Beaver Creek Fire - Teton National Park
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Volcanoguy
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History sign about the 1985 Beaver Creek Fire at the Cottonwood Creek Picnic Area on Teton Park Road about three miles north of Moose, Wyoming in Grand Teton National Park.
Waymark Code: WME0BF
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2012
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“Renewing the Forest
Lightning ignited thick brush near Beaver Creek, just to the south. After smoldering undetected for four days, the fire flared up on August 30, 1985. The park allows natural fires to burn whenever possible, but suppressed this blaze when it threatened nearby buildings. Few structures burned, though flames did consume the Tack House across the pasture.
Lightning fires have charred these slopes again and again over the centuries, making fire a major natural factor within this ecosystem. Today countless young lodgepole seedlings flourish over the ridge where standing dead trees mark the burn. Gradually, a new forest rises from nutrient-rich ashes.”
Marker Name: Beaver Creek Fire
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Group Responsible for Placement: National Park Service
Addtional Information: Not listed
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Marker Number: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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