Thanks Jim-
Nice work Bill. Not difficult to see, looking at the health of some of those pine trees, how a forest fire is unstoppable. What is causing the decline in those trees, Pine Beetle, haven't heard much about acid rain, that was a big buzz word for decades.
Most all the dead trees you see are fir, pine and cedar...The pup fire went thru there and wiped it out back in 2017 or so.
Good ole fire season like normal here anymore. The beetles do there fair share of killing trees as well but not so much up higher I think, more down low and east. Acid rain, ya, haven't heard that for a long time either. All areas west of those are wilderness and very, very steep and thick so hard to fight from the ground other than air tankers during fires. Not much logging going on like the 80's/90's so plenty of trees to burn. After the burns there is so much timber that could be used but it just stands there and looks ugly, rots and becomes more of a fire danger in the years later.
Nice work Bill. Not difficult to see, looking at the health of some of those pine trees, how a forest fire is unstoppable. What is causing the decline in those trees, Pine Beetle, haven't heard much about acid rain, that was a big buzz word for decades.
Most all the dead trees you see are fir, pine and cedar...The pup fire went thru there and wiped it out back in 2017 or so.
Good ole fire season like normal here anymore. The beetles do there fair share of killing trees as well but not so much up higher I think, more down low and east. Acid rain, ya, haven't heard that for a long time either. All areas west of those are wilderness and very, very steep and thick so hard to fight from the ground other than air tankers during fires. Not much logging going on like the 80's/90's so plenty of trees to burn. After the burns there is so much timber that could be used but it just stands there and looks ugly, rots and becomes more of a fire danger in the years later.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Nice work Bill. Not difficult to see, looking at the health of some of those pine trees, how a forest fire is unstoppable. What is causing the decline in those trees, Pine Beetle, haven't heard much about acid rain, that was a big buzz word for decades.
Most all the dead trees you see are fir, pine and cedar...The pup fire went thru there and wiped it out back in 2017 or so.
Good ole fire season like normal here anymore. The beetles do there fair share of killing trees as well but not so much up higher I think, more down low and east. Acid rain, ya, haven't heard that for a long time either. All areas west of those are wilderness and very, very steep and thick so hard to fight from the ground other than air tankers during fires. Not much logging going on like the 80's/90's so plenty of trees to burn. After the burns there is so much timber that could be used but it just stands there and looks ugly, rots and becomes more of a fire danger in the years later.
Jul 15, 2025 at 09:55 AM
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