A a helicopter drops water on one side, a air tanker drops retardant on the other as fire fighters and aircraft battle a fire in New Harmony Monday. Two homes have been lost due to the flames so far.
A a helicopter drops water on one side, a air tanker drops retardant on the other as fire fighters and aircraft battle a fire in New Harmony Monday. Two homes have been lost due to the flames so far. Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News
By Deseret News

The Scofield and New Harmony fires adjudicate the premise that inmates are running the asylum. We lost half of Yellowstone for several decades to scorched earth. Several years ago a Kolob fire could have been put out with a shovel but ended up costing us a quarter of a million dollars to contain.

How many animals did we cremate and how many habitats did we destroy?

Let's return to a fire-singed Smokey Bear whose motto was "Only you can prevent forest fires."

Bud Mahas

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