Don- And from my experience, treacherous when soil over burning roots collapse undress the weight of firefighters trying to extinguish the stumps, almost always unexpectedly! Ahh, the good old days! -Don
Sent from Don's iPhone 3GS... On Dec 16, 2009, at 5:33 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Don-- > > The roots were the hardest parts to extinguish, and of most concern > to the Michigan DNR. The fire was a relatively light surface fire > that left a lot of combustible material on the site. Given how dry > the fall was, they feared these smoldering stump would reignite the > next time the wind picked up and then the fire would break out again. > > Don Bragg > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Bertolette <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Dec 14, 2009 8:35 pm > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Re: Douglas Co., Wisconsin Old White Pine Trees > and Stumps > > Don- > Were the roots hard to put out on those 4-5' burning stumps? > -Don > > Sent from Don's iPhone 3GS... > > On Dec 14, 2009, at 8:09 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Larry-- >> >> Your stump pictures reminded me of a dry fall (probably September >> or October of 1989) while I was a forestry undergraduate at >> Michigan Tech. We were hired by the Michigan DNR over a couple >> weekends to help mop up a fire in a hardwood-dominated stand up on >> the Keweenaw Peninsula. Much of our effort was spent using hoses >> and backpack sprayers to douse smoldering white pine stumps left >> over from the big cut early in the 20th century. I didn't measure >> any of these giant stumps, but some were probably at least 4-5 feet >> in diameter. I remember thinking of how impressive that stand of >> timber would have been when it was alive... >> >> Don Bragg >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry <[email protected]> >> To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sun, Dec 13, 2009 7:44 am >> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Douglas Co., Wisconsin Old White Pine Trees and >> Stumps >> >> Steve, I'm not sure, thats a good question. I guess it could be a >> number of things. Lightning, insect pests, compaction when they >> logged >> ( root disturbance) the surrounding Forest, etc. >> >> -- >> Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org >> Send email to [email protected] >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en >> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] >> -- >> Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org >> Send email to [email protected] >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en >> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
