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deepjay wrote:
According to reports we get from Flagstaff (KNAU), the fire has thus far been contained to the east side of the canyon, so West Fork may still be (relatively) ok. Nonetheless, recovery after fires is surprisingly rapid and vigorous. All is not lost.
David
I hope this is true, but the report by Arizona Highways is not very optimistic.
bflood wrote:
Maybe I'm overly pessimistic (I certainly hope so), but the desert around the Las Vegas area recovers very slowly. There's an area in the Spring Mountains northwest of the city (about an hour's drive) where a snowfall will show an obviously treeless mountain next to tree covered slopes. The treeless area burned and has that smooth-snow character as a result. The forest burned 60 years ago, and progress at regrowth is barely perceptible. The climate in that west fork canyon is very different from the open desert around here - I hope it's enough to bring it all back a lot faster than we've seen here....Show more →
From what I've seen after Aspen fire at Mt. Lemmon, and at Apache-Sitgreaves NF after Rodeo-Chediski, even if these areas are a lot like Sedona, it still takes a while to recover. At both places, there were lots of dead, burnt pine trees gradually consumed by fungus. Since the green cover is gone, the floods become more destructive, and the ecosystem changes.
Sasha.
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