Walking Mountains Science Center runs guided public backcountry and community science hikes in Eagle County every week from June through October. On Tuesday, I tagged along with the hike toward Mount Thomas and came back.
The 20 largest wildfires in Colorado’s history have occurred in the past 20 years, with four of the top five occurring between 2018 and 2020. This statistic, highlighted by the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention.
The U.S. Forest Service has a lot of money coming its way from recent legislation including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, but specifics on how to spend that money.
This summer, so far, has been making me think about the mid-80s. Not temperature mind you, but years, especially 1986, when “Top Gun” and Kate Bush ruled their respective charts and the U.S. was in.