occur under nutritional and en- vironmental stress. According to Robert Joe, “Our cattle were already stressed from the drought, but with the fi re and smoke inhalation on top of that we began to see a situation that needed treatment.” The Jacksons worked with their
veterinarian to develop a plan of ac- tion to treat and eliminate it from the herd. “This spring, we had a calf born on a real windy day in a pasture that was burned pretty bad. The calf suffered corneal abra- sions from ash that blew in his eyes. It was something we could easily treat, just not something we ex- pected 2 years after the fi re.” With optimistic refl ection the
Jacksons notice that many of the endless brush thickets were burned away, even uncovering Native American artifacts in some places. “The Indians were on this coun-
try long before my family arrived,” says Robert Joe. “We’ve seen some of their cooking pits in a few places, but with so much of the thickets burned off we see so many more of them now.” Dena adds, “You can really see
the placement of them based on the topography of the landscape. That’s something we never realized because they’ve been hidden by a hundred or more years of growth.” Even today, rainfall washes the top- soil and ash away, uncovering ar- rowheads and points.
Extinguishing the fl ames Despite every human effort to
get ahead of the fi re and contain it, it just wasn’t enough. Relief fi - nally came in the form of rain and extinguished the fl ames. “We got 2 inches and that’s what fi nally put out the fi re. It also washed so much
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never occur again, but under nor- mal conditions precautions can be taken to control the vegetation around buildings, park equipment in a place that lessens the chance for it to burn, and consider all op- tions to act swiftly. Dena says, “We keep our wa-
ter trucks and cattle sprayer full during fi re season, but this was a different situation. It was just too hot, dry and windy and the soil moisture was way too low. After going through this it is something we hope to never face again. You wouldn’t wish this on anybody, but we hope others can learn from it.”
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