04-21-2008, 09:12 PM
It depends on what was burned. If it was bulrush it maybe replaced with phragmites and that would make it worse instead of better. The planned burns on ogden bay and farmington were to remove the phragmites that was sprayed last fall. Hopefully killing the phragmites with chemicals and burning it will slow down it's return. I think the latest total I heard was 1800 acres. That is more like 3 square miles. This fire may have burned alot of the upland area . That wouldn't be good. It would destroy all the nesting habitat for pheasants on the nortern side of the refuge. That is one of a few areas where there are still a few pheasants in weber county. gshorthair
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