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Square Top Photo by Dave Bell Green River and Square Top Photo by Dave Bell Firefighters Photo by Dave Bell

Upper Green And Green River Lakes On Friday, I was fortunate to be given a tour of the Dollar Fire from basecamp to the lakes. Thank you to Pinedale Online for the help in getting this permission. And also thank you to some very accommodating personnel from the Dollar Fire. They were very professional and top-notch. We left the basecamp and made our way to the Lower Green River Lake passing through several division areas. The fire has burned much like many fires in our areas in recent years- -hot is some places and a mosaic pattern in others. Honestly, there are a lot of dead trees, but I have seen much worse devastation. We were told the sagebrush was not receptive to burning at the height of the fire due to moisture content. That was obvious when some sagebrush dominated areas did not burn in a pattern you might expect. It was quite difficult to tell what the burn pattern is along the west side of the lower lake. The smoke and haze was heavy along with a very flat overcast sky, but it appears a mosaic pattern burned along the west side. Could not tell to any degree what has happened further up the valley toward the Upper Lake, Porcupine or Square Top. But it does not appear to have burned on the east side of the lakes. My observation and review of detailed fire maps. Thank you again to the Dollar Lake fire staff. It was impressive. Dave Bell

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