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Preparation – stump drilling plus surface charge

5 foot stump, just after blasting The same stump – 2 years after blasting

Cut stump – no blasting - 2 years later

Cut stump – no blasting - 5 years later

Burned tree at trailhead

Blasted burned trees at trailhead

Blasted burned trees at trailhead 5 years later