From: Dr. Bob Klein (drbob@troop111.org)
Date: Tue Sep 17 2002 - 18:42:34 CDT
The following article was published in yesterday's Washington Post. It
offers an interesting read for those who are interested in the fate of
Philmont's similarly burned off areas.
Montana Forests Rise Anew From Gray Ash (by Mark Matthews, Special to
The Washington Post, Monday, September 16, 2002)
During the summer of 2000, the biggest fires since 1910 burned through
the Bitterroot and Lolo forests that surround the college town of
Missoula, Mont., charring about 370,000 acres and destroying 70 homes.
During the past two summers, while fires have raged in other parts of
the country, those seemingly dead forests have had a chance to burst
back to life, offering a clear picture of how forests recover from fire
-- and scientists an exceptional arena for study.
"Life doesn't end with a forest fire," said Peter Stickney, a retired
U.S. Forest Service plant ecologist. "The trees of the forest may be
destroyed, but the forest community isn't destroyed -- it's rejuvenated."
Much more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16306-2002Sep14.html
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