The WILDFIRE In Michigan That NOBODY is Talking About.

Before the Gaylord tornado happened, there was a wildfire east of Gaylord that burned for over a week. To my surprise, Michigan sees a fair amount of wildfires during any given year. However, most of them never get to be very big in size. This one was the largest wildfire that Michigan saw in a decade.
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[@ChrisHarden]

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[@michigandersea3485]

Fire was a critical part of the natural ecology of northern Michigan red pine forests. Before the late 19th century they were naturally open forests/savannas kept open by regular small fires every decade or less. Fire is actually very beneficial to encourage young red pines to sprout up without being planted.

[@aheike35]

I was thinking this forest is about to be thriving.

[@hkguitar1984]

All true. Also, natural fires like this one help promote conditions favorable to Morel Mushrooms. I know many people who found Morels in the years immediately following a significant fire in the Mio area back in 2012,

[@kiszmyazz1026]

Still is but homosapiens are fuckin it up n mother nature is going to come back with a vengeance

[@Live_Outdoors]

Huge wildlife benefit from recovering burn areas. Deer and small game will have an abundance of quality food from this as it recovers

[@michaelsmyth4317]

Yea ok.

[@Njennings42]

That's wild, I live right next door in Oscoda County, didn't hear anything about this fire until now.

[@Tethmes]

A small fire went through my family's property in up north Michigan 2 years ago. Lightning strike as well. Luckily, the area is kept well logged and our half-acre campsite on the property acted as a fire break on one side, and the logging roads served as a fire breaks in the other directions. I've always been a firm believer in forest management, and this is why. Underbrush burned, but the forest was saved. Total burn was about 15 acres of brush and saplings. It really does happen all the time all over the place, but there's a reason places like Michigan don't burn to the ground while places like Cali do. And it ain't what the news says.

[@hscarbrough]

I am a former DNR Keymen (Wildland Firefighter) Great job with the video.

[@Photo75Dog]

Chris-Another great video, nice shots with the Drone-the look down view puts some perspective on how big the fire was. Thanks for putting this up.

[@Doug778]

i love going up north. living in michigan we take vacations up north everybody loves camping here. btw up north is not just the u.p its pretty much anywhere north of the center of the state.

[@dougkennedy4906]

Clare north

[@greyferguson9319]

We always say "Up North" starts @ Cadillac.🙂

[@ryanirving3388]

The UP and what Michiganders like us call "up north" are pretty different though. In the UP people's accents are even different than the traditional Michigan accent

[@cantankeroushousewife2942]

My great grandfather was a watchman for keeping an eye out for forest fires up in Montmorency County. Grandma said he was one of the first private home having a phone, but it was for her dad to call if he saw a forest fire start.

[@thomaswhite5928]

I was driving through the Johannesburg area, south of the Pigeon River, on May 13, 2022 around 1:00 when I saw a large amount of smoke to the north. I called 911 to report the fire north of my location. I was told by the 911 operator that the DNR was doing a controlled burn at Blue Lake. I told the operator that it was way too dry to be burning. He told me they knew what they were doing and that everything was under control. There is no way a lightning strike two days before is responsible for this fire. It was extremely dry in northern Michigan at that time, and on that day very little wind. No way it smoldered for 2 days before it took off. If anyone is interested in the truth, my 911 call is public record, look it up. Listen to what the operator told me. Something is not right about this fire.

[@shelley7975]

I believe you, Thomas White. Isn't it comforting to know that the people that are suppose to protect us, lie to us? It's a deep rabbit hole.

[@thomaswhite5928]

@@shelley7975 I contacted 5 news organizations the day's after they "were investigating the cause of the fire" and "it's been determined that a lighting strike from two days earlier" caused the fire. Nobody has contacted me. How can they determine the cause to be a lighting strike within 3 days?

[@shelley7975]

@@thomaswhite5928 They can't. After the last 2 years, I don't believe anyone that has anything to do with the government. If you do the research, which I'm sure you have, these fires aren't random. Control the weather/land, control the people.

[@layedbackpeeps2518]

@@thomaswhite5928 kinda weird didnt they also tell you it was controlled burn ?why the different answers

[@thomaswhite5928]

@@layedbackpeeps2518 well it was the 911 operator telling me in real time that the DNR was doing a controlled burn and not to worry, but thanks for the call. It was days later that all the media was giving the exact same story of "its under investigation" and then maybe two days later "it was started by a lightning strike" per the DNR. The thing is, when I called to report it they didn't even hesitate to tell me it was a controlled burn. They were not surprised by the call, like they were informed what the DNR would be doing that day ahead of time. Things don't add up for me. Even if the media didn't want to report anything that made the DNR look bad, wouldn't curiosity compel them to look into this information? Strange.

[@josephbeckmann8106]

I grew up in central Wisconsin and I remember them having Smokey the Bear signs that had yellow, orange or red for the forest fire conditions.

[@greyferguson9319]

Still there, although not as many.

[@wilurbean]

We were in an EXTREME fire risk when that fire happened. I live in the next county over and I'd never seen that level belt.

[@paulklockowski3495]

They have fire danger signs in almost every little village up around Atlanta.

[@shelbyz1974]

Sad to see the destruction of the fire. Nice drone footage Chris! Those mists appear eerie. Kudos to the firefighters and volunteers who put it all out.❤

[@ChrisHarden]

Yes, the first responders in the area had a busy month!

[@69judge27]

"Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word." 😎🎸

[@jamesanderson9287]

The Thumb, particularly north of I-69, is not forested due to a major wildfire that destroyed it in the 1870s, and the forest never grew back. Prior to that, it was as forested as much of the rest of the state was and still is.

[@ChrisHarden]

I saw that one happened there a couple hundred years ago when researching for this video. I would say that it’s not forested today because the soil there is suitable for farming. I say that because there have been other fires of that scale in other parts of the state in the 19th century, and those areas have grown back to being forests.

[@alanritter6300]

People always get pissed off when there’s a perfectly good wild fire 🔥

[@45AMT]

Sad to see all the damage. Big thumbs up for the drone! Wouldn't have be possible to see all this great footage without it. Big thumbs up to all those firefighters who put there selfs on the line.

[@technodrone313]

its a natural part of the environment.

[@noname-by3qz]

I grew up spending time every summer in the Huron forest. It's so hard to believe there's so many wild fires. I never heard of that when I was there. Plenty of rain or people were more careful.

[@wilurbean]

We were talking about in northern MI lol. I was hiking in the area while the fire was starting. It's a gorgeous area. However, Emmet and Antrim countries are prettiest around. M119 in the fall

[@PinePowerLI]

Heavily reminds me of the Pine Barrens. Instead of Pitch Pines (Pinus Rigida) there are Jack Pines (Pinus Banksiana) but the ecosystems are actually very similar and actually depend on fires to function. The cones of the Pines open in the heat of the fire to release their seeds for the next generation.

[@packisbetter90]

Looks like the area I'm originally from in Marquette Mi in the Upper Peninsula. Remember thered be fires sometimes and a siren would sound

[@ChasePhilport]

Thank you for the effort you put into your videos!

[@discobikerAndRosie]

In Michigan, we need Forest burns every other decade or so, to burn off the thick, dry stuff. We have burn bans every spring so people don't start unwanted fires. Even though we "green up", the stuff underneath is dry as bones. I'm always cautious when I have campfires in my yard. I keep a hose & a bucket of water nearby. I also have a screen I can put over the flames.

[@gt1957]

Very good coverage as usual. But northern, or northeastern Michigan is the UP. This area is basically the middle of the state. Just making sure the UP isn't forgotten! But it's very common to say northern Michigan is the top part of the Lower Peninsula.

[@ChrisHarden]

Thanks. Where “Up North” starts seems to always be a debated topic amongst Michiganders haha.

[@klwenz93]

@@ChrisHarden I agree with this! As someone from the tri cities of Michigan I think of this part of Michigan as “up north”... the only “UP” of Michigan to me is the Upper Peninsula 😅

[@douglashurd8652]

From coldwater to Cadillac to copper harbour it's all pure Michigan , love em all . And I'm a Minnesota native !!

