My adopted home state is on fire…well, not all of it, but it seems that way. You’d think that I, and the national news media, would be pretty much used to this annual state of affairs. But I’m not, and to see the headlines it’s pretty obvious the media isn’t tired of it either.
I don’t want to make light of it, but really… is this news?
Actually, it looks like this is going to be another pretty tough year all across the West. It’s only July, and the smoke is already getting thick. There are serious fires in CA, ID, UT, CO, and MT.
For those of you in CA, the California Department of Forestry (CDF) has an excellent site with maps, impacted areas, and updates. You can view it here: http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current. There’s also an excellent blogspot for fire discussion online at http://calfire.blogspot.com/.
We’re keeping an eye on things at Coon Camp Springs, and our fingers are crossed that we don’t end up with one of these things there this year. I know it would probably be a good thing in the long run, but we’ve done an awful lot of work up there that just doesn’t need a fire right now.
I like to check inciweb.org for the out of state fires, but I’ll check the CDF site. I made some notes of fires that burned in my hunting areas last summer, iand I’ll definately check those areas out in a scouting trip this summer..