by Wynne Brown, Guest Author All hell broke loose soon after I sent my last update. The wind picked up to 50-60 mph gusts that afternoon and blew so hard that it was hard to stand upright. The light in the Grills’ barnyard turned copper, … Continue readingWhitetail Canyon: a Firsthand Account
Walt Anderson is a long-time friend and fellow artist who teaches at Prescott College. He was in Chiricahua National Monument when the Horseshoe Two Fire jumped containment lines at Saulsbury Saddle and raged through Rustler and Barfoot Parks. His photos document that awesome, terrible event. … Continue readingWalt Anderson’s Photos of Horseshoe Two
Yesterday the wind was calmer, and fire crews working on the Horseshoe Two Fire (which has burned for more than a month in the Chiricahua Mountains) were able to gain some ground in their efforts to contain this fire. Today’s fire map shows the areas … Continue readingCurrent Fire Strategy
As one of the hotshot fire crews finished their work at Rick and Lynne Taylor’s house in Whitetail Canyon, their neighbor walked past, and was asked this question: “What is the ratio of sugar to water for filling these hummingbird feeders?” Now that is an … Continue readingA Burning Question
Yesterday evening as we dropped down Granite Gap into the San Simon Valley, plumes of smoke still churned from the Chiricahua Mountains. Homecoming is bittersweet. Smoke from Whitetail Canyon in the Chiricahua Mountains (Photos by Narca) Horseshoe Two continues to surge north and west, driven … Continue readingHomecoming to the Horseshoe Two Fire
You know you have been around intense fire way too much when you arrive in the gracious Deep South, and see the stately magnolias, and dogwood, and flowering crepe myrtle, and all you really see is ladder fuel. The wide expanses of lawn, however, are … Continue readingFrom South Carolina
As we thought we were seeing an end to the fire and its attendant stresses (with containment being predicted for June 22), the Horseshoe Two Fire has broken free of containment lines to move across Rock Creek Canyon and northeast toward Paradise, East Whitetail Canyon, … Continue readingThe Long Siege Lengthens
Now at over 70,000 acres, the Horseshoe Two Fire burning in the Chiricahua Mountains has become the 6th largest fire in Arizona history, and is expected to grow to about 90,000 acres before it is contained. Low-intensity burn in South Fork (All photos by Rose … Continue readingFire News: Photos of South Fork
I’ve been encouraged by reports in the past few days that intensity of the Horseshoe Two Fire burning in the Chiricahuas has, for the most part, been carefully managed to achieve a low-to-moderate burn in many of our most treasured locales. The balance between a … Continue readingA Hard Wind
Reed Peters called today with encouraging news about the Horseshoe 2 Fire burning in the Chiricahuas. Dugger Hughes and members of his Type One team feel that they have turned the corner, and are able now to actively manage the fire, instead of just reacting … Continue readingTake Heart!