Posts tagged “WILDFIRE”
  • Cedar Canyon Road, July 31 2005
    By Chris Clarke on 2009 05 18 at 6:43:55 pm | 5 comments

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    A month before, lightning strikes had sparked one of the worst fires in the East Mojave’s history. 71,000 acres burned in the course of a couple days.

    My friend Matthew and I headed for the burn area to see it for ourselves.

    The temperature

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  • Letters from the desert: Good news about the devastating Hackberry Fire
    By Chris Clarke on 2008 10 08 at 11:04:01 pm | 0 comments

    I took it upon myself to answer the implied question I posed here, about the existence — or lack thereof — of surviving piñon pines in the Mid-Hills.

    I drove up into the burn zone Tuesday for my first thorough look at the place. I’d been up there

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  • Beauty
    By Chris Clarke on 2008 10 01 at 1:05:37 am | 0 comments

    north ridge of Teutonia Peak

    It is raining, a little. The wind off the little storm front brings the temperature down to a positively comfortable level. It’s almost cool. Not even 80°, and the scent of wet juniper and rock hangs in the air.

    How long has it been since I’d

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