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15. Fire is not unheard of on the Olympic Peninsula

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:16 AM

Jul 2015

Most of them happen on the eastern rain-shadow side, but they have happened on the wetter west side before. The article makes it sound like the entire rainforest has burned, but as of yesterday, the Paradise Fire was at 1786 acres (Olypmic National Park is 366,000 acres) and 21% contained.

From the following National Park Service link: This increase in fire size at Olympic is partly due to a policy update to the Fire Management Plan in 2005 that enabled park managers to use wildland fires for resource benefit instead of immediately suppressing each new start regardless of cost or location.

http://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/management/fire-history.htm

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The Wettest Rainforest in the United States Has Gone Up in Flames [View all] RiverLover Jul 2015 OP

kick, kick, kick.... daleanime Jul 2015 #1

Thanks daleanime. RiverLover Jul 2015 #3

OMG newfie11 Jul 2015 #2

That is the caring. This "gloom & doom" isn't a "fear of death" for ourselves as environmentalists, RiverLover Jul 2015 #4

When I think about leaving a letter for my 10 y.o. grandson to read someday.... Hekate Jul 2015 #23

It's pretty much over...I'm beyond disgust. mountain grammy Jul 2015 #5

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Me too. RiverLover Jul 2015 #11

Sounds like it! DFW Jul 2015 #18

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Sure. RiverLover Jul 2015 #9

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The Olympics are a treasure, this is very sad. erronis Jul 2015 #10

I grieve for our younglings. chervilant Jul 2015 #12

How did the fire start? As I read I was thinking of why farmers are warned not to put wet hay into jwirr Jul 2015 #14

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That will do it to I guess. There must be some dry wood even in a rainforest. jwirr Jul 2015 #32

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Fire is not unheard of on the Olympic Peninsula OnlinePoker Jul 2015 #15

Read the article, online poker. RiverLover Jul 2015 #16

I read the article. OnlinePoker Jul 2015 #17

Here are two pages for some more info on this fire: PearliePoo2 Jul 2015 #20

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…how can this be??? Climate change is a hoax doncha know. Jack-o-Lantern Jul 2015 #31

Rest easy in this case angrychair Jul 2015 #33

Interactive map of US wildfires. FuzzyRabbit Aug 2015 #34

Very true angrychair Aug 2015 #37

You work with US forest service, maybe? Thanks for the info but RiverLover Aug 2015 #38

No problem angrychair Aug 2015 #42

Very interesting. Thanks. I appreciate your take that the most concerning thing is the volume of RiverLover Aug 2015 #44

Wildfire is a normal ecosytem function. However... Zambero Aug 2015 #35

Good post, so true. And with drought, the forests aren't able to recover as well after fires, RiverLover Aug 2015 #39

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