Wildfire Preparedness Month

Irecently found a “2002 Missionary Ridge Fire Facts” card hanging on a map of the San Juan National Forest near my desk. These facts are sobering and may bring many of the messages you will see this month into a particularly personal focus. The Missionary Ridge Fire ignited on June 9th and was not fully under control and extinguished until July 28th.It burned 70,485 acres, was fought...