tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post5137382219518654186..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Some Actual Journalism about WildfireChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-42877766064499616002016-07-13T19:46:41.842-06:002016-07-13T19:46:41.842-06:00Bible thumpers my eye. Dollars to donuts they wer...Bible thumpers my eye. Dollars to donuts they were pot tourists living in the woods.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316091005058053074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-36244090585731458852016-07-13T10:08:52.717-06:002016-07-13T10:08:52.717-06:00Yes, apparently a masticator grinding its way alon...Yes, <a href="http://www.abqjournal.com/801828/forest-service-confirms-brush-clearing-started-dog-head-fire-2.html" rel="nofollow">apparently a masticator grinding its way along caught some chips on fire</a>. Sort of a rock + steel thing, I suppose. <br /><br />Funny, I was reading this morning that they are using a masticator in the oak brush along with dozers to build line on the Hayden Pass Fire. <br /><br />Here are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestry_mulching" rel="nofollow">some examples of masticators</a> and <a href="https://community.nfpa.org/community/fire-break/blog/2013/01/03/what-is-mastication" rel="nofollow">more about the process</a> as it is supposed to work.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-85961338395726065662016-07-13T09:45:33.065-06:002016-07-13T09:45:33.065-06:00Meanwhile in New Mexico, the Forest Service sheepi...Meanwhile in New Mexico, the Forest Service sheepishly admitted that the Dog Head Fire, which burned a few homes and was very nearly disastrous, was started by one of their thinning crews with a wood chipper.Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.com