Slash and burn: photos from the pile burnings along Swan Mountain Road
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A wildland firefighter for the National Forest Service walks between slash piles to burn along Swan Mountain Road Thursday, Nov. 15, near Frisco.
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Slash piles continue to burn through the night along Swan Mountain Road on Nov. 7, near Frisco.
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Slash piles burn along Swan Mountain Road Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, near Frisco.
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Remains of slash pile burns from the previous day seen on Nov. 8, along Swan Mountain Road near Frisco.
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National Forest Service wildland firefighter Mike Ottosen walks between slash piles to burn along Swan Mountain Road Thursday, Nov. 15, near Frisco.
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Fresh slash piles in the snow await to be burned along Swan Mountain Road Thursday, Nov. 15, near Frisco.
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Slash piles burn along Swan Mountain Road Thursday, Nov. 15, near Frisco.
Hugh Carey / hcarey@summitdaily.com
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Slash piles burn along Swan Mountain Road Thursday, Nov. 15, near Frisco.
Hugh Carey / hcarey@summitdaily.com
Hundreds of slash piles of pine beetle-killed trees awaited their fate along Swan Mountain Road on Thursday morning. With snow on the ground and good smoke dispersion rates, fire managers ignited piles with drip torches and allowed them to burn in a day, with a few left smoldering. Gone is the grey landscape of dead trees, a new forest ready to take root — all by the efforts of reducing the risk of wildfires in between.
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