Re: E-M:/ Fires in Wetlands a concern too!

["Frank Ambrose" <fambrose@bloomington.in.us>]

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Enviro-Mich message from "Frank Ambrose" <fambrose@bloomington.in.us>
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Folks,

To chime in on the fire danger...Beware, the government agencies are going
to want to do timber sales to "reduce fire danger." In fact, they have
released a notice for at least one sale that has that as a stated goal. I
will post about this sale later.

What you all should know is that logging actually increases fire risk. There
is more dead, fine fuel matter after a log job (all the tops are still on
the ground, and dead now). This allows hot fires to start, and spread
quickly. The best solution to a fire "problem" is to do prescribed fires at
appropriate times of the years, and to allow wildfires to burn themselves
out.

Thought I would throw that out as some relevant information.

Frank



----- Original Message -----
From: <anne.woiwode@sfsierra.sierraclub.org>
To: <enviro-mich@great-lakes.net>
Sent: April 26, 2000 3:06 PM
Subject: E-M:/ Fires in Wetlands a concern too!


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> Enviro-Mich message from anne.woiwode@sfsierra.sierraclub.org
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>
>  Following my previous post, an Enviro-Mich person sent a note pointing
out
>  that it is not just forest fires that are a concern, particularly in the
>  exceedingly dry conditions in the state this year.  Wetlands fires, to
>  clear brush, etc., could potentially cause PEAT in the wetland to catch
>  fire.  Where this kind of fire has started, it can literally take years
to
>  put it out because the fire is in the ground, in addition to wreaking
>  havoc on that system.
>
>  The simple message is that following the law on getting permits to burn
is
>  the only thing to do.
>
>  Anne Woiwode
>
>
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