Over 2,000 Colorado firefighters have been battling wildfires that have charred more than 430,000 acres since the beginning of the year. The Cameron Peak Fire overtook this summer’s Pine Gulch Fire as the largest in the state’s history, having burned over 200,000 acres of land thus far. Unfortunately, wildfires of this magnitude are increasingly common. […]

Steve Ellis
Special to The Colorado Sun
Twitter: @TaxpayersEllis