Fire hardening our place

[salmonchaser]

We are going to make a big push this year to harden our property against wildfires. The last three years we have had some huge fires near us. Just Luck we weren’t directly impacted.
Going to rain tomorrow so I burned out the understory on this 200 by 30 yard strip along our creek. I’ve been piling and burning brush the last couple of years. Sorta seems like I’m getting ahead on that, but there is always more of that along the creek.

 

[Slimfinn]

Are you in the blue mountains? Ive noticed they are holding a good snowpack this year, which hopefully will keep the fires at bay this year. Alot of the ranges here in Montana are holding strong too, for a non-smoky summer

 

[RL338]

A little prevention can go along ways in helping keep the fire hazard in it’s place.

 

[salmonchaser]

Are you in the blue mountains? Ive noticed they are holding a good snowpack this year, which hopefully will keep the fires at bay this year. Alot of the ranges here in Montana are holding strong too, for a non-smoky summer

Yes we are in the Blues. We are about 15 miles east of La Grande. About two miles outside the Eagle cap wilderness. Looks like we have a pretty good snow pack here but I haven’t been up country since we returned from Arizona. The last three summers have been really bad for fires and smoke in Oregon. It would be nice to get a break.
I have three more of those strips I’d like to burn this spring. Balancing act between dry enough and not too dry or the grass has grown too much. The other problem is they will put us on fire restrictions pretty soon.
Son in law got a couple of the strips burned when he was feeling good.

 

[NYDAN]

We are going to make a big push this year to harden our property against wildfires. The last three years we have had some huge fires near us. Just Luck we weren’t directly impacted.
Going to rain tomorrow so I burned out the understory on this 200 by 30 yard strip along our creek. I’ve been piling and burning brush the last couple of years. Sorta seems like I’m getting ahead on that, but there is always more of that along the creek.

Smart move.