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fizzgig

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4. it is sometimes hard to remember that fire is necessary for the ecosystem

Reply to brer cat (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 12:11 PM

Jun 2015

we were lucky in town that there was really no chance of the fire getting to us, but my best friend's family lived in one of the communities that got hit hard by the fire and lost everything.

we took a drive up the canyon three months after the fire and stopped at the spot where i took these pics. i was near tears at the destruction and watching my river run black with debris. the floods in september 2013 caused even more destruction in some parts of the burn area.

it seems so long ago, but these pictures are a reminder that three years is the blink of an eye when it comes to fire recovery.

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it's been three years since the high park fire (pics from the poudre canyon) [View all] fizzgig Jun 2015 OP

those hillsides are pretty well stripped of trees. did the fire burn all the stumps too? nt msongs Jun 2015 #1

that's just how those hillsides in that part of the canyon are. fizzgig Jun 2015 #3

I was in Durango brer cat Jun 2015 #2

it is sometimes hard to remember that fire is necessary for the ecosystem fizzgig Jun 2015 #4

Fire and flood locks Jun 2015 #5

2 years ago yesterday Black forest fire kicked off pasto76 Jun 2015 #6