
We don’t usually put too much confidence in the containment percentages government personnel assign to wildfires, since sometimes it is extremely subjective and not always based on reality, but as the Little Bobtail Fire southwest of Prince George, British Columbia continues to grow, the containment percentage decreased today from 20 percent to 15 percent. The blaze has now blackened 25,000 hectares, or 62,000 acres.
Our main site for the Little Bobtail Lake Fire is HERE, with much more detail.
In the heart of the pine beetle epidemic from 15 years ago…but the problem is not the beetle, it’s the salvage logging…
Because the beetle kill is so brittle, when they salvage log, the slash is not 4 inches deep, it’s 3 feet deep….
Severe intensities, bad spotting…
I worked for NPS for 26 years I just want to say. I love you guys who fight these fires. To me you are as brave as the young soldiers we send off to war! You are all well trained professionals in your perspective fields. Just want you all to know when your out there fighting fires you are not alone. May God Bless wee and keep all of you safe while you protect our forests, parks, wildlsnds and our homes. We love you guys!!