Hello All,
Just returned from one of the fires in Columbia Co. and we now know that
several of the most important Neo-tropical Migratory Bird breeding areas in
Southeastern Washington have gone up in flames. The most devastating fire is
called the Pyne Hollow Fire and to date it has burned 67,000 acres and is
still growing! Bird habitat losses will take years to recover. The loss of
many riparian creek bottoms and dense black hawthorn scrub forests will have
a huge impact on many dependant species. The cost to the humans in the area
is not slight either. This fire is on private lands and is being fought by
the DNR and Columbia Co. fire folks.
Later Mike

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Mike & MerryLynn Denny
1354 S. E. Central Ave.
College Place, WA 99324
509.529.0080 (h)

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BIRDING, YOU HAVEN'T LIVED!
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