[ARDF] Bastrop State Park

[John Marriott]

Hi Ken

It sure looks bad in the photos. It will obviously take a long time to get
back to something like it was. However, you might be surprised to find that
it may be suitable for orienteering again within a decade if our experience
of new forest planting in the UK is replicated in Texas. Small trees and
bushes soon appear and different rates of growth have produced some complex
areas quite quickly. The big problem is that the maps need frequent updates.

Regards

John Marriott
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> Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 17:23:14 -0700
> From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker at kenharker.com>
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> ARDF friends,
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>      The 2008 USA ARDF Championships were held in Bastrop State Park in
> central Texas.  For those of you who attended, you will remember that
> the park was predominantly a loblolly pine forest.  The "lost pines" are
> unique in that they are an isolated pine forest separated from the rest of
> the loblolly pines that cover the southeastern USA by over 100 miles.
> The park was used annually for classic orienteering meets as well as our
> ARDF events.
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>      In September, 2011, the worst wildfire in the history of Texas
> started when power lines along a highway on the northern border of the
> park were knocked down into drought-dry grasses along the road during
> heavy winds.  96% of the park burned.  The park is 5296 acres, and less
> than 100 acres of the pine forest in the park survived.  Around the park,
> over 34,356 acres acres burned, 1673 homes were destroyed or damaged,
> and 2 people died.
>
>     We drove through the park today.  It will be decades before we can
> hold orienteering or ARDF events in the park again.  I took a few photos.
> The photos do not really convey the experience.  You do not need to have a
> Facebook account to see these photos using this link:
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> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.817892661571517.1073741838.100000523731017&type=1&l=50c820ea3b
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> --
> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
> kenharker at kenharker.com
> http://www.kenharker.com/
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