My favorite dirt road is no longer a forest

"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips) 07/28/2018 at 21:37 • Filed to: None

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At least the hills are visible now.

DipodomysDeserti > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/28/2018 at 22:21

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Fucked up. Clear cut? Fire? Houses?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > DipodomysDeserti 07/28/2018 at 22:23

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It was logged, which is probably why it was planted, but it’s still kind of sad. They’ll likely be replanted, as this is way out of the way to be developed.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > DipodomysDeserti 07/28/2018 at 22:25

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The same corner last year.

wafflesnfalafel > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/29/2018 at 00:17

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I’m a bit of a tree hugger, but a really like big views too.  Trees make for a bunch of houses, paper, boxes, jobs, etc, etc, and they get in the way of views so I think balance is the best option ultimately.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > wafflesnfalafel 07/29/2018 at 09:01

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Well then, you’ll be happy to know that if they keep clearing just a little farther, they’ll expose a lake. 

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > wafflesnfalafel 07/29/2018 at 11:01

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There are dense forests in a lot of places there weren’t many trees 100 years ago. Total wildfire suppression has created some pretty unhealthy forests with overcrowding and low species diversity in places that have never been forested , which is partly why the fire seasons out west have been particularly nasty of late . Looking at pictures of my valley taken over the last century, you can watch trees filling in grassy areas, and push further up the sides of the valley. There’s been a pretty big push lately to try to reverse the changes, either by prescribed burns, or “ mechanical thinning” (polite way of saying logging) in places where burns would be too dangerous .

It would be interesting to know what the history of this spot was.