“Clear And Present Danger”

Fire Damaged Giant Pondarosa Pine Tree

Tagged “Killer Tree” by the U S Forest Service
in danger of imminiet collapse.
It was slated for top priority removal.

Lincoln National Forest
Angus, New Mexico

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7 Comments

  1. Frank Simpson says:
    May 4, 2017 at 12:11 PM

    Yikes!!

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    1. Galen911 says:
      May 4, 2017 at 12:33 PM

      That’s exactly what I thought when I saw the bright orange tape. But that didn’t stop me from being stupid enough to get up close to take a shot!!! No one was around to stop me. The tree was about 80 feet high and only about 1/5 of it’s trunk had not been burned away at the base. It looked like you could push it over with your hand.

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  2. Sherry Felix says:
    May 4, 2017 at 4:52 PM

    Poor tree.

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    1. Galen911 says:
      May 4, 2017 at 6:07 PM

      Agreed…

      Galen

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  4. aj vosse says:
    May 21, 2017 at 1:02 AM

    WoW! I wonder what happens to the wood? Would the Forestry Services leave the felled tree to return to nature where it lays or sell off that valuable timber?

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    1. Galen911 says:
      May 22, 2017 at 9:55 PM

      I really don’t know. Some of the cut trees were hauled away and a lot of them were just left where they were. I’ll have to ask my daughter who lives in the area.

      Galen

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