1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,520 . >>> IT WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY 2 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:22,821 >>> IT WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY DRIER AND HOTTER. 3 00:00:22,823 --> 00:00:25,657 DRIER AND HOTTER. >> HOW STATE AND FEDERAL 4 00:00:25,659 --> 00:00:32,131 >> HOW STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES READY FOR WHAT HAS 5 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:34,633 AGENCIES READY FOR WHAT HAS BECOME THEI INEVITABLE. 6 00:00:34,635 --> 00:00:35,934 BECOME THEI INEVITABLE. >> IT'S REALLY IN OUR INTEREST 7 00:00:35,936 --> 00:00:38,370 >> IT'S REALLY IN OUR INTEREST TO LEARN TO ADAPT TO TO FIRE. 8 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:44,610 TO LEARN TO ADAPT TO TO FIRE. >> THE DESERT CLIMATE CREATING A 9 00:00:44,612 --> 00:00:51,016 >> THE DESERT CLIMATE CREATING A VIRTUAL BOX. 10 00:00:51,018 --> 00:01:00,759 VIRTUAL BOX. THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 11 00:01:00,761 --> 00:01:03,362 THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." >>> ARIZONA'S DRY DESERT CLIMATE 12 00:01:03,364 --> 00:01:05,998 >>> ARIZONA'S DRY DESERT CLIMATE IS PRONE TO WILDFIRES, THE 13 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,633 IS PRONE TO WILDFIRES, THE DEADLIEST SEASON YET LAST YEAR. 14 00:01:07,635 --> 00:01:12,738 DEADLIEST SEASON YET LAST YEAR. 19 MEN FROM THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN 15 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:15,707 19 MEN FROM THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOT SHOT CREW WERE KILLED. 16 00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:17,843 HOT SHOT CREW WERE KILLED. A PAINFUL REMINDER OF A 17 00:01:17,845 --> 00:01:18,844 A PAINFUL REMINDER OF A WILDFIRE'S DESTRUCTION. 18 00:01:18,846 --> 00:01:20,045 WILDFIRE'S DESTRUCTION. >> MICHELLE FROM THE NATIONAL 19 00:01:20,047 --> 00:01:20,712 >> MICHELLE FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 20 00:01:20,714 --> 00:01:22,414 PARK SERVICE. THANK YOU FORRING BEING HERE 21 00:01:22,416 --> 00:01:22,714 THANK YOU FORRING BEING HERE TODAY. 22 00:01:22,716 --> 00:01:24,049 TODAY. THERE'S A CAMPAIGN BEING 23 00:01:24,051 --> 00:01:26,051 THERE'S A CAMPAIGN BEING LAUNCHED THIS YEAR THAT HOPES TO 24 00:01:26,053 --> 00:01:27,453 LAUNCHED THIS YEAR THAT HOPES TO MAYBE IMPACT THE FIRE SEASON 25 00:01:27,455 --> 00:01:27,886 MAYBE IMPACT THE FIRE SEASON WE'VE SEEN. 26 00:01:27,888 --> 00:01:28,987 WE'VE SEEN. TALK ABOUT THAT. 27 00:01:28,989 --> 00:01:30,989 TALK ABOUT THAT. >> SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LET 28 00:01:30,991 --> 00:01:33,125 >> SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IS ONE LESS SPARK 29 00:01:33,127 --> 00:01:34,426 PEOPLE KNOW IS ONE LESS SPARK MEANS ONE LESS WILDFIRE. 30 00:01:34,428 --> 00:01:36,762 MEANS ONE LESS WILDFIRE. THAT'S REALLY ABOUT EMPHASIZING 31 00:01:36,764 --> 00:01:38,363 THAT'S REALLY ABOUT EMPHASIZING THAT WILDFIRE PREVENTION IS 32 00:01:38,365 --> 00:01:39,531 THAT WILDFIRE PREVENTION IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. 