Lance Report post Posted June 26, 2010 Schultz Fire time laps video. The Sanfransisco Peaks on fire. Our beautiful mountain, I have been waiting a long time knowing this was going to happen some day, but it doesnt make it any easier to see......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Az_Outdoors Report post Posted June 26, 2010 Sad. Soooo sad it makes me sick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lance Report post Posted June 26, 2010 A friend of mine took some amazing pictures of the fire and I wanted to share them with you! She did a good job didnt she! She lives near me and this is what the fire looked like from the hill by our house. I know fires can bring some good changes and good hunting. But right now it is a sad sight and even sader knowing what the monsoons are going to do to those steep slopes. Lance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted June 27, 2010 Dang, I am truly sorry to see that. On the upside, almost a decade back when the Rodeo/Chedeski fires were eating huge portions of the rim country, we wondered how we would recover. Now, those burned areas are some of the richest and most fertile around. The elk, deer and turkey populations have grown significantly because of the fire. There are still massive scars left by those fires, but in some ways, the area is healthier because of them. It's hard to see when you are in the middle of the destruction, at the same time, fires have been shaping our forests for a long time, and usually, over the long term, they do promote healthier forests. I certainly hope that will be the case with the Shultz fire, although it might take years to see the benefits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted June 27, 2010 Thanks Lance for those pictures. My heart aches for those who call that area home. It will recover but not in some of our lifetimes. The younger generation will probably see huge benefits years from now. Hope all are safe and well around the area. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azslim Report post Posted June 27, 2010 The burned areas will be great hunting when they get some moisture. We had a spot in Wy we called the Burn, my Dad drove a water tender on the fire when he was 14. Over the years we could always count on finding elk there even 20 years after the fire. Also, some of the first plants to grow back in burns are berry bushes, when my girls were young I took them to a Dude Fire burn and we pigged out on raspberries till their fingers were purple. In the short term burns are heartbreaking, but the Earth has a long term view on things. I was on the Eagle Rock fire watching the mushroom cloud form, the Paramedic was on the hill that day (his turn to walk with the shots) and has some time lapse photo's that I will share if/when he sends them to me. He and the Safety Officer reported a 'small puff of smoke to the east' about noon, then said it was getting bigger, by 1400 it was blowing hard and the cavalry was being organized, they stripped our division of all but 2 engines, 2 Type 2 crews and 2 shot crews to send over. The next day we were down to 1 shot crew and one Type 2 and the 2 Engines. I have read negative comments about the response to the fire in other places, takes a while to organize personnel and create a strategy, first priority is to protect life, then structures then the woods. When I got home yesterday the TV was full of Micheal Jackson crap, didn't hear a thing the day before about the anniversary of 9 people that got burned to death on the Dude Fire many years back tho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lance Report post Posted June 30, 2010 Ive been out looking at the burned areas and much of it will recover fast and much will be good hunting in a few short years and there is plenty of good that will come of it. But there are some areas the distruction will continue long after the fire is out as the soil washes away to rock. Im sure the watershed road and the pipeline will suffer loads of destruction for quite some time in the schultz peak area. I heard tell of the mudslides that came off of Mt Elden back when and Mt elden is small compared to how high the Peaks burned! So it will be interesting to see what comes next. Yes fire is a good cleansing for the forest but its not good when it kills the earth the way it has in some of those steep areas! Time will tell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites