Experienced morel hunters, across the entire continental USA (CONUS), know that their beloved Morchella often thrive in disturbed areas – not just in old wildfires! Morels often seek out disturbances that result from forestry management: cuts, thins, controlled burns, road and trail building, power line activity, etc. We have added new maps in our membership area that […]
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This week we added burn severity maps to the burn morel map system. The burn severity index is a available for all 2022 “A” rated fires. We also created burn perimeter maps for British Columbia. Next week we will release another set of fun maps! Burn Severity Maps Burn severity is calculated using satellite imagery
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The 2022 burn morel season is shaping up to be as good or better than any season in the last 5 years. The 2021 fires that guide our hunts were unusually widespread from Southern California up through Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana with each state having at least 10 excellent high-potential fires. These huge and
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Eastern Burn Morels Morel hunters often want to know if burn morels grow in the Eastern US. As Western hunters, we usually say NOPE! However, there are a few scientifically documented instances where burn morel species were found east of the Rockies. With ears on the ground all the time, I have also heard about several occurrences
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All Morels Are Good Morels When you find a cache of morels so large that you can fill a 5 gallon bucket in a matter of hours, it’s not hard to become obsessed. We all already have the mushroom bug… just wait until you fuel it with this kind of unprecedented reward! If you
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Burn Morel Outlook There are fewer large, destination fires to burn morel hunt this year – overall the fires tend to be smaller. Notwithstanding Canada, it was a friendlier forest fire year for the West then most! However, there’s still plenty of opportunity and lots of fires to choose from. Hikers Have More Opportunities The
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