Burnin' desire...
Tomorrow, they're going to do a "controlled burn" in order to remove fuel from any potential forest fire... and thus preserve the town - should the worst ever happen..
With the epidemic of the Mountain Pine Beetle infestation, we now have thousands of a new species ... the Canadian Orange Pine. These, of course, are tinder dry and represent a fire hazard the likes of which we've never seen before.
Today, the Dept of Forestry and our local Fire Brigade were out, creating a fire break, so that if tomorrow's planned burn (weather permitting) were to get out of hand, there is a break before it hits the trees. 

Three quick shots, of today's efforts are at:

http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/burn.htm

Comments, criticism welcome, as always...

Cheers!


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