..."county forest restoration director Jay Smith estimated that the economic impact of a large fire on the Peaks would top a billion dollars.'Probably over $2 billion,' Smith said."

#Flagstaff #Arizona #wildfire #azfire #SanFranciscoPeaks

https://azdailysun.com/news/local/another-fire-on-the-san-francisco-peaks-could-be-a-multibillion-dollar-disaster-for-flagstaff/article_b679aac6-be01-11ed-ad20-6f8fc9a42633.html

"The sites targeted for spending in 2023 cover much of Southern California, home to 25 million people; the Klamath River Basin on the Oregon-California border; San Carlos Apache Reservation lands in Arizona; and the Wasatch area of northern Utah, a tourist draw with seven ski resorts. Other sites are in Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Washington state, Colorado, New Mexico and Montana."

Not sure why "crisis" is in quotes. #Wildfire #AZFire #WildlandFire #ClimateChange #Arizona
https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-science-politics-health-oregon-fd0b4b56e97fca9a6e083096f2bc97f4

Kendrick Peak, night shot of the Boundary Fire (June 2017).

#InternationalMountainDay #Flagstaff #Williams #Arizona #LandscapePhotography #Pentax #AZFire #Wilderness #USFS #CoconinoNF #KaibabNF

Women in Wildfire bootcamp event: "The event, which is hosted annually over the course of two consecutive three-day weekends, trains participants in wildland firefighting. After a slew of class work, field work and fitness testing, women are certified as Type 2 Firefighters, and are eligible to apply for wildland firefighter jobs across the U.S. Forest Service." #Flagstaff #azfire

https://azdailysun.com/news/local/women-in-wildfire-bootcamp-trains-firefighters-in-northern-arizona/article_586eabfa-6124-11ed-b6da-c329bfc1110a.html