March 2020 - After a relatively snowless winter, and recent warm and windy weather, the woods in our region are drying out fast.  This has been great for getting outside, but it also means increased fire danger.  This was brought home to us this week when PLC staff and volunteers were out at our Florence Tarr Wildlife Sanctuary in Bedford/Goffstown looking at a possible trail improvement project.  They met up with a crew from the Goffstown Fire Department, who were looking for a brushfire that was called in by a mountain biker riding the Tarr trails. 

Everybody walked in to find the blaze, which was burning through dry leaf litter on Holbrook Hill in the remote west end of the property.  The fire was put out successfully thanks to the fast work of the Gofffstown fire crew. The cause of the fire is unknown, but more than likely it was started by smoking material discarded by a trail user.  Thank you and three cheers to the Goffstown Fire Department, the alert mountain biker, and the PLC folks who were in the right place at the right time!