Redwood Highway 199 Conditions Before & After Wildfire

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Before and after video traveling through the burn scar of the Smith River Canyon on the Redwood Highway 199. This major highway was shut down in the summer of 2023 because of the nearly 100,000 acre Smith River Complex fires. While the fire was burning, Highway 199 road conditions were unsafe for travel well into the fall. I took some video in 2023 before the fire while traveling through this canyon. I got more video this year after the fire and made this before and after video so you can see what this stretch looked like before the fire and after the fire. Highway 199 is the one major highway that connects southern Oregon and Interstate 5 with the Southern Oregon and Northern California coast.
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@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

Watch the full video here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P1_aEeulttE.html

@dalebrabb4756 2 месяца назад

I've driven that road several times and recognized it right away.

@TheOldJarhead 5 месяцев назад

I love that stretch of road and drove it many times. Sad to see the burn, mother nature can be furious! Glad to see them harvesting the timber though! Thanks for sharing -- ask me sometime about my younger days and driving that road in my hopped up firebird...at blistering speeds ;)

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

They are salvaging the trees along the road right of way. Aside from that the rest of the forest service land likely won’t be salvaged. As usual, a lot of dead old growth timber will be left. I am not sure if I want to hear your hopped up firebird stories. More for me to worry about every time I go around one of those corners. 😂

@TheOldJarhead 5 месяцев назад

@@WilsonForestLands 🤣

@Wheelloader__ 5 месяцев назад

Cool video Wilson

@terryk3118 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the before/after view. Comforting to know we saved the wilderness by not allowing any thinning/logging in there.

@dougdinsmore9751 5 месяцев назад

Great photography and narrative! I live along Hwy 36 near the Humboldt-Trinity county line. The 2020 August Complex Fire burned over one-million acres and was started by small lightning strikes, which the USFS did nothing to extinguish. They eventually converged into a mega fire that raced west, southwest at roughly eight miles per day, devastating everything in its path. Then to make matters worse, the Forest Service sent us the Alaska Strike Team to manage a fire in terrain they knew nothing about. Their backfiring tactics were responsible for destroying many additional properties that had escaped the initial burn. No lawsuit against the FS and little help from FEMA. Now insurance companies refuse to renew our policies when they expire. If it sounds like I’m still pissed, I am. Keep the great videos coming!

@dgoodman1484 5 месяцев назад

Yep, in a short couple of years, fully 1/3 of California’s forests burned including our families 130 yr old cabin, my sisters house and what was possibly the worlds largest sugar pine hidden near the edge of Lassen NP. Since the cabin fire, I haven’t had the mental strength to go back up there and check on it. From what I’ve been told, not much survived in the area 😞

@jamiethomas2155 5 месяцев назад

Wow, such devastation . I read that fires can travel up to 15 mph., Destroying everything in its path. Appreciate the video my friend. Be safe and look forward to the next one.

@MsdMakingSawDust 5 месяцев назад

That was a nice little drive from my point of view. ( recliner ) 😂That’s terrible fire. Thanks for sharing. By the way I watched both videos . Thanks for the second one

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

I think I actually enjoyed the drive better editing the video than I did actually doing the drive. 😁

@jamessutherland1911 5 месяцев назад

It's great that they are salvaging the burnt timber and not letting it go to waste.

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

The majority of the burned timber will not be salvaged and will go to waste. That is standard procedure now with the Forest Service. They are only harvesting the narrow strip along the road for road safety.

@jamessutherland1911 5 месяцев назад

That's total B.S let good timber go to waste so the bugs can manifest then move on to green timber no wonder our country is in tough shape what a bummer man.

@megrim8292 5 месяцев назад

@@jamessutherland1911 The arsonists are let free to go and do this continually, not only that, the burnt trees are even more flammable for the next time. All in the name of eco-friendly green policies.

@grandy0406 5 месяцев назад

Just a thougAhtq: what did the understory of take forest have to do with the intensity of the fire? Have there not been any previous controlled burns like parts of other national forests are doing to prevent this magnitude of fire or is that only rumor? Do controlled burns really help?

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

Underbrush has a lot to do with it and so do overcrowded trees. Controlled burns do happen in some areas but on a very small scale. On an extremely small percentage of the forest. Controlled burning and mechanical treatments can help in a lot of cases. The huge majority of Forest Service land is not being treated in any way. Those areas of intense burns in this video have not had controlled burns or any treatment.

@grandy0406 5 месяцев назад

@@WilsonForestLands thanks so much for the info. I really enjoy your videos and have developed a great respect for the way you do things.

@timmyfields6159 5 месяцев назад

Hated to give this one a thumbs up. Appreciate the video but didn’t like the scenery.

@seanwoodburn2616 5 месяцев назад

What a great comparison for those of us who know that area. I have not been on 199 this year due to heavy workload South (Mendocino and Sonoma) but as a utility forester, seeing the aftermath is of particular interest. New to your channel and love it!

