Stills - Marsh Burning

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A marsh unit burns in Lower Klamath NWR. A helicopter drops ping pong balls with a special chemical that starts a fire. Troy Portnoff's winning photo of an RX burn at LKR Unit 13 Teal Pond burn at Modoc NWR
Tule Lake marsh 2005 A massive smoke column rises from the Tule Lake marsh burn in 2005. Fire dances on tule reeds tops. Fire intensely burns during aerial firing operations.
Fire slowly burns through tule reeds. Fire races across hardstem bulrush. Fire burns across the horizon during a burn on Tule Lake marsh in 2005. Aerial view of Tule lake marsh burning.
A helicopter ignites the marsh at Klamath Marsh NWR. Tule Lake marsh burning in pockets. Fire dances across Unit 9A in Lower Klamath NWR. Unit 9A burns in March, 2006.
Fire consumes marsh lands in Lower Klamath NWR. Fire backs through thick hardstem bulrush.

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Page updated: October 05, 2007.