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[DesertDrifter]

Rim Fire Now No. 13 Largest Wildfire In California History
August 25, 2013 9:26 PM


TUOLUMNE COUNTY (CBS13) — As of 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, the Rim Fire has moved up to No. 13 on the list of largest wildfires in California’s history.

Here is the list, complete with name, cause, date, location and acreage.

1. CEDAR (HUMAN)
October 2003
San Diego
273,246

2. RUSH (LIGHTNING)
August 2012
Lassen
271,911

3. ZACA (HUMAN)
July 2007
Santa Barbara
240,207

4. MATILIJA (UNDETERMINED)
September 1932
Ventura
220,000

5. WITCH (POWERLINES)
October 2007
San Diego
197,990

6. KLAMATH THEATER COMPLEX (LIGHTNING)
June 2008
Siskiyou
192,038

7. MARBLE CONE (LIGHTNING)
July 1977
Monterey
177,866

8. LAGUNA (POWERLINES)
September 1970
San Diego
175,425

9. BASIN COMPLEX (LIGHTNING)
June 2008
Monterey
162,818

10. DAY FIRE (HUMAN)
September 2006
Ventura
162,702

11. STATION FIRE (HUMAN)
August 2009
Los Angeles
160,557

12. MCNALLY (HUMAN)
July 2002
Tulare
150,696

13. RIM (UNDER INVESTIGATION)
August 2013
Tuolumne
149,780 (as of 7:45 a.m. Monday)

14. STANISLAUS COMPLEX (LIGHTNING)
August 1987
Tuolumne
145,980

15. BIG BAR COMPLEX (LIGHTNING)
August 1999
Trinity
140,948

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/08/25/rim-fire-now-no-14-largest-wildfire-in-california-history/

[DesertDrifter]

my forest, the Modoc, is pretty busy. about a thousand lightning strikes last week, with most resources already committed to the yosemite rim fire. got a splash of rain from the thunderheads so no big problem, just a lot of work to put the snags out before it gets dry enough for them to spread.

By: Punky Moore, Public Affairs Officer, Modoc National Forest

ALTURAS, Calif., Aug. 21, 2013 – Firefighters have been dispatched to new smoke reports this evening near the Timber Mountain area, northwest of Canby on the Doublehead Ranger District. Nearly 1,000 lightning strikes occurred across the Modoc National Forest Wednesday.

[fuagf]

The fucking idiot who shot the last white wolf in Yellowstone National Park should be put away.

"California wildfire containment efforts complicated by 'crown fire' [...]
The fire caused the closure of the White Wolf area of the park on its western side, said Yosemite spokesman Tom Medema."

Reward offered for info on Yellowstone white wolf's killing

By Eric DuVall | Updated May 13, 2017 at 2:27 PM

[DAMN it's one of the http sites which doesn't support https to so you have to go inside for the image]
The lone white wolf living in Yellowstone National Park, seen here, was shot in April and euthanized Friday after efforts to help her
recover were unsuccessful. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. Photo courtesy National Park Service

May 13 (UPI) -- Officials at Yellowstone National Park said a rare female white wolf had to be euthanized Friday after she was found shot, and the incident is being treated as a crime.

National Park Service officers said the wolf .. https://www.eastidahonews.com/2017/05/officials-well-known-wolf-yellowstone-shot-killed/ , which was the only white wolf believed to be presently living in the park, was shot on April 10 or 11. She was found by a group of hikers who called park rangers. Efforts to help the animal recover were ultimately unsuccessful and she was put down Friday.

The wolf had become well-known to rangers and visitors .. https://tinyurl.com/k9mobnz .. because she, like most wolves, was not skittish around people. She had lived to the age of 12, nearly twice the age wolves normally live in the wild. She gave birth to 20 pups, 14 of which survived into adulthood.

The National Parks Service Investigative Service Branch is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the identity of the shooter. Tips can be submitted anonymously by calling [phone] or emailing [e-mail].

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/05/13/Reward-offered-for-info-on-Yellowstone-white-wolfs-killing/9291494699680/

Thank goodness there are more good people working to save endangered animals than there are fucking idiots who don't give a shit about ruining all that is good about this earth we are
so lucky to have landed on. How so many can be so callous and uncaring will always be a mystery to me. Then again we are simply another species of animal, Right. Still, it hurts terribly.