Archive for the ‘fire’ Category
Hovland Tower
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Roundtrip: 100 m Difficulty: Easy Location: Hovland, MN Click Here for Google Map. If you’ve been a reader of this site for a while you will know that I love...
Hazelwood Tower
Friday, June 24th, 2011
Round-trip: 100 m Difficulty: Easy Location: Thunder Bay, ON Click Here for Google Map A reader requested the information for Hazelwood Fire Tower so I thought I’d post it here...
Fire may be key to reviving dogwood trees
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Not only do we have to worry about the Woolly Adelgids decimating the Eastern Hemlocks, but we now also have to worry about Discula destructiva, a fungus that is causing a serious decline in dogwood populations across North America in recent decades.
An article published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management states that the fungus is decimating dogwood populations. In some cases there has been more than a 90% mortality rate.
An article on Physorg.com reports that a study on the effect fire has on revitalizing the dogwood population in the Great Smoky Mountains shows that in areas where there have been two fires over a 20-year period, dogwoods have survived the disease.
You can read the full article by clicking here.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
An article published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management states that the fungus is decimating dogwood populations. In some cases there has been more than a 90% mortality rate.
An article on Physorg.com reports that a study on the effect fire has on revitalizing the dogwood population in the Great Smoky Mountains shows that in areas where there have been two fires over a 20-year period, dogwoods have survived the disease.
You can read the full article by clicking here.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com Detailed information on trails in the Smoky Mountains; includes trail descriptions, key features, pictures, video, maps, elevation profiles, news, and more.
Aldina Fire Tower
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Roundtrip: 4km
Difficulty: Difficult
Location: Nolalu, ON
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Hike up Carson Creek Peak to the Aldina Fire Tower. The Aldina Fire Tower is about 100 feet tall and was put up in the 60’s. Just the cupola is left up top.
Carson Creek Peak is listed as the fourth highest summit in Ontario with a broad [...]
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