April 9th Wildfires: Post-Burn Pictures

[forestryworks]

Some Post-burn photos. Been almost 6 months.

Not many trees are coming back, if they are, it's root sprouts.

 

[forestryworks]

 

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[mimilkman1]

How many acres burned?

Kyle

 

[forestryworks]

in montague county around 42,000 acres.

where the pics were taken - all 200 acres got toasted.

 

[mimilkman1]

Are they going to let it grow back, or harvest some trees for pulp or lumber?

Kyle

 

[forestryworks]

no harvesting.

if anything; doze, pile, and burn.

but more people are leaning toward having it mulched with a forestry mulcher.

i prefer that method myself.

our site index here is pretty poor.

generally the trees on the site i took the pics of are avg. 40ft. in height and are around 55-60 years old.

 

[kkottemann]

What type of environment is that. is that texas? What type of trees?

 

[forestryworks]

Cross Timbers Region of Texas. a mix of prairie, savanna, and woodlands.

mostly post oak (Quercus stellata) dominates this region. you'll also find elms, hackberries, eastern red cedar, mesquite, blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica), some common persimmon and some wild plum.

 

[Greystoke]

Just noticed your signature lines:

The cost of wildfire and its suppression far exceeds the cost of fuels reduction and thinning.

"Environmentalists can no longer escape the fact that their policies of inaction have ended up denuding many forests by increasing the risk and severity of forest fires."

Could not be said any better!

Makes me sick seeing everything go up in smoke and rot to the ground