Miller Fire chars 60K acres, trips up travel plans

The Miller Fire in the Gila Wilderness has burned more than 60,000 acres, effectively closed the Cliff Dwellings and affected the residents of the community of Gila Hot Springs and other nearby communities with smoke and temporary evacuation orders, but it's also having a wider reach - affecting the travel plans of those who were hoping to come to ...

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You get some sense from this article that the Miller fire is a disaster, of sorts. But as near as I can tell, this fire is burning pretty naturally and is appropriate in a fire-adapted ecosystem.

It has slowed in growth considerably in the last several days. If it had not been man-caused, the Forest Service would be using it as a management tool, but because of the unnatural igniton source federal law requires them to work directly towards suppression.

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logtroll wrote:

You get some sense from this article that the Miller fire is a disaster, of sorts. But as near as I can tell, this fire is burning pretty naturally and is appropriate in a fire-adapted ecosystem.
It has slowed in growth considerably in the last several days. If it had not been man-caused, the Forest Service would be using it as a management tool, but because of the unnatural igniton source federal law requires them to work directly towards suppression.

Very well stated.