Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: forest fire/what to do?
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Springer2 |
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LindenTree3 |
Its hard for me to offer much advice Springer, sorry. FYI: A big danger from fires in the BW and Quetico come from falling trees. Once the shallow rooted trees (roots) are compromised they fall over easily, that is one of the biggest risks we firefighters face when taking action on fires in the BW and Canadian Shield area. |
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nofish |
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tumblehome |
What else could you do? It sounds like a rather exciting experience in the Q. You never know what will happen out there. My biggest excitement on my trip was having a porcupine almost run into my canoe as I was meandering along a very narrow stream. I think he was going to waddle in to the water and didn't see me. I had to get his attention and he just stopped and raised his quills. Nothing a porcupine does happens fast. :) Tom |
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Banksiana |
In a dry season between Louisa and Glacier I came across a tree and some bushes burning near the shore. Lightening had struck the tree and days later the roots went from smolder to open burn. Without a thought I spent a half hour with my water bag putting it out (I had to come back the same way in another day- a fire would be an inconvenient detour). I reported it to the Ranger at PP and mentioned that I had not followed park policy and put it out. I apologized, he shrugged and said he would have put it out too, it's what we do without thinking. Thing is these low-level burns encourage the pine stands and discourage the large scale conflagrations that fuel build up over the years can cause. Its quite surprising how easy and fiercely the rotted and rotting woods and stumps can burn. |