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Archive Home > 2006 > July > 12 > Devastation and renewal

Devastation and renewal

Forest near Round and Square lakes continues recovery from 2003 fire

By Jim Witty / The Bulletin
July 12, 2006

I was fearing the worst.

The last time I'd hiked from Round Lake to Square Lake in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness had been four Julys ago, before the B&B Complex Fire in August 2003 charred 92,000 acres of lush forestland. According to published reports, lightning caused two small fires that....

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