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JUNE 2014 • no. 157
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As the smoke clears from a fretful 12 days of fire in one of the most natu- rally sacred places in the world, we take a step back and breathe deeply once again, realizing that 21,227 acres may be the largest we’ll ever have to see
charred in our neck of the woods. There is new growth to be had, new methods of protection, and ideas on how the West does not have to be so full of smoke on a seasonal basis.
Looking at the numbers after a full 48 hours from when the Slide Fire first whipped out of control from a campsite steak grill, there were only 850 firefight- ers for the 8,500 acres it had already consumed, and only 9 aircraft dumping re- tardant & water onto an ever-expanding boundary of arid forestland. That’s only
1 firefighter per 100 acres, one helicopter for every 944 flaming acres! — and of course the ratio grew as the fire burned greater.
As someone who reveres Oak Creek Canyon and as a longtime citizen of its curves, knowing its vulnerability only hastened a reaction of: where is the emer- gencyresponseplan? Whyisanareaofsuchimmenseaesthetic&economicbenefit being sacrificed in slow motion?
The answer is as plain as the face of every one of the representative leaders we prop up to decide budget matters for us. Our precious forests — some would say our true national treasure — are vastly under-funded, under-manned, and under-equipped. In the blink of an eye, these representatives spend trillions protecting the interests of OPEC while fidgeting the few millions it would take to ensure our forests have the stewards & guardians required to protect against homeland calamity. The land we share is worth the lion’s share of black gold.
Thank you again, firefighters!
Charles Seiverd charles@thenoise.us
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