My brother just lost his hunting lodge in Northern B.C. to fires. He has insurance ,but he says the real problem will be the loss of habitat. You can build a new lodge , but 20 +- years for a new forest. The animals will be moving on .
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My brother just lost his hunting lodge in Northern B.C. to fires. He has insurance ,but he says the real problem will be the loss of habitat. You can build a new lodge , but 20 +- years for a new forest. The animals will be moving on .
It's not going to be a wasteland for 20+ years. There will be animals that are going to find the open grass covered areas to heaven. It looks bad with all the burnt trees and brush, but that is going to be super soil for growing plants for a long time.
The forest were likely too overgrown to support a lot of animals before, now that has changed.
I know it's heartbreaking, but it's going to be better then it has been.
I agree it is heartbreaking but snowWalker is right the soil will be on steroids for the next growing period and this time next year I wouldn't be surprised to see shrubbery and grasses great browse for big game.
I was out there elk hunting last year in northern B.C. My buddy from out there said at that time, that it was only a matter of time before the thousands of acres of dead pine caught fire. The pine beetles did a number on the trees, dead trees as far as you could see. The fires are probably a good thing in the long term.
Sad. But nature takes care of itself. Good things to come.
Climate change don't ya know? Because forest fires didn't happen until people kind came along, and the ice age didn't end until early man ( oops early people) discovered fire right? :silly:Quote:
Originally Posted by Deer Hunter
People Kind! Oh No--its spreading!
Does that mean that I will be told I am "Person spreading" now not man spreading?Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
Sharon, tell you brother to take pictures every month of the same areas for the next few years. The transformation of the landscape will be amazing, plus the more pictures he takes the better the photo records of the regrowth will be.
I don't tell my brother to do anything , ever. :)
Appreciate the answers, but not convinced. The animals he hunts are moose,elk and deer. They eat leaves on branches. There are no branches or leaves for many kms.
There will be next year