All photographs ©2004-2007
2007 Firestorms
Highland Valley Road
Devastated oak woodland near the San Deguito River Trail
What's left of the willow riparian habitat at the bottom of Highland Valley Road
What used to be the lush riparian corridor along Sycamore Creek Road
Another San Deguito River Trailhead
The end of Sycamore Creek Road
The house on the left survived; the one on the right didn't...
Coming down Bandy Canyon Road
A scorched San Pasqual Valley (click here to see the area before the fires)
Some of the farmland survived and still attracts geese and other rangeland birds.
What used to be the cypress-lined San Deguito River Trail
Along Highway 78
Santa Ysabel Creek just west of Bandy Canyon Road
A surviving patch of riparian woodland...
...and cactus patches at the Battlefield Monument!
The trees have been removed, however, so now you get this view...
Back up on Highland Valley Road, there's not much left of the lush landscaping...
Hillsides that have been totally stripped of vegetation are seeded to encourage a rapid regrowth
Burned savannah against a backdrop of snowy mountains