No problem Wally,

I expressed my one small view of the universe and  I welcome every and all opinions.

My thoughts are that someone at the Forest Service is in charge of deciding whether to put out a fire or let it burn.  They waited too long and let it burn under dry conditions and the result is over 90,000 acres, 145 square miles, and 22 million dollars that resulted in devastation.

I love the old growth forest.    (You need to Login or Register   (You need to Login or Register If a red pine or white pine is getting up to 100 years old then I take notice.  The Forest Service should conduct controlled burns.  But not in extreme dry conditions.  Put out those fires during those conditions.  But conduct controlled burns in less extreme conditions.

It's ironic that there was no fire ban during the extreme conditions of the Ham Lake fire, but last week we had a fire ban on the start of our trip and therefore we escaped to Canada.  I'm just stating the someone needs to make the correct decision and if it took days to decide to put out the Pagami fire that we need new management who know the conditions to make the right decision, because in my opinion someone waited too long to decide.  Therefore, get someone new in charge.

starwatcher