1.   But the narrow, two-lane corridor is still flanked on both sides by thick scrub and trees.

2.   No people live here, though a derelict cabin can sometimes be discerned through the thick scrub of alders and cottonwoods.

3.   So even when you can swing a gun in all the thick scrub, your chances of actually killing the bird are slim.

4.   Following the shootings, which happened shortly before midnight, the man left the scene and evaded police by either driving away or running into thick scrub.

5.   The military closed many of its small camps in the east, a sparsely populated area of thick scrub jungle.

6.   The plane began rapidly losing altitude, struck the ground and somersaulted, scattering bodies and wreckage into the trees and thick scrub.

7.   The search was launched after a part-time ranger claimed he saw one in thick scrub last week, a few days after two separate sightings by tourists nearby.

8.   Thick scrub quickly replaces the forest, but the weak soil must periodically be fertilized with ashes, so burning becomes perennial.