These burns are conducted under very strict guidelines and it will take about 20 years to conduct burns in Kings Canyon NP. There are lots of reasons for the burns including that fire causes the sequoia seeds to dry, drop and hopefully sprout.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
prescribed burn
While in Kings Canyon NP they were conducting a prescribed burn. They used to be called controlled burns but a few got out of control so they changed the name. Unlike the out of control fire we saw in Yosemite NP this fire was very planned and detailed. While it did create a lot of smoke that affected our pictures it was cool to see. The burn was in a very small (10 acres) area with lots of firefighters.
These burns are conducted under very strict guidelines and it will take about 20 years to conduct burns in Kings Canyon NP. There are lots of reasons for the burns including that fire causes the sequoia seeds to dry, drop and hopefully sprout.
These burns are conducted under very strict guidelines and it will take about 20 years to conduct burns in Kings Canyon NP. There are lots of reasons for the burns including that fire causes the sequoia seeds to dry, drop and hopefully sprout.
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