[pct-l] Fire near Tejon Ranch

[cmkudija at earthlink.net]

Mike,

Don't worry too much about the oaks.  Most of 'em will survive the fire, and
in five years, you won't be able to tell (at least from the oaks) that a
fire had passed through.  It *will* look like a moonscape for a while, but
oaks have a remarkable capability to sprout new shoots from many dormant
nodes along their branches post-fire.    The bark is burned, but the cambium
layer - the living part of the trunk and branches - is still alive inside,
where it counts.

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
PCT partially '94

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Ceanothus (see-ah-no-thus) or California lilac:  Shrubs or small trees,
often with divaricate, sometimes spiny, twigs...[flowers] small but showy,
white to blue or purplish, sometimes lavender or pinkish, borne in terminal
or lateral panicles or umbellike cymes.
                                                               Philip A.
Munz
                                                               A California
Flora, U.C. Press, 1973


-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]On
Behalf Of Mike Saenz
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 8:42 AM
To: Shutterbug steiner; pct
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Fire near Tejon Ranch

I just got back yesterday from a weekend in  Monterey . I drove back
along the I-5 and I drove right past the Tejon Ranch fire.
It was raging alongside the freeway. The northbound lanes were shut
down. I could see the smoke for an hour before I got to The Grapevine.

Though the main line was alongside the freeway, I could see blackened
hillsides for a few miles past and into the Ranch.

It was sad to see the oaks being consumed as I passed.


Michael Saenz ,  Associate Partner
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-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net
[mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Shutterbug steiner
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 11:17 PM
To: pct
Subject: [pct-l] Fire near Tejon Ranch

According to the LA news this evening there is a fire raging near the
Tejon ranch.  I know that the PCTA and others are in the middle of
negotiating a reroute off the aqua duct and to the Tejon Ranch.  Sounds
like it is closer to Gorman and present civilization not where the PCT
might go.  But do not know for sure.

SB

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