend
[16:33] <kwadroke> that's not good
[16:34] <Ahmuck> had to have a park ranger find some brake fluid and give me a hand
[16:34] <Ahmuck> seems like car's don't like braking on the switchbacks as often
[16:37] <Ahmuck> oddly enough, my allergies went away.
[16:37] <Ahmuck> till i came back to ks
[16:56] <Ahmuck> thx for the convo
[16:56] <kwadroke> yw
[16:57]  * Ahmuck sets to cleaning office