tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post3814219750183356220..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Big Fire Years in the Sangre de CristosChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-12606523696364755252010-07-02T00:10:17.109-06:002010-07-02T00:10:17.109-06:00Hi Chas
Googling myself (as you do) I found your p...Hi Chas<br />Googling myself (as you do) I found your post about my PhD research. I realise this is an old post, and it's been a long time (and a career change, as you discovered from LinkedIn) since I did that research, but I vaguely recall there may have been some relationship between very slow-growth years prior to the fire years (from the dendrochronology analysis). I wish I had an explanation but even now, so many years later, 1851 sticks in my mind as a very big fire year -- it showed up on both sides of the range from what I recall. <br /><br />Nice to discover your blog - brings back many happy memories of my research and field work in the Sangres.Catherine Alingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-34791850849516891062009-12-01T23:25:04.074-07:002009-12-01T23:25:04.074-07:00I really do wonder what was going on in 1636, 1703...I really do wonder what was going on in 1636, 1703 and 1851 and I'd like to know how long the scars of those fires lasted. Up on the southern rim of the Cruces Basin there are miles of downed trees, burned or windblown I can't tell, most lying in the same direction in what is now largely grassland. No doubt they fell after there was significant human impact in the area, but a person still wonders at the event.mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.com