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| Looking toward Mt. Dutton, beetle kill evident - burned trunk in Deep Creek - new plant grows from unharmed root, Pine Creek area. |
Steve Munson, USFS Entomologist, while standing very near where the Mt. Dutton panorama was taken, commented that, “This is the type of event [spruce beetle] that we won’t see again in our lifetime. Probably our children and grandchildren will never see this either.” |
Human perspectives are narrow. Geological perspectives are broad. Regardless of the event – spruce beetle, fire or something else, the Upper Sevier River Watershed – and in particular the Sanford Fire area - offers us a window of opportunity to better understand the world in which we live. These short-term events, with long-term benefits and consequences, will continue to shape and change this ecosystem. |
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Sanford Fire Summarized
During the Sanford Fire, U.S. Forest Service personnel met with local communities to discuss both short and long-term effects of this event. This document (below) covers such topics as smoke management, long-term recovery, vegetation types burned, and the role of fire within an ecosystem, but in a much smaller sense than the actual virtual web tour. Review of this document before beginning the actual tour (or upon completion) will help provide a basis for understanding fire events.
Sanford Fire Summary (177k PDF file)
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