cxagent Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 The manager of Reimer's Ranch just informed us that they will be doing a prescribed burn there on Wednesday 1/23/2019. They will light the fire in the morning and it will burn until it goes out - probably hours later. The burn is not intended to include the MTB trail. So the plan is the MTB trail will stay open but might be a bit smokey. With any type of burn, if there is trouble they may have to close things unexpectedly. That includes the road and/or the MTB trail. You know, things like the fire goes a different direction and crosses the road or trail. The Travis County staff at Reimer's are doing their best to let us know in a timely manner. Burns like this frequently as not scheduled until the day before. That way they get the best possible weather forecast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamwa Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) Funny how that park gets burned on the reg, but Bull Creek and 360 is FULL of dead wood and could easily rage up into that neighborhood if ignited. Edited January 23, 2019 by Bamwa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cxagent Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 I suspect the MTB trail is closed due to the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 9 hours ago, Bamwa said: Funny how that park gets burned on the reg, but Bull Creek and 360 is FULL of dead wood and could easily rage up into that neighborhood if ignited. This keeps me awake all night every New Year's and July 4th with all the neighborhood idiots that light massive (like pro level) fireworks be there a drought or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cxagent Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 18 hours ago, Bamwa said: Funny how that park gets burned on the reg, but Bull Creek and 360 is FULL of dead wood and could easily rage up into that neighborhood if ignited. There is a major difference. Reimer's is a Travis County Park with public use as its primary purpose. Birds & such are secondary. Bull Creek and 360's primary purpose is a wildlife preserve. Any public use is secondary. At some point there will be a MAJOR fire on the BCP. Until then, "optimization for endangered species" will prevail. Never mind that such a fire would wipe out the trees the endangered warbler need to nest for decades. It is the old probability of occurrence vs impact of occurrence question. If it never occurs there is no need to mitigate for it. After it has occurred, most people wish they had done more to prevent it or reduce the impact. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamwa Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 18 hours ago, cxagent said: There is a major difference. Reimer's is a Travis County Park with public use as its primary purpose. Birds & such are secondary. Bull Creek and 360's primary purpose is a wildlife preserve. Any public use is secondary. At some point there will be a MAJOR fire on the BCP. Until then, "optimization for endangered species" will prevail. Never mind that such a fire would wipe out the trees the endangered warbler need to nest for decades. It is the old probability of occurrence vs impact of occurrence question. If it never occurs there is no need to mitigate for it. After it has occurred, most people wish they had done more to prevent it or reduce the impact. So only after the fires will we learn to rake the forest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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