[@suzieq2268]

I gave seen many controlled burns up north in Michigan and in Ontario. They are quite helpful in preventing a potential uncontrolled fire with all of the old underbrush. Nature greens right back up, and the method works very well. Many trees survive fires.

[@gregorybliss882]

I always try to give respect to the Upper Peninsula by referring to this area in the video as "northern lower peninsula"

[@soundimpact4633]

My great-grandmother was from Atlanta and I lived on that property 40 years ago during the summer with my husband and baby daughter. Nearby you have another family town called Onaway, and the Aqueoc Falls. Very difficult to make a living and so we came back to Southern Michigan.

[@lazyrrr2411]

Forest Fire is not all a Bad Thing . It cleans away old, dead vegetation & clears the way for New Growth . Animals come in to eat ; young trees can get a good start . The American Indians even used to do Controlled Burns ... HOWEVER , once in a while, Billy-bob & his brother come in to do a "zippo raid" and hope for a better deer hunt 🤫

[@kellyklich1556]

Glad you informed us about this. Only thing is slow down while filming I would have liked to see it slower

[@billdoty6438]

Thanks for going to N.E. Michigan. Very few people do live up there. I live in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, but we attempted to move to Alpena , Michigan about 7 years ago, but it didn’t work out. But know the area, thanks again for great video

[@paulklockowski3495]

I was there the day they opened the road, and the next day during the tornado. It looked exactly like it did in the video. Went walking through some of the public side on the left there as the right side is owned by Black River Hunting club and you cannot walk them grounds. Seen some critter carcasses and even found elk shed. 19:09 Quite the scene. I just got home 3 hours ago today from the same place one year later. I'm very happy to say there is a lot of greenery back in the area and it looks like the area is making a comeback. It doesn't smell like burnt wood. I was very surprised to see that the Black River private grounds had cleared out all the trees. I mean nothing but bare ground with light vegetation. The west side of Blue Lakes rd. is making a comeback. Seen some elk on walk through this time and was happy they are around. Last year I did see 2 crossing the road there in your video, right after you make the sharp right turn by the fence gate, going up the hill right about that vehicle was infront of you. That area is also known for great spring trout fishing. Just stay in the water. Not on land or the sheriff will hand up a ticket worth $175..ha ha ha I love the land all around there from Atlanta all the way over to Vanderbilt and was very saddened by the fire.

[@lobo1368]

Thank you. Crazy the media doesn't cover this. Grrr🤬

[@albertmyers7176]

Great vid , you good at this

[@ChrisHarden]

Thanks!

[@1KingCoop]

It's wild how nobody talked about that wildfire I'm sure only local news talked about it but a majority of places act like wildfires happen only in California when and all actuality that can happen all over the world. That's a beautiful Park too I just wonder how it affected the people there as well as the wildlife.

[@ChrisHarden]

I was surprised to learn about wildfires in Michigan when researching everything... The Duck Lake Fire from 2012 in the U.P. was 10 times larger than this one. Anything is possible with mother nature!

[@1KingCoop]

@@ChrisHarden exactly and I've never heard of the duck lake fire until now, that's crazy. No news really covered it at all. I'm sure all the local news channels did but other than that no major one did.

[@technodrone313]

this fire is tiny compared to what they get out west.

[@dougkennedy4906]

I think 9 &10 gave it a whole 10 seconds of coverage.

[@richardsanty9063]

I sure do love the upper peninsula of michigan.

[@packisbetter90]

This is northern lower peninsula

[@richardsanty9063]

@@packisbetter90 I did not realize that. thank you so much.

[@corinamclaughlin1032]

I didn't hear anything about this fire tell I clicked on your video wow 😳

[@Tipp_Of_The_Mitt]

Good example of how Mother nature works, not man made and some trees survive in order to rejuvenate the forest, other than the help putting it out my man.

[@Diddley-js6lf]

I know those Roads better then back of my Hand, we spend every summer holiday as well Hunting, Fishing, and Snow Rally up there.

