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Spelunking along the Florida Trail, Citrus County.
I am drawn to the cave opening carved into a small limestone cliff. I spot an opening low to the ground that could only be entered by crawling. At this moment, I decided I am going inside to explore or spelunk. Spelunking is a word of Greek origin that means “the art of exploring caves.” Continue reading
Volunteering for the FWC: Fire Prepping the RCW Nesting Trees Truely Makes a Difference!
I found one tree where the fire had sadly scorched to tree all the way up to the canopy. This tree was part of an inactive cluster and was not fire-prepped prior to the burn. Then to my surprise a little further down the trail I spotted another RCW tree where the tree had been fire prepped properly. The ring had been raked so well that the fire stopped at the edge and did not have enough fuel (debris) to continue burning up to the tree. This left the active cluster tree completely intouched by the flames! “The fire prep had worked!” I exclaimed to myself. It felt good to know that the hardwork us volunteers were doing in the field made a difference.
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