Jean's Sands
@jeans-sands
water, deserts, public lands, early New England - born in Boston, transported to dry eastern Washington when a preteen. Most likely to be found in the damp lands of western Washington
I haven't posted about this one, I was worried by what I was reading but don't feel like I know enough to analyze. But I looked at it last night, the town of Nespelem was on level 3 Go Now. Fire is now reported as 37,869 acres. share.watchduty.org/i/108797?ts=...
I can do this. I can stop scrolling and post two characters who bring me and maybe you happiness
We had no rain overnight, but then thunder and rain in the morning. Fluffy clouds and blue sky came in, but the sky, the air, the color of light, all suggest more. A couple of hours ago
Chaco Canyon Didn't we just do this? Is this their response to the people didn’t get enough time to comment? Anyhow, till July 29th, mountain time. eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home...
Polling also found that 89% of Utah voters agree it is important that Native American Tribes have a strong role in managing their ancestral lands, and four out of five voters say they favor keeping the cooperative management agreement between Tribes and public land managers in place for Bears Ears.
"Polling of voters in seven Western states found that support for keeping existing national monument designations in place has increased from 88% in 2025 to 91% in 2026. "
Rock Day: Rock Check, yay! These are my latest, picked up by 20yo granddaughter on our walk a few days ago. From a nothing but rocks streambed, mostly dry because it's July in the Cascades. Near the Index Batholith
Okanagan B and O fire Level 3 Go share.watchduty.org/i/107449?ts=...
Unconfirmed, someone was throwing fireworks out of their car last night. Now, 2000 acres and people have been evacuated. 97 has been closed, check for status if you are traveling in that area. share.watchduty.org/i/106032?ts=...
Small 10 acres off of back highway between Concrete and Darrington. share.watchduty.org/i/105690?ts=... "in steep terrain with moderate rate of spread and no access"
The ghostpipe is still around. It is on a slope we are trying to minimize erosion. I feared it had been too disturbed by human shenanigans, but it's still here! www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/...
WatchDuty map with Satellite Hotspots share.watchduty.org/i/104843?ts=... If you follow the link to Watch Duty, you can see the geography better by turning off the weather overlays.
Inciweb link loaded a little weird, but might be my weak internet Photo from Inciweb, labeled 6-27-2026 Gooseberry Guard Station inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-inf...
Canyonlands NP has completely closed The Needles District. (Am I reading correctly?) And Monte Wells (if you know), of course, is whining about it. Nowhere near Canyonlands he says. Babylon Fire more than doubled overnight, heading rapidly towards The Needles. www.nps.gov/cany/learn/n...
Babylon Fire, BENM Bears Ears National Monument www.fs.usda.gov/r04/manti-la... share.watchduty.org/i/104843?ts=... Canyonlands NP has closed the Needles Visitor Center and paused backcountry activities in The Needles District #parkchat
It's raining like it's the week before the Fourth of July. The side channel is already dry
New 50 acre fire, eastern WA, Winthrop evacuating. A friend tried living there, but the fire that year went right up to her house. Click on the image or the link for the level 3 go now locations From WatchDuty share.watchduty.org/i/105087?ts=...
Recent notifications, some large WA fires. The one by Wallula Gap is 100% contained. Morning updates should be coming in soon. Kartar fire is SE of Omak, Okanagan country. Juniper Dunes east of Pasco. Tule west of Sunnyside, Yakama lands
Earlier, one of those soft, quiet, overcasts. Now, lots of fluffy clouds scudding quickly before today's west winds
Dprion = Dorion Watch Duty link gives evacuation updates, us 730 is closed
Following this fire down in se Washington, just south of Madame Dprion State Park where the Walla Walla becomes party of the Columbia. Two hours ago, 3,624 acres with the fire being 1/2 mile into Oregon. Winds blowing it south. share.watchduty.org/i/102648?ts=... geology notes ⬇️
Earlier this week, a lot of rain. Looking off the porch into community land.
Today's walk, the bossy corgi-plus let me pause long enough to take this picture to share and the flavor was delightful
Morning rain, sniffing under the ferns. Invasive archangel *is* being reduced