We're losing the wildfires battle

        Unfortunately, Colorado seems unable to keep pace with its wildfires. The year 2002 was disastrous. Here we go again, a decade later, fighting desperately to contain yet another round of record-breaking, out-of-control conflagrations. Whatever lessons our policymakers may have learned from past wildfires, this knowledge does not appear to be having much effect on improving current prevention and containment methodology. We can and must do better.

       My state—I was born here back when “Big Ed” Johnson was in his first go-round as governor—has never met a crisis it couldn’t handle. It’s time for our current leaders in both the public and private sectors to step forward and vigorously target this issue for reform.