42 - Lookout Creek
Beginning of Lookout Fire, from Carpenter Mountain Lookout, August 2023. Credit Rob Mutch , Ecosystem Photo
Douglas-fir & western redcedar pre-fire
A thick-barked survivor
Big Douglas-fir before the fire
Jim wonders why this giant didn't make it
Western hemlock pre-fire
Western hemlock skeleton
Western redcedar pre-fire
Too hot to survive in this location
High fire severity
Death by root damage
Fire moss
Surviving western hemlock
Weeping Douglas-fir
Where has the organic layer gone?
Accumulating down wood
Lookout Creek, Acrylic on watercolor paper, 2023 Diane Cissel