Formerly Known As Trees

Two views of the Chips Fire from Quincy.  Helping some parts of the economy and scaring others, it is nonetheless a part of the Water Cycle, the Carbon Cycle, and will enhance some aspects of nature's operating system.  Due to the ways we've managed forests, the places we've chosen to build houses, and probably our carelessness with cigarettes and camp fires, this one is inconvenient, expensive, and scary.  Will the right lessons be learned?  Probably not.