The most critical stretch remains along the fire's western edge, near the Pistol River. Randy Shepard, a fire spokesman, said 10 hand crews were pressing south in rough terrain.
You can see on the combo satellite/topo map that I posted that fires are still burning in that area on the western side of the Green Disaster Fire. The rest of the burn area in yellow looks the best it has in over a month.
Aided by bulldozers and three crews working toward the north to meet them, firefighters hope to tie the two ends by Sunday.
The Watermelon Greens hate bulldozers and according to justshe have been fighting the use of bulldozers in the fires in the Umpquah River area.
Their hatred of bulldozers is a prime example of their criminally insane view of forests, their love of fire and their hatred of Americans living around the tinder boxes created by their forest agendas.