I am watching a fire in a remote area in idaho i know well. I am a little torn about it and i am kind of hopeful it continues growth for a few days. I can only think of less than 5 homes within few miles of it but a couple mines. The area could use a burn and restart since is almost inaccessible from deadfall and short pine from a fire 20ish years ago, some areas are so thick our group refers to it as "the deadzone" as we NEVER see any animals in or around it, not even deer. The hunter in me is thinking this could be great benefit to ecosytem and animal habitat but in back of my head i always worry it grows to big and just eats uncontrolled till fall as this area is limited to mostly aviation fighting fire. Is it wrong and maybe little selfish to hope fire consumes more for the long term benefit of the region?
Drought for the west
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BirdManMike
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I dont think its wrong. Burns are a natural thing.
antlerradar
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Irrelevant
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Amid A Megadrought, Federal Water Shortage Limits Loom For The Colorado River
The government is expected to issue its first water shortage declaration for the river, which supplies more than 40 million people. That will mean hardships for farms, recreation and Indian tribes.
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I can't even imagine the attorney fees that are going to be spent on water policy fights in the next decade.
Feels like there is a new one of these every week:Amid A Megadrought, Federal Water Shortage Limits Loom For The Colorado River
The government is expected to issue its first water shortage declaration for the river, which supplies more than 40 million people. That will mean hardships for farms, recreation and Indian tribes.
https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/drought-conditions-killing-trout-dolores-river/ (The Dolores below McPhee actually measured 0cfs last week at one point)
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news...ght-tied-to-colorados-natural-river-features/: Recreational Water Rights discussion
USGS study confirms increased sediment, nutrients throwing watershed out of balance
The official release Thursday of a two-year U.S. Geological Survey technical study commissioned by the Upper Yampa River Watershed Group confirms that increased sediment and nutrients in the river watershed are throwing the aquatic system…
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rammac
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78 degrees, slight wind, and very light smoke on the horizon in Elliston Montana. Very nice day overall.
Same shit, different day. High pressure, hot, absolutely no moisture in sight. The extended drought outlooks for the west look pretty damn grim from the northern Rockies, inland Northwest all the way to the south west.
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MarvB
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Yup... same forecast, diff colored maps 
Bullshot
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Seems like rain almost every day in the east for last couple weeks. All goes out to sea. I always wonder why our country couldn’t have engineered a national water system. We are too far gone perhaps. But I’ll bet the ancient Romans would have succeeded....
Yeah, I can see some fairly severe access issues looming on the horizon for any September hunters.
shoots-straight
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So, I'm just going to take a big leap here and guess, your also antivaxxer, and the January 6 insurrection was a love fest? Just throwing that out there. I really mean no disrespect, just doing some research.In the 70's we were concerned with cooling.
Global cooling - Wikipedia
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In other words, we have no clue what is going to happen and generally have no way to change the course.
And...
Climate changes and always will.
antelopedundee
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Is the current fire actually consuming deadfall and leaving everything clear?
mevertsen
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Anti-vaxer? No. That being said, I haven't gotten my covid shot due to some concerns I have about experimental treatments. I am still trying to learn more on that. Up to date on everything else though. Thanks for asking.
January 6 insurrection? A bunch of idiots dressed up like Spartans to invade congress? I don't agree with it what happened, but I also don't believe Trump was solely responsible for the incident.
I am not sure where looking up something to verify what my mother in law recalled from her younger days, and comparing that to what it would be like today of it went through makes me a wack job.
I have seen climate change in my short 38 years. I am not convinced it's entirely due to human intervention. I am also not convinced it's just the earth being earth. It has changed long before I got here and will continue long after I'm gone.
All I can do is do the best I can to be a steward for the environment and pass that passion along to my kids.
shoots-straight
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Thanks, I'll add your comments to my research files. BTW just a suggestion, get the Pfizer.
Third paragraph on your reply is confusing me.
The fourth, 38 years is a short span. Your gonna love the next 30 and at that point I'd love to interview your conclusions then doubt I'll be here though.
Your kids might be screwed. My kids and Grandkids too!
