Not Just Any Day in the Woods | A Writer Observes a Prescribed Burn
Slowly bouncing down Devil’s Backbone trail on a gorgeous late winter’s morning in a four-wheel drive F-250 Ford loaded to the brim with water and firefighting apparatus, I quickly realized that I was in for a brand new perspective of The Hitchcock Woods and operations there. The height of the truck afforded me a different view and perspective from my usual trekking vantage point on foot. My driver, tour guide, and professor for the day, Woods’ Superintendent Bennett Tucker, pointed out points of historical significance and interest not listed on the paper maps free to the public at every Woods entrance. I knew from the start it was going to
