All the fires from last season mean the mushrooms are popping now. Before you head out to hunt, get a permit. It’s free and you can collect up to 2 gallons per person, per day. Any mushrooms you pick should be cut in half lengthwise at time of harvest. You aren’t allowed to sell your […]
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Go Here 4/22-4/29
Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan
Many of us think of wildfire as being a destructive force, but fire plays a number of important ecological roles in the landscape. The ponderosa forests we know and love here are dependent upon periodic wildfire for nutrient cycling, revegetation, and to prevent the buildup of fuels that, given enough time, will produce the sort […]