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They are fiberglass. Fiberglass doesn't burn but the resin melts. The 
local State Forest bought a bunch of these spent a lot of money with 
doing a lot of research. The first controlled burn, all in the burn area 
were laying on the ground.

Truman

Karen Sullivan wrote:
> Our county bought some for part of the trail system.  From our
> perspective of trying to buy more, and somewhere from 50 to 100
> they are way pricey...about $10 each for post and spike into ground....
> and another couple bucks for the lettering.....nice stuff if you can 
> afford it
>
>  
> On 2/17/08, *Don Huston* <donhuston@xxxxxxx 
> <mailto:donhuston@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hello Angie,
>     http://www.glasforms.com/products_layout.htm
>     Here is San Diego the County uses these flexible fiberglass markers
>     4ft long with various labels. I do not know the cost but the labels
>     remain readable for many years and the post itself is unfazed by our
>     weather. I recommend the Dual-Flex or the SignPost models that
>     support decals on both sides.
>     Don Huston
>
>     At 12:56 PM 2/17/2008 Sunday, you wrote:
>     >Just curious as to how other forest have marked their permanent
>     trails.
>     >At Pigeon Mtn. we have used oil based paint on trees, but it
>     fades away
>     >and it's a mess to work with. I remember that in Vermont they had
>     what
>     >appeared to be the lids off paint cans nailed on the trees. At
>     Biltmore
>     >they have plastic arrows stapled on. I'd be interested in what is the
>     >average life of any of these methods of marking. There used to be
>     lots of
>     >Competitive Trail & Endurance events at Pigeon but since 2002 there's
>     >been nothing. Since the same people who ran the rides put in the
>     >permanent trails up there the maintenance of them has gone with
>     the ride
>     >managers. I'm guessing that since the Appalachian Trail uses paint it
>     >must be the standard. Just wondered if anyone had figured out
>     anything
>     >better.
>     >
>     >Angie McGhee
>     >http://www.lightersideofendurance.com
>     >Work it harder, Make it better, Do it faster, Makes us stronger!
>     >
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