All that changed with the wildfires of 2003. The forest floor was
dry as matchsticks and when a careless motorist emptied his ashtray along
the road, that's all it took for this fire to race up Strawberry Hill like a
bomb.
The fires generated their own weather, sending branch-lit torches high in the air ahead of the fire and even across the North Thompson river.
The fires generated their own weather, sending branch-lit torches high in the air ahead of the fire and even across the North Thompson river.
Wildfires and Wildflowers
A year before the wildfires, I walked through the Arrowroot flowers, trees and bushes, that covered the hillside near our house.
A year before the wildfires, I walked through the Arrowroot flowers, trees and bushes, that covered the hillside near our house.
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