The Problems Of Memory

[DonAndersen]

Folks,

 

Lived on the edge of the Rockies all my life and have watched things "progress". One of the things that seem to have grown is the number of trees.

 

Found this web site showing pictures from "before" today. The site allows side by side comparison of pictures.

 

Sure looks like more trees on the "today" pictures.

 

The site looks @ sites all over AB & BC.

 

Dutch, Oldman, Bow and Crow are among the pictures.

 

Site address is http://mountainlegacy.ca/

 

Didn't see any Timmies cups!!!

 

Have fun,

 

 

Don

[Taco]

Amazing, Thanks Don

 

Looks like many of early photos were taken after the Big Burn in the Thirties

[DonAndersen]

Taco,

 

That is what I thought as well. A couple of shots on Dutch Creek look like burns. I haven't looked over the site yet for the timing of the early shots.

 

I do know that ridges that I hunted as a kid SW of turner Valley are now all tree covered. The elk/sheep that used them may have moved on.

 

 

catch ya'

 

 

Don

[beedhead]

Pretty cool Don, thanx, Ill be lost in it for hrs...

 

Cheers...Jeff..

 

Edit*...Chose the option to fade the pictures into each other, Its really neat "O"...

[bigbowtrout]

Sweet link!!!!!!! thanks Don

[canadensis]

We can thank a few generations of fire supression for this.

 

The one thing that our National Parks have figured out is controlled burns.

 

The Bow Crow is a tinder box with 60+ years of fuel in some places.

 

Let it burn!

[DonAndersen]

canadensis,

 

Letting it burn is only an option in a few areas in Alberta where natural barriers reduce the risk of a wldfire. Yellowstone Nat. Park was a good example of letting things get carried away.

So, we have only 3 options:

* burn it

* cut it down

* let 'er rot.

 

The forests of today are not natural - fires have been suppressed

 

The only bear in the bush that scares the devil outta me is Smoky the Bear. Here's hoping that SRD has buried the sucker.

 

catch ya'

 

 

Don