[@Philc231]

Might be good for the forest . No people , no clear cutting . Let nature run it’s course ,

[@bryanjones14]

Mental note for mushroom hunters next year

[@kevinakakp9120]

Outside of metropolitan Detroit and the Flint region, national coverage on incidents are rare, no matter the intensity of the disaster. Even the dam break near Midland was very localized, the tornado in Gaylord was pretty localized, the shoreline erosion a year ago on the western coast was pretty localized to that region, the majority of people in Michigan, and around the country will not know anything about these incidents, but Michigan rarely gets these large disasters, and when they do happen very few people are ever injured or even affected. The focus is always on the man induced destruction that occurs in the extreme industrial region of southeast Michigan, being Detroit, Flint, Saginaw and along the I-94 expressway corridor from Detroit to Indiana

[@ChrisHarden]

There’s been hundreds of KZbin videos uploaded on the Gaylord tornado from national and local news outlets. The dam break I thought was covered pretty well too. This one, nobody is talking about it and that’s why this video is blowing up for me. No other competition. My Gaylord tornado video didn’t do as well as this one is doing because there were like 1,000 videos on it.

[@Eibarwoman]

The flood of 1986 was widespread but the worst of the flooding was along the Cass or Muskegon Rivers with the exception of dam failures at Hart and between Rockford and Belmont, but crop destruction was rampant in a 60 by 180 mile region larger than New Hampshire, a microburst was recorded amongst the floods in Midland, and two tornadoes, one a F2 were recorded near Battle Creek and Pontiac in the storm.

[@monicasiegel7380]

Love your video. Michigan has beautiful places ❤

[@jamespurdy6548]

I live up here and actually didn't argue with dry burning and it got out of hand and they tried to lie about it and blame it on lightning on A-day when there was no storm. It's not the 1st time DNR pulled this stone up here.

[@bradbel]

Forest fires happen all the time. The big news is when it impacts towns\houses.

[@ChrisHarden]

They don't happen all the time to the scale of this one. Michigan hasn't seen one that has burned over 1,000 acres in 10 years.

[@bobh6728]

@@ChrisHarden The Brittle Fire in 2021 burned 6,100 acres. It started as a controlled burn the got out of control. So maybe that doesn’t count as a wildfire. This was in Iosco County.

[@thomasmcsweeney1254]

thank you for your work, no snow, no rain more fire will be on the forecast for sure so let's hope that the people in charge like to breathe air and start to put these fires out when they start be pro not con.

[@honeybadgeractual5734]

Yooper here, i grew up where duck lake fires happened, and the sleeer lake fire before that. i left michigan years ago, 10 approximately... I moved back last year to my home town... been trying to get into drones near my area, any of yall know any racers, or acrobatics clubs in the Yoop?

[@cdp200442]

Here in northern Minnesota we had a firestorm that was still to this day one of the most intense forest fires in US history. Fires in the big boreal forests of Minnesota, Wi and the UP do happen way more than people think. Spring is definitely the time when burning gets away. We are blessed in Minnesota with so many lakes for water bombers to choose from. The UP does have some lakes and on calm days they could use Superior. Those old fire towers across our three states weren’t there just for looks lol.

[@douglashurd8652]

Yup . Minnesota got some fire history , last year was very very historic fire

[@Og-Judy]

Wisconsin had a terrible fire in Peshtigo October 8, 1871

[@TrevinBoyce]

My family visits the Black River Ranch to fly fish for brook trout and view the elk. It’s so sad seeing all of the burnt terrain. Saw it in person on our way to our hole. Locals believe that the government set the fire trying to get the private land sold to them. Either way its extremely sad to see the damage.

[@paulklockowski3495]

I seen today the Black River Ranch had cut down all the trees.

[@douglashurd8652]

I was at a trail and a big arching sign called grudgeville i went under and down the snowy trail heard a bigfoot possibly in the woods , i calmly left the area , cant quite remember wtf it was , anyone might know ? Either off 131 or hwy. 2 u.p . West of the big bridge .

[@landonm5188]

in febuary, i went hunting with my uncle (my profile picture) right where the fire went through, i came back there after the fire to the same spot and it was only charred land.

[@Diddley-js6lf]

We have a Cabin on 32 just east of Hall Rd. We were up last weekend but had to come back home because my wife got Covid somewhere so luckily we never left to cabin.

