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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0085_01C9D65F.FAB6A200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today my son and I had a chance to check a few interesting localities = effected by the recent 800 ha "Spryfield" fire just outside of Halifax. = We parked our car at the end of Princeton Ave. near Roachs Pond, where = the fire may have started, off Herring Cove Road.=20 Then we hiked up the "Old Military Road" towards Fergusons Cove = through the heart of the burn. Here the fire was very intense, killing = all trees and all shrubs in its path and scorching the ground. But here = and there we could see new blades of grasses, fern fronds, and possible = Trout Lily and False Lilly of the Valley shoots poking through the black = ground. Only some patches of wet ground along McIntosh Run were spared.=20 The rickety footbridge across McIntosh Run at the site of the = late-eighteenth century Princes' Bridge survived, but both its ends are = blackened. It is still possible to cross McIntosh Run here. Our next stop was at the York Redoubt National Historic Site off = Purcells Cove Road. The fire didn't get inside the walled redoubt = itself, but scorched a considerable area of mixed and hardwood forest at = the SE corner of the property. However, this burned area is quite = patchy, and most of the trees and shrubs seem to have survived the = ground blaze. Ironically, the neighbouring DND firefighting school = property was also burned. N.S. Nature Trust's Captain Arnell Conservation Lands was our final = stop. We hiked from Purcells Cove Road to Purcells Pond, and could see = the edge of the burn maybe 100 m east of the head of the pond. There are = quite a few downed trees blocking the around-the-pond trail, and we = didn't continue. But it looks like the Trust's property is untouched. Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_0085_01C9D65F.FAB6A200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.5764" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Today my son and I had a chance to = check a=20 few interesting localities effected by the recent 800 ha "Spryfield" = fire just=20 outside of Halifax. We parked our car at the end of Princeton Ave. near = Roachs=20 Pond, where the fire may have started, off Herring Cove Road. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Then we hiked up the "Old Military = Road" towards=20 Fergusons Cove through the heart of the burn. Here the fire was very = intense,=20 killing all trees and all shrubs in its path and scorching the ground. = But here=20 and there we could see new blades of grasses, fern fronds, and possible = Trout=20 Lily and False Lilly of the Valley shoots poking through the black=20 ground. Only some patches of wet ground along McIntosh Run were = spared.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> The rickety footbridge across McIntosh = Run at the=20 site of the late-eighteenth century Princes' Bridge survived, but both = its ends=20 are blackened. It is still possible to cross McIntosh Run = here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Our next stop was at the York Redoubt = National=20 Historic Site off Purcells Cove Road. The fire didn't get inside the = walled=20 redoubt itself, but scorched a considerable area of mixed and hardwood = forest at=20 the SE corner of the property. However, this burned area is quite = patchy, and=20 most of the trees and shrubs seem to have survived the ground blaze. = Ironically,=20 the neighbouring DND firefighting school property was also = burned.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> N.S. Nature Trust's Captain Arnell = Conservation=20 Lands was our final stop. We hiked from Purcells Cove Road to Purcells = Pond, and=20 could see the edge of the burn maybe 100 m east of the head of = the=20 pond. There are quite a few downed trees blocking the around-the-pond = trail, and=20 we didn't continue. But it looks like the Trust's property is=20 untouched.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D4> Dusan Soudek</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0085_01C9D65F.FAB6A200--
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