Brush fires erupted amid dry and windy conditions caused officials in both North and South Carolina to order evacuations. Largest blaze is a 1200-acre fire threatening homes near Carolina Forest (~10 mi W of Myrtle Beach) per Horry County Fire Rescue. South Carolina Forestry Commission issued a statewide burn ban for all counties after 100+ ignitions were reported Sat. 6AbY ~ j

Hard to believe it was 10 years ago today Arizona (and the nation) lost 19 of the 20 elite Granite Mountain Hotshots in the Yarnell Hill Fire. The Hot Shot's Prayer was read by the lone surviving member (Brendon McDonough) at the memorial in Prescott AZ where the team was based. #NeverForgotten ~ j

From Cal Fire: Tree ring dating, also called dendrochronology, tells the story of a tree—its age, growth rate, changes in forest density, climate and fire history. To do this on a live tree, foresters use an increment borer to get a core sample. A sample taken from a second growth redwood @CALFIREJSDF, showed that following a 1968 harvest, tree growth increased as water and nutrients became more a… Morevailable. Growth rates began to slow about 25 years later as the forest again became denser, illustrating how thinning a forest allows the remaining trees to grow bigger more quickly, sequestering more carbon. Less

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