Willow Springs Woods Fri/Sat, February 13 & 14
Back-to-back days at Willow Springs Woods, still along Old Country Lane burning big brush piles behind an ongoing tree-thinning project. When we arrived Friday we saw Prescribed Fire signs along the road, the first of the new year. Crews arrived maybe an hour after that and started their fire, to our west.
They burned both north and south of us and at one point were close enough that we vacated our work area for a short time. We came back in and were able to start another brush pile before 1:00 pm. When Joy and I left we detoured to the Orange and Yellow Trails to get back to the lot - they burned quite a stretch right along Old Country Lane.
Saturday your correspondent was elsewhere, while another small group of volunteers worked in the same area, burning more cut logs and using the same brush piles which were still loaded with hot embers and easily restarted.
Black Partridge Woods Sunday February 15
Sunday were were unable to burn due to Air Quality Index (AQI) creeping into the orange range, 101- 150, which is 'Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups'. We were another small group, five total, and spent the morning cutting and stacking honeysuckle for our March session. As is usually the case, we cut quite a bit and stacked it in feeder piles, which will speed fire starting on that day.
Back-to-back days at Willow Springs Woods, still along Old Country Lane burning big brush piles behind an ongoing tree-thinning project. When we arrived Friday we saw Prescribed Fire signs along the road, the first of the new year. Crews arrived maybe an hour after that and started their fire, to our west.
They burned both north and south of us and at one point were close enough that we vacated our work area for a short time. We came back in and were able to start another brush pile before 1:00 pm. When Joy and I left we detoured to the Orange and Yellow Trails to get back to the lot - they burned quite a stretch right along Old Country Lane.
Saturday your correspondent was elsewhere, while another small group of volunteers worked in the same area, burning more cut logs and using the same brush piles which were still loaded with hot embers and easily restarted.
Black Partridge Woods Sunday February 15
Sunday were were unable to burn due to Air Quality Index (AQI) creeping into the orange range, 101- 150, which is 'Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups'. We were another small group, five total, and spent the morning cutting and stacking honeysuckle for our March session. As is usually the case, we cut quite a bit and stacked it in feeder piles, which will speed fire starting on that day.
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