Proactive work on the ground can make a big difference when it really counts.
On July 7, a fierce thunderstorm rolled through southwest Oregon, delivering thousands of lightning strikes that ignited more than 70 wildfires from Ashland to Cave Junction — many in the heart of the Applegate Valley.
One of those strikes hit a towering Ponderosa pine in a forest previously treated by the BLM through the Lickety Split salvage project. The bolt scarred the tree and ignited a fire at its base.
Read more at the U.S. Department of Interior.
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