I cry for the mountains: A legacy lost

It is almost midnight. We have been pushing hard for 18-20 hours every day since the Bear Fire (later called the North Complex Fire) tore through our mountain cattle range on September 8. There is so much swirling in my head I can’t sleep anyway. 

The fire destroyed our cattle range, our cattle, and even worse our family’s legacy. Someone asked my daughter if I had lost our family home. She told them “No, that would be replaceable. This is not!” I would gladly sleep in my truck for the rest of my life to have our mountains back. 

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-Elmo