Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: PRESCRIBED BURN BY TOFTE
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Findian |
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arctic |
WE need a LOT more prescribed burning up here to deal with all the budworm-killed balsams. Burn it under controlled conditions or nature will do it on her own terms. |
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Pinetree |
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dschult2 |
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LindenTree |
On Wednesday, the forest officials reported the fire outside a prescribed burn area north of Hwy. 1. In an update on the fire Thursday morning, the Forest Service said in a news release that the "spot fire" began within the controlled burn area in the 72-acre Fry Unit, which is near Little Isabella River Campground and east of Fish Fry Lake. The Fry Fire was 209 acres Thursday afternoon and currently is completely uncontained. No structures are threatened, according to the agency. Aircraft dumped water on the fire Wednesday, with support from ground crews. Weather conditions, including light rain and cloud cover, have helped, the Forest Service added. The agency has several planned prescribed burns this spring to reduce dangerous fuel loads, some created by factors like spruce budworm, which has killed off balsam firs. Crews burned 159 acres beginning Wednesday in the Slim Lake South Unit northwest of Ely and Burntside Lake and partly within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Crews recently finished a 390-acre burn off the Gunflint Trail. |
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Pinetree |
dschult2: "I was going from Sawbill to Wine on Sunday the 12th and it was quite hazy with smoke and on Zenith in particular it was not fun to breath." Sunday there was smoke to Brainerd from British Columbia fires. |
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LindenTree |
This fire is not moving today. The fire area has received rain and firefighters are actively working the fire edge. There are no evacuations. A new update has just been posted on the Superior NF Facebook page. The fire is 75% contained. |
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Findian |
Forest fires and other blazes in the United States release about 30 percent as much mercury as the nation's industrial sources, according to a new study by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)in Boulder, Colo. More lake in Minnesota then I can count with so much mercury in them that the fish are dangerous to eat. That's more environmental damage then mining could ever do. |
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arctic |
Findian: "The locals like the idea of logging instead of burning. There is virtually NO market for balsam fir, and most of it starts rotting long before it gets cut. Lake county had a couple of timber sales near my house that did not get bid on, and the ones that did didn't get cut until the balsam were dead and falling down. They were only able to use the aspen, birch, and some of the spruce. |
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Pinetree |
arctic: "Findian: "The locals like the idea of logging instead of burning. balsam and even black spruce market is limited at best. You need multiple methods to manage a forest, one size never fits all. |
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Mocha |
can't find too much info yet |
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LindenTree |
My old fire district, I ran the fire engine out or Isabella for 4 years, they will get containment on this soon with the current weather/rain. Per Inciweb At 1:00pm on May 15, 2024 the Superior National Forest (SNF) declared a wildfire on the Tofte Ranger District. The Fry Fire spotted within the prescribed fire project area, beyond the planned burn area and was suppressed with aircraft and ground resources. Water dropping aircraft were effective on May 15 and ground crews were able to work on the fire in the evening. Protecting values at risk, safely and effectively is the priority. Crews are engaged on the fire again on May 16, 2024, and working to secure the fire edge. Light rain fell over the fire area overnight and continues to fall. A .10 inch of rain has been received so far. The public is encouraged to please go to https://www.facebook.com/SuperiorNF for updates. Fry Wildfire MPR Fry Wildfire. |
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Findian |
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Pinetree |
arctic: "It's fully contained now. Total burned acreage has been revised downward to about 180 acres. agree |