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Fire Season
Every summer the woods dry out and the questions get sharper. Fuel, access, water tanks, and the work that has to happen before the smoke does.
Asking Permission to Cross: Reopening an Old Skid Trail
An old trail with no paperwork In the southwest corner of Larkspur Run, an old skid trail runs from the landing at the top of the south hill down toward the creek. It isn't entirely on my land. Part of it swings onto the neighboring timber parcel and then comes back. Nobody I know can tell me when it was cut. My best guess is the 1970s, when the parcels around us were logged. It could be older, a leftover from the first harvest that took the original old-growth out of these h
Peter H Wendel
Oct 263 min read
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