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Snags create concerns for the safety of fire crews working the area
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USFS Resource Advisor flags watershed 2 trail crossing along the handline in WS2
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USFS staff survey along the handline in WS2. Note the tags on the nearby trees, indicating that the fire line went through one of the vegetation plots, used since the 1950s to track plant growth and...
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USFS Resource Advisor surveys along the handline in WS2. PVC post marking vegetation plot in background
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USFS staff survey along the handline in WS2. Note the tags on the nearby trees, indicating that the fire line went through one of the vegetation plots, used since the 1950s to track plant growth and...
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Fire hand line and hose on a slope of WS2. Snags and other hazardous trees were cut along handline.
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Fire dozer line in just above 455 road at edge of Watershed 2. Dozer line runs from 465 to 455 roads, at which point even steeper terrain forced crews to use handline the rest of the way downslope to...
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Fire dozer line in Watershed 2. Disturbance to soil and vegetation is much more significant along dozer line than handline, but it also makes a more effective fire break.
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Fire dozer line in Watershed 2. Root wad and upturned soil in foreground on right from tree pushed over by dozer
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Fire dozer line in Watershed 2. This particularly steep section would be vulnerable to serious erosion without subsequent waterbarring and repair work.
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Fire dozer line in Watershed 2. Large snag in left foreground was cut for safety.
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Fire dozer line in Watershed 2. This was an accidental beginning of the dozer line at junction with 465 road. Operator likely mistook this for the main side ridge. After opening ca. 60 feet the dozer...
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Fire dozer line in Watershed 2, where it meets the 465 Road