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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7287480
06/16/21 07:04 AM
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Looking any better this morning white?

Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7287567
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Well the sky looks good this morning but the fire has jumped to 1200 acres overnight. They hit it with retardant on the north yesterday. Trying to steer it into a wetland area. Hopefully the wind will cooperate today


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7287636
06/16/21 11:30 AM
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White -

Are all those summer recreational homes, condominiums, and boutiques along the boardwalk going to be okay?

Jack


Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: Gulo] #7287642
06/16/21 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Gulo
White -

Are all those summer recreational homes, condominiums, and boutiques along the boardwalk going to be okay?

Jack



You are killing me here Jack!

Pray for the Greater McGrath Metropolitan Area...!

Pete

Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7287651
06/16/21 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by white17
Originally Posted by Leftlane
Did they get a handle on this one White17?



They dropped 12 guys on it and got one load of retardant on it but it is still uncontained.

The wind came around from SW to W and that has helped clear the smoke.

Tomorrow the wind is supposed to swing NW and then NE. That should help a lot


TATER: I think the last time I had a beer was in 1990. Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine !! smile


Pic from this morning.

[Linked Image]


It looks like a couple of Fire Bosses would do some good on that left flank and catch it in the light flashy fuels and give you a cold black edge to work with.


I have nothing clever to put here.





Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7287652
06/16/21 12:20 PM
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And the golf course!

Latest I could find for you:

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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7287661
06/16/21 12:54 PM
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Just got word from a friend that a new blaze has begun about 1.5 miles east of me.


There is one cabin out that way and a crew has set up sprinklers there and laid hose to a nearby lake. I'm going to guess that this was started by hot debris blowing north out of the main fire.



So far all the huge condos and boutiques are doing well


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: Jumperzee] #7288019
06/16/21 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Jumperzee
And the golf course!

Latest I could find for you:

[Linked Image]


A golf course? Sounds like a decent jump spot because obviously you can’t drive there.


I have nothing clever to put here.





Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288029
06/16/21 10:22 PM
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All my geological training that river has changed directions just a few times over the millennial ages...hope the fire does not have it's ideas.

Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288030
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Hey White, did that fire burn any of your trapping ground?

Also, what are your thoughts on fur bearing animal populations after a fires gone through? Certain animals that become abundant for the first 1-5 years then others after that? That sorta thing.


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288037
06/16/21 10:33 PM
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No it's a long ways from my trapline.

Fire & furbearers. I think it depends on how hot the fire gets. If it's super hot I think it kills just about everything in the soil so that regrowth is very slow.

But a sort of cool slow moving fire usually allows grasses the next spring and knocks over dead trees ..............both of which provide cover and grub for voles & shrews. That will eventually bring in furbearers. Especially on the edges where there is still substantial cover available in the unburned areas.

It is especially good for moose too.


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288042
06/16/21 10:43 PM
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Moose were everywhere after the 1980 fire in NW. Were really good for about 10 years then the trees got too tall to see over and too thick to walk through. It’s finally starting to thin out enough to see a ways.

Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288043
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Thanks! Fires have come through here too and I was wondering how trapping will be after that.
I’m sure Marten won’t like a charcoal forest, but maybe fox will be in there looking for mice and rabbits in the new grass!


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288049
06/16/21 10:51 PM
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Actually marten will likely be one of the first to show up. They won't live out in the burn because the overhead cover is limited. But they sure will use the edges of the burn.


The fire that's burning now is running into an old burn that is probably getting close to 20 years old. The moose in that burn are incredibly dense. The access is very difficult so their biggest worry is wolves. But it is a heck of a habitat for them right now


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288052
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Interesting! Thanks!!


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288054
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Is there much fuel for it when it hits the old burn?

Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288061
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Yeah there is . Lots of standing dead spruce. Could get really hot


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288112
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Hope all goes well White17. Nothing worse than fire on the prairie or the forest!!!!


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288241
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Lots of dry lightning all around last night.

6 new fires in the last 24 hours. 4 east of me and 2 north. The one to the south continues to grow. They finally are hitting it with retardant and additional people on the ground. It appears that rain could begin any moment but nothing yet


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Re: Paging Jumperzee [Re: white17] #7288245
06/17/21 09:34 AM
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I'd sure like to see you get that rain, sounds like your country needs it more than anyone elses


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