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Forest fire

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Royal

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I managed to drive back to the area of the forest fire of last week and even though I could not get to the area I wanted, this is what I found. It surprised me that the tops of many trees were not burned but I suspect that was because it was moving fast. In some areas they were all burned as the video shows. I am going to try to get back to the river tomorrow an see how close it got to the area we kayak. One heck of a lot of burned over land!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM2TiUFtGz8
 
to this area? Wonder why you could not take a piece of raw chicken, dip it in poison, then throw it on the ant hills...kill the ants? I have seen hundreds of pictures of Michigan and never knew these ant hills existed. Also, if the fire was moving fast like it appears, and the top of the trees are not burned, do you think the trees will survive? Thanks for posting the video clip. Kelley (Texas) :)
 
the state will contract, in this instance much of the burned forest is federal land, will loggers to clear all the burned area. They have been logging out our state for a long time now, much to the displeasure of the residents, so they will jump at this chance. There were areas like this that the tops were not touched but I don't know what the heat might have done to the tree trunk. In places like the video of the ants where they trees were burned from bottom to top. I am going back there today to see how close it got to the river. Fire fighters and DNR are still working back there in places and I have to stay out of their way. The roads are open though
 
the different height of the burning on the tree's is just from the amount of fuel available on the ground to burn determines how how it gets? Burn offs are good in general I would think for most forest if just getting out the junk on the ground. Nice flat land there for sure
and not a lot of rocks. Glad the fire stayed away from your area..... Saw a lot of burned off forest in yellowstone and surprising how fast they come back...

George-CT
 
Ants seem to do well in sandy soil and it stays cool down below. One never knows what is there until the brush and grass is gone:yikes:
I always know where the sandy areas are by the Pine trees being there. Out here the Cedars are in the wet areas and Pines on the dry sandy hills. Firs, Alders, and others in between, same everywhere i guess.

Depending on how close it was to you there may be a lot more wildlife showing up that was pushed out by the fire. The Hawks and Eagles prosper for a while with no cover for their prey. The second growth in the next year or so will provide a better habitat for nearly all the wildlife for about 10 years.
 
6 years ago and the new browse is a giant smorgasbord to the deer for sure. There was a old big hemlock stand there also and it took away where they usually spend the bad winter months, but they made up for it in new tender shoots for a long time now. There is another big stand about 1/2 mile below us so I assume thats the new winter quarters. Our place was logged about 60 years ago and in just the time we have been here we have notice big changes in the understory as it changes. Have about a 20 acre of old white pine, but the winter snow storms have not been good to the white pine tree's. They snap off in those big snow storms...Sounds like rifle shots as they break off in the winter storms. A lot of new pine coming up though. Mixed in with it were these big juniper shrubs, that the deer loved and would bed down there. The thick upper story now has crowed out the sunlight and they have mostly died off.... I used to find a lot of deer horns in that area come spring time but seldom now. They pass thru but no where near the cover they had......

Geo
 
The protein in the grass here is 7 to 8 %, burn it and it comes back about 14 to 16 on the protein. I was nervous the first couple of times we burned, but now I can do it with ease. It sure sounds like some kinda bad coming out of the canyons in the hill country. It will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up ever time you hear it coming down in the draws. I grass sure comes back pretty.
 
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