[@joeespo177]

Mother Nature doing what she does.

[@elbeejackson4124]

Its a necessary burn. No biggie, it was on the news here (Michigan) last week.

[@germanmg42]

Fire fighters were saying the dnr intentionally set the fire. And i hope for their sake that isn't true. I live 5 miles from where the fire was. Its a sad deal.

[@kevingunnery5470]

So otherwords are prescribed burn

[@germanmg42]

Yah i suppose. Or arson lol.

[@arlenekrese6912]

I never seen a fire like this In the state of Michigan!🏞🌲🌿☘🌷🥀🌳🌲🌱🌷🌻🌷

[@schrodingersgat4344]

When you stop the regular, natural fires, debris builds up. Dry enough season and you end up with a true disaster on ypur hands. Regular ,controlled, burns are a necessity. That keeps the forest clean and promotes regrowth.

[@gilbertarnold-percy]

At least the wildfires (forest fires) in Michigan don't usually become crown fires like they do in California

[@danthewildbirdman]

Would you happen to know any great birdwatching spots in MI?

[@jacquelinewubbena6604]

Yes. My all time favorite bird migration place. But if you tell anyone I will be very upset because I’m the only person there every year. Shiawasseee National refugee. October. When the winds turn south. 5-10k birds a night. Water fowl. Song birds. Raptors.

[@lauriewilson4741]

Tawas does a tour

[@kevingunnery5470]

I go cougar watching in downtown Birmingham every Friday in the summer 👩🏻👱‍♀️

[@danthewildbirdman]

@@kevingunnery5470 Good to know lmao

[@greyferguson9319]

Seney Wildlife viewing area, although much of it is closed for road repair, new headquarters, rest rooms, etc. this year.

[@hvacr24]

I live in GR, I get up that way every yr, GODS COUNTRY OF BEAUTY

[@erbewayne6868]

Is that the duck lake at Interlachen?

[@erbewayne6868]

No interlachen is in the Northwestern part of the lower peninsula (troll region) the one discussed is in the u p.

[@lauriewilson4741]

I live in Oscoda. Didn’t hear about this

[@dangallo5370]

About 5 miles from my cabin.

[@timpekarek9159]

I'm glad that there was no property damage, tho I would guess that there are few million $ + houses there compared to California where almost every house would cost that much. I looks bad now but it will return to green later this season.

[@ChrisHarden]

California homes are definitely worth more. In Michigan, it depends on where you are. If you’re off of one of the many crystal clear lakes in northern Michigan, home prices will often start around 1 million. In the woods like the area that I was just in, yeah you probably won’t find that many 1 million dollar homes.

[@williamstamper442]

No million dollar homes in montmoremcy county, pretty darn sure

[@greyferguson9319]

Those kind of properties are mostly near the Lakeshore/or interior lakes.

[@paulzochowski6198]

There was some cabins that burned, but very minimal.

[@perfectfan2006]

found 4 alligator snappers in the lower the last few years

[@technodrone313]

nice

[@scottlowman.1044]

Hardly anybody lives up there not much to lose.

[@AceSterTheMace]

To much drone. Less music more talk.

[@ChrisHarden]

No.

[@michaelsmith3119]

👍 THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE INCOMING SHIPS WILL LAND 🤔😳

[@nowhereman7398]

Here's some wildfire info for you

[@williamstamper442]

Bigfoot sighting 8:27

[@lauriewilson4741]

No, fires aren’t all bad in nature…til it burns rt up to a few miles of your house

[@shawnmiller4781]

Fires aren’t bad things in nature

[@jaycleveland6910]

I will grow back fast enough

[@ChrisHarden]

Probably.

[@halliwilljon]

Looks more like a grass fire

[@monathomas1777]

Oh everyone talks about it. Just not those who's pay grade matter's. Lol

[@nowhereman7398]

Your government at work.

[@jayringle1446]

Bullshit last there was one by hale MI

[@jayringle1446]

And that was Huge started down by hale and came all the way up to the river

[@travissmith-wz5nc]

Let it burn. If they wont harvest this will happen

[@krismcmann5068]

Just please distinguish an act of God from an act of Satan.