Fire

The burned mountainside looked like the back of a hedgehog; the dead, limbless trees now golden spikes, their once charcoal coats blasted away by blowing snow crystals. Emerald green grass and sedges covered the ground with optimism. Nine years earlier was it laid bare by the Papoose Fire. I spent...

  What is a megafire? A megafire burns 100,000 acres or more. In 2008, there...

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) San Luis Valley Field Office will enter into...

As part of Great Sand Dunes National Park’s hazardous fuels reduction efforts, fire managers...

While the Upper Arkansas Valley has received plenty of rain this summer, smoke in...