Fire is a natural and necessary part of the West Texas ecosystem, even though it has been largely kept out of many Texas landscapes due to decades of fire suppression. At the McDonald Observatory, located in the Davis Mountains, Mount Locke and Mount Fowlkes house incredibly valuable telescopes and other equipment that cannot risk exposure to particles and smoke from prescribed burning.
The next best thing, then, is going in and manually removing brush and dead trees with chain saws. That might seem like a simple task, but knowing which trees to cut, how to make proper cuts, requires some expertise.
Managing land often requires a large amount of collaboration to reach goals.
We are thankful for our partners at The University of Texas at Austin for letting us assist with protecting the natural ecosystem and technology at the McDonald Observatory, all while giving our crews invaluable training opportunities.
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