This was my first visit to Buffalo Mountain since the
devastating fire last April. The park was closed for a
while after the fire in order to clear the trails. From the photo above you can see that Huckleberry Knob is looking pretty bare -- but here we are just five months after the fire and you can see the
resilience of the plant life -- ferns, mountain laurel, sassafras and pine trees are springing up through the ashes. In fact, there's actually quite a bit of color to be found there this fall. Click
here for trail maps and more information about Buffalo Mountain. Huckleberry Knob is a short walk from the main
trail head and offers great views of Johnson City, TN.
This was my first visit to Buffalo Mountain since the devastating fire last April. The park was closed for a 
while after the fire in order to clear the trails. From the photo above you can see that Huckleberry Knob is looking pretty bare -- but here we are just five months after the fire and you can see the resilience of the plant life -- ferns, mountain laurel, sassafras and pine trees are springing up through the ashes. In fact, there's actually quite a bit of color to be found there this fall. Click here for trail maps and more information about Buffalo Mountain. Huckleberry Knob is a short walk from the main trail head and offers great views of Johnson City, TN.
A beautiful photo! It reminds me of a couple of facts about the forest I learned as a new forester many years ago. Forests are born of disturbance and they are dynamic. Your photo depicts both.
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