Through out the fiercely burning fire on Bernard Peak, though just across the narrow Idlewild Bay lies Farragut State Park. Due to judicious thinning and prescribed fires along the shoreline, not one fire was able to torch our park.
There is a lesson to be learned here. These preventive measures do work. Another measure can be seen along Highway 54. Thinning under the fire safe program has prevented any fires to take hold. So if you are one of the tree hugging extremists, pay attention to what really works. Crowded forests such as in California become uncontrollable.
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