Re: Smoke from wildfires
[Re: snowy]
#8181094
07/25/24 12:04 PM
07/25/24 12:04 PM
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Joined: Feb 2011
alberta
spjones
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alberta
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We’ll have 4-5 more years of high fire seasons Unbelievable amount of dead standing timber due too pine beetle’s in North American boreal forest Eventually the fires burn into themselves(past fires/cut blocks/regrowth/etc) Then it’ll be 60-70-80-90 years of regeneration,,,,,,the cycle will continue Fishing at high noon with headlamps under the smoke a few years ago on the coast of BC ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/07/full-20026-224823-7c55fa9d_02f0_4c17_bbf1_01516502aaec.jpeg)
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Re: Smoke from wildfires
[Re: snowy]
#8181095
07/25/24 12:09 PM
07/25/24 12:09 PM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Idaho, Lemhi County
Gulo
"On The Other Hand"
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"On The Other Hand"
Joined: Jan 2009
Idaho, Lemhi County
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wrestlecoach -
I, too, have spent a lot of time at the Musselshell, Pierce, Mex mountain, etc, and down on the NF Clearwater. ///////not fighting fires, however, only trapping wolves for radiocollar affixing. Nice country, that.
Jack
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Re: Smoke from wildfires
[Re: spjones]
#8181144
07/25/24 01:07 PM
07/25/24 01:07 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
snowy
OP
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OP
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MT
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We’ll have 4-5 more years of high fire seasons Unbelievable amount of dead standing timber due too pine beetle’s in North American boreal forest Eventually the fires burn into themselves(past fires/cut blocks/regrowth/etc) Then it’ll be 60-70-80-90 years of regeneration,,,,,,the cycle will continue Fishing at high noon with headlamps under the smoke a few years ago on the coast of BC ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/07/full-20026-224823-7c55fa9d_02f0_4c17_bbf1_01516502aaec.jpeg) That is an interesting picture to say the least. Thanks for sharing it and agree also with and many other the wildfires continue till a plan of attack made and too much deadfall to stop anytime soon.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Smoke from wildfires
[Re: wrestlecoach]
#8181183
07/25/24 01:50 PM
07/25/24 01:50 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
MN
160user
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MN
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160user I probably worked some fires with you. I was on the Clearwater working out of the Musselshell (Pierce/Kamiah) from 1989-1993. Or maybe partied together at Jerry Johnson hot springs. Might have crashed out in the parking lot at Powell on one of our trips back from a night in Missoula haha. Your pictures brought back some good memories from that time. A few weeks ago I was telling my son about the lookouts and trying to find smoke from their directions and how GPS would have saved alot of hiking. Small world! I worked at Powell from 92-94. If you were ever to JJ Hot Springs I am sure you met the "Animal" then. Anytime he saw us he wanted to come up and talk about any fires in the area. I always told him the same thing. "I am not talking to you until you cover that thing up". In 92 and 94 if I wasn't working of fishing I was at the lodge. In 92 we 139 fires on the Powell district alone. In 93 we had 3......and I had to work at the lodge for 2 weeks after I was done just to pay off my bar and food tab before I came back to MN. In 97 when I was working on the Boise I got squished by a tree so they stuck me in a lookout for a couple of weeks. No training, just "do the best you can". If you spotted a smoke and got lucky, you could talk to the other lookouts and see if anyone could get a cross azimuth on it. That was a big help. Now, don't even get me started on Fred's in Missoula. Obviously, I only went there for the food.
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Re: Smoke from wildfires
[Re: 160user]
#8181382
07/25/24 06:04 PM
07/25/24 06:04 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
snowy
OP
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OP
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MT
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160user I probably worked some fires with you. I was on the Clearwater working out of the Musselshell (Pierce/Kamiah) from 1989-1993. Or maybe partied together at Jerry Johnson hot springs. Might have crashed out in the parking lot at Powell on one of our trips back from a night in Missoula haha. Your pictures brought back some good memories from that time. A few weeks ago I was telling my son about the lookouts and trying to find smoke from their directions and how GPS would have saved alot of hiking. Small world! I worked at Powell from 92-94. If you were ever to JJ Hot Springs I am sure you met the "Animal" then. Anytime he saw us he wanted to come up and talk about any fires in the area. I always told him the same thing. "I am not talking to you until you cover that thing up". In 92 and 94 if I wasn't working of fishing I was at the lodge. In 92 we 139 fires on the Powell district alone. In 93 we had 3......and I had to work at the lodge for 2 weeks after I was done just to pay off my bar and food tab before I came back to MN. In 97 when I was working on the Boise I got squished by a tree so they stuck me in a lookout for a couple of weeks. No training, just "do the best you can". If you spotted a smoke and got lucky, you could talk to the other lookouts and see if anyone could get a cross azimuth on it. That was a big help. Now, don't even get me started on Fred's in Missoula. Obviously, I only went there for the food. Interesting stories. It is a very individual rewarding job and very intriguing. All jobs are dangerous if you don't follow protocol. Training, safety and PPE need to be followed and yes there still can be a mishap, but your training needs to prevail in calling the shots at any given minute. One thing about a career of a Smoke Jumper are the many memories and not one minute of every day is the same.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Smoke from wildfires
[Re: Gulo]
#8181426
07/25/24 06:53 PM
07/25/24 06:53 PM
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Joined: Nov 2013
PA
wrestlecoach
trapper
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PA
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wrestlecoach -
I, too, have spent a lot of time at the Musselshell, Pierce, Mex mountain, etc, and down on the NF Clearwater. ///////not fighting fires, however, only trapping wolves for radiocollar affixing. Nice country, that.
Jack
Gulo, Buddy and I saw a wolf in 89 on the clearwater. We were supposed to report any wolf sightings, but no one believed us. Saw one while on a helicopter drop off fire east of Elk City in 90. Stood and looked at us as we hiked from landing area to the fire. No doubt it was a wolf. Had been in Alaska for 2 years before this working for ADFG and saw a lot of wolves. Forest Service biologist told us it was a coyote because there were no wolves in the area. I heard that the elk numbers have plummeted since I was there. We went 6/6 one year on 6x6 bulls out of Musselshell work center.
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Re: Smoke from wildfires
[Re: wrestlecoach]
#8181545
07/25/24 09:21 PM
07/25/24 09:21 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
MN
160user
trapper
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trapper
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MN
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wrestlecoach -
I, too, have spent a lot of time at the Musselshell, Pierce, Mex mountain, etc, and down on the NF Clearwater. ///////not fighting fires, however, only trapping wolves for radiocollar affixing. Nice country, that.
Jack
Gulo, Buddy and I saw a wolf in 89 on the clearwater. We were supposed to report any wolf sightings, but no one believed us. Saw one while on a helicopter drop off fire east of Elk City in 90. Stood and looked at us as we hiked from landing area to the fire. No doubt it was a wolf. Had been in Alaska for 2 years before this working for ADFG and saw a lot of wolves. Forest Service biologist told us it was a coyote because there were no wolves in the area. I heard that the elk numbers have plummeted since I was there. We went 6/6 one year on 6x6 bulls out of Musselshell work center. In 1993 I saw (actually 5 of us saw) a wolverine at Powell. I bailed out of the truck, chased and treed it so we all got a pretty good look. The Biologist assured us what we saw was a Marten.
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