@beerbuzz62 5 месяцев назад

Great video and camera work.That camera guy is amazing.Keep em coming

@rickstephens1130 5 месяцев назад

That looks like a really bad Hwy for accidents? And we have the same kinds of Highways here in Washington state. I was just noticing the curves that you have over there, while you were driving

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

It is a very bad highway for accident. One of the worst in the areas. And it’s not just the curvy part. Lot of the more normal stretch of road gets a lot of the accidents. A lot of side roads and driveways and people drive on it like it’s an interstate.

@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223 5 месяцев назад

That road is really quite something . I need to get out your way and see it for myself . You are a long way from Nova Scotia , Canada .

@PaulMinger-e9d 5 месяцев назад

Interesting how some fire was good and too much was not so

@MarkBrey-w8o 5 месяцев назад

A very special Thanks to the camera man. It was good that he could keep filming so that Mr Wilson could keep his eyes on that road. I think that you better give him a raise. Mr Wilson lives to film another day. Good job.

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

I think she as the passenger was also thankful to be the camera person and that I was keeping my eyes on the road. 😁

@pauladams3789 5 месяцев назад

Even though the tree died, the bark from the tree saved the wood from being destroyed.

@hobbyfarmer62 5 месяцев назад

The amount of destruction in the sort of fires is often quite surprising and amazing. It is hard to grasp just how hot and fast these great fires can be along with the speed at which the can move. Thanks for the stunning video.

@brianrobertson9314 5 месяцев назад

I was on the Smith River Complex fire on the California side of the fire working nights. Never saw the much because of the fog and smoke but it looks wonderful before the fire

@wayneweis653 5 месяцев назад

Excellent job, Camera person.

@SWheatleyOutdoors 5 месяцев назад

I was on the smith river complex just as it crossed into Oregon, luckily it rained that night and slowed things down just enough to let us get a bunch of equipment in and put in some fire line that kept it away from quite a few houses.

@indianacornbread6407 5 месяцев назад

It's so beautiful out that way, at least from what I see on RU-vid. I can imagine it could turn to a literal hell on earth in the blink of an eye, huh.

@joeyrector1015 5 месяцев назад

That fire burned up a lot of forest land didn't it. And alot of animals had to move to a different place

@Twobrothersoutdoors 5 месяцев назад

Glad to see they salvaged the standing dead timber. Here in the Adirondacks in the name of "forever wild" the timber would rot to the ground. And you know how long it takes charred timber to rot.

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

They only salvaged the timber along the road right of way for road safety. Anything else on that over 90,000 acre burn that is on Forest Service land will not likely be salvaged. It is standard procedure for the forest service now to leave it here too.

@Twobrothersoutdoors 5 месяцев назад

@@WilsonForestLands well, I guess all government heads think alike

@talgreenberg3405 5 месяцев назад

My first forest property was destroyed by the Caldor fire. Breaks my heart. So many old trees lost.

@birddogfarms6981 5 месяцев назад

Good video, Wilson....thanks for posting.

@DanielAtkinsFirewood 5 месяцев назад

Parts of Interstate 5 look simmer to this. When I was going to Los Angeles in 2023, I could tell what just went through a few months before.. Thank you for sharing with us all..😉👍

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

A lot of areas are starting to look like this in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

@glendagoodrich31 5 месяцев назад

Bravo to your videographer. SHE did an awesome job. It was interesting (and a bit sad) to see that section of 199. I’ll bet I have driven that stretch no less than 100 times through the years starting way back in 1979 when we moved to Medford and I would take Susie and her brother back and forth to Arcata. Useless trivia, I know. But your video did conjure up some nostalgic memories!

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

Not only did she do an awesome job shooting the video, the whole video was her idea. I think I know what you mean by nostalgic memories. I have them with that road too.

@stefflus08 4 месяца назад

Ugh, perpetual double yellow lines. There are plenty of places to pass someone. It's a good road by my north norwegian standards, but seems to have a lot of traffic. Are these yellow speed signs before 'corners' suggestions or limits? That Collier tunnel is cute.

@WilsonForestLands 4 месяца назад

The yellow speed signs are suggestions for safe speeds around the corners. Most people don’t slow down as much as they suggest.

@edwinlikeshistractor8521 5 месяцев назад

I liked the before and after video. I value your wisdom and would appreciate your thoughts surrounding these fires. The official line of BS/publicly released information does not always make sense to me.

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Edwin. If I didn’t have so many other things to do I might do some video tours of some fires and show what’s actually going on. Maybe one day.

@Dan_Akins 5 месяцев назад

Is most of that area public or private owned? Will a big fire like that keep Mother Nature happy for some time?

@WilsonForestLands 5 месяцев назад

Most of that area is owned by Forest Service. In some areas it should keep mother nature happy. It did a good job and just cleaned up the forest. In other areas it burned pretty hot and could take a long time to recover to anything that will resemble forest again.

@plainairbarnettsoutdoors 5 месяцев назад

I'll say it again: Mother Nature is the all mighty in the out of doors. My city folk coworkers look at me if I'm imposing a sermon upon them when I say this 😅. They also have never been in any extreme outdoor situation. Loving the diesel motor sound in the background.