Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Rather than take up any more of Victor V.M.'s thread - controlled burns & others here.
About 8 years ago we had a big forest fire near my camp. It burned about 7000 acres. Dry woods, low rainfall, dead leaves all through the forest. A burn ban had been in place for about a month which included anyone wanting to burn paper or trash anywhere outside. No burning AT ALL. So …….. v v v
A woman living on the upwind side of the mountains in a valley decided she just couldn't stand the trash bags of waste paper sitting around, so she burned it all in a 55 gal. metal drum outside her house. Human stupidity started THAT fire. The State went after her in a lawsuit for all the damage and money spent fighting it.
Cigarette butts thrown out vehicle windows, camp fires by idiots, ignoring burn bans, neglect of power transmission equipment ( as in the case of several Cali forest fires ), are all examples of human causes. Lightning is nature and that's the way she works. MANY of these fires could have been prevented if brains were in working order. Controlled burns on smaller, regularly applied scales would certainly be helpful. The scale of the problem in Cali last year because of the 5 year drought was beyond - I believe - management by a few controlled burns.
S.T. Fanatic - I agree with you green forbs and grasses start to appear right after a fire, as do blueberries. They did here after the above fire I mentioned. But I don't think they would be "root-y" enough to hold soil on a steep slope after heavy rains. I think that capability comes with bigger shrubs and trees which don't grow overnight.
About 8 years ago we had a big forest fire near my camp. It burned about 7000 acres. Dry woods, low rainfall, dead leaves all through the forest. A burn ban had been in place for about a month which included anyone wanting to burn paper or trash anywhere outside. No burning AT ALL. So …….. v v v
A woman living on the upwind side of the mountains in a valley decided she just couldn't stand the trash bags of waste paper sitting around, so she burned it all in a 55 gal. metal drum outside her house. Human stupidity started THAT fire. The State went after her in a lawsuit for all the damage and money spent fighting it.
Cigarette butts thrown out vehicle windows, camp fires by idiots, ignoring burn bans, neglect of power transmission equipment ( as in the case of several Cali forest fires ), are all examples of human causes. Lightning is nature and that's the way she works. MANY of these fires could have been prevented if brains were in working order. Controlled burns on smaller, regularly applied scales would certainly be helpful. The scale of the problem in Cali last year because of the 5 year drought was beyond - I believe - management by a few controlled burns.
S.T. Fanatic - I agree with you green forbs and grasses start to appear right after a fire, as do blueberries. They did here after the above fire I mentioned. But I don't think they would be "root-y" enough to hold soil on a steep slope after heavy rains. I think that capability comes with bigger shrubs and trees which don't grow overnight.