Date: 3/26/25 2:10 pm From: Anita Huffman (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Awful fires in western NC and SC
I was just thinking about this too, specifically the the forests between Konnarock and Damascus,VA acres with every tree down from Hurricane Helene. What do birds do when they come back to their summer nesting territory and there are no trees to nest in? Anita Huffman Rugby, VA Grayson County
On 3/26/25 15:12, Nate Dias (via carolinabirds Mailing List) wrote: > Some of my favorite birding places are under threat from wildfires, > several of which were also devastated last fall by Hurricane Helene. > The town of Saluda declared an emergency this morning. > > The Green River Game Lands are especially hard-hit in multiple areas - > now the Walcott Tract has a fire that crossed Cove Creek in the area of > Big Bradley Falls. > > And with the awful Table Rock Complex fire, there are mandatory > evacuations and road closures in upstate SC - including Caesar's Head > State Park and Jones Gap State Park. > > I fear that many of these areas will not recover in my lifetime. >
