I've passed through clearcuts countless times, but yesterday was the first time I saw one that hosted countless little fires. Gave it a spooky apocalyptic feel. Didn't photograph all that well due to wind.
Interesting to notice what I've read about but have never seen in person: roots and buried logs do continue to smolder. Interesting to see smoke emerging from bare ground, with no organic matter in sight.
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- retired jerry
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Re: clearcut fires
was it a prescribed burn?
I went to a campsite once that had a root burning under the ground, that came from a campfire. People long gone. Would have burned for days. When it's underground it doesn't matter if there's a little rain.
I went to a campsite once that had a root burning under the ground, that came from a campfire. People long gone. Would have burned for days. When it's underground it doesn't matter if there's a little rain.
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Re: clearcut fires
Are these fires from slash burns?
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." - John Muir
Re: clearcut fires
Nope.
Presumably. Normally I just see piles sitting there to rot. But yeah, if I had to guess...
Re: clearcut fires
There's quite a bit of slash pile burning go on right now. I just witnessed the lighting of slash piles along Highway 22 west of Detroit. Perfect time - the ground is soaked, rain will come in, no chance of an out of control conflagration.
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Re: clearcut fires
A few Octobers ago, on my way back from Opal Creek, I drove through this:
It was apocalyptically creepy.
It was apocalyptically creepy.
Re: clearcut fires
I drove through some of that yesterday, south of Hood River. I wonder of county fire authorities prescribe a time for this?