Turkey Ridge Forest Fire 2022

[Pete Collin]

Last week Steuben County got the biggest forest fire I have heard of in 30 years of living in NY.  

 

[Frogger]

Thanks Pete for sharing. I didn’t even know…..

[dremarquis]

Thank you for walking us through this fire, Pete. We're fortunate to have someone with your knowledge of forests inform us!

Andre

[Outdoor Lover]

What was the cause??

 

[Pete Collin]

Outdoor Lover,  I don't know if they determined that.  I sent this video to some DEC foresters.  Mark Gooding out of the AVON office said their guys are investigating.

[Smat64]

 Nice video as always. 
 

any dead ash in there? Wonder what would have happened if it had a-lot of dead ash. 

[Pete Collin]

2 minutes ago, Smat64 said:

 Nice video as always. 
 

any dead ash in there? Wonder what would have happened if it had a-lot of dead ash. 

Most of the dead trees were aspen (popple).  There were not many ash in this woods.  It was oak, soft maple, black birch, some pine and hemlock, a little of this and a little of that.

[Gator]

That's crazy for NY. Thanks for sharing!

 

You reminded me that we were supposed to fish together this summer...I was away on a trip when we last communicated, and we never touched base afterward. My apologies! Let's make sure to do it next year. 

[Pete Collin]

52 minutes ago, Gator said:

That's crazy for NY. Thanks for sharing!

 

You reminded me that we were supposed to fish together this summer...I was away on a trip when we last communicated, and we never touched base afterward. My apologies! Let's make sure to do it next year. 

Gator,

I didn't forget you. But I had the busiest year ever!  By this fall I decided to replace my old boat. So I'm equipped for next year whether it's your boat or mine. Looking forward to it. 

[Gill-T]

Best story teller ever!  Two things come to mind. One, that fire would have made one hell of a deer drive and secondly, someone should study the effects of the fire on tick populations. 

[dawsonscreek]

Hopefully it took out a bunch of the gypsy moth eggs. I hunt turkeys not far from there and the caterpillars were terrible this spring!