33 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:41,033 EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. SO WHETHER YOU'RE DRIVING A 34 00:01:41,035 --> 00:01:44,236 SO WHETHER YOU'RE DRIVING A VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD, THERE'S 35 00:01:44,238 --> 00:01:45,971 VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD, THERE'S LOTS OF ROADS THAT CAN CAUSE A 36 00:01:45,973 --> 00:01:48,941 LOTS OF ROADS THAT CAN CAUSE A FIRE THAT YOU MIGHT NOT THINK 37 00:01:48,943 --> 00:01:52,544 FIRE THAT YOU MIGHT NOT THINK OF. 38 00:01:52,546 --> 00:01:54,246 OF. DRAGS CHAINS ON THE HIGHWAY CAN 39 00:01:54,248 --> 00:01:54,913 DRAGS CHAINS ON THE HIGHWAY CAN CAUSE A SPARK. 40 00:01:54,915 --> 00:01:57,082 CAUSE A SPARK. IF DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU 41 00:01:57,084 --> 00:01:59,685 IF DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU HAVE A BLOWOUT. 42 00:01:59,687 --> 00:02:01,753 HAVE A BLOWOUT. RIMS DRAGGING ON THE PAVEMENT 43 00:02:01,755 --> 00:02:02,921 RIMS DRAGGING ON THE PAVEMENT CAN CAUSE A SPARK. 44 00:02:02,923 --> 00:02:04,756 CAN CAUSE A SPARK. PEOPLE LIKE TO PULL OVER AND 45 00:02:04,758 --> 00:02:07,526 PEOPLE LIKE TO PULL OVER AND PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 46 00:02:07,528 --> 00:02:10,129 PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IF YOU PULL IN THE GAS, YOUR HOT 47 00:02:10,131 --> 00:02:11,730 IF YOU PULL IN THE GAS, YOUR HOT CONVERTER CAN IGNITE A WILDFIRE 48 00:02:11,732 --> 00:02:12,064 CONVERTER CAN IGNITE A WILDFIRE AS WELL. 49 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:13,732 AS WELL. THOSE ARE CONSIDERATION OS TO 50 00:02:13,734 --> 00:02:15,367 THOSE ARE CONSIDERATION OS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN USING 51 00:02:15,369 --> 00:02:15,734 KEEP IN MIND WHEN USING VEHICLES. 52 00:02:15,736 --> 00:02:18,504 VEHICLES. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED 53 00:02:18,506 --> 00:02:21,773 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED TO THINK SOMETHING AS SMALL AS A 54 00:02:21,775 --> 00:02:24,409 TO THINK SOMETHING AS SMALL AS A CIGARETTE BUTT CAN CAUSE A 55 00:02:24,411 --> 00:02:26,178 CIGARETTE BUTT CAN CAUSE A CATASTROPHE. 56 00:02:26,180 --> 00:02:26,712 CATASTROPHE. >> RIGHT. 57 00:02:26,714 --> 00:02:29,381 >> RIGHT. ANYTHING USING OUTDOORS, 58 00:02:29,383 --> 00:02:33,986 ANYTHING USING OUTDOORS, ANYTHING THAT CAN CAUSE A SPARK. 59 00:02:33,988 --> 00:02:36,522 ANYTHING THAT CAN CAUSE A SPARK. IF YOU MAKE I FIRE. 60 00:02:36,524 --> 00:02:38,524 IF YOU MAKE I FIRE. PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE COAL AND 61 00:02:38,526 --> 00:02:40,058 PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE COAL AND MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLETELY OUT 62 00:02:40,060 --> 00:02:41,660 MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLETELY OUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE IT. 63 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:43,462 BEFORE YOU LEAVE IT. >> SOMEONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 64 00:02:43,464 --> 00:02:46,131 >> SOMEONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STARTING A FIRE ON PUBLIC LAND. 65 00:02:46,133 --> 00:02:48,133 STARTING A FIRE ON PUBLIC LAND. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 66 00:02:48,135 --> 00:02:50,736 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PERSON CAN EXPECT TO FIND IF 67 00:02:50,738 --> 00:02:53,038 PERSON CAN EXPECT TO FIND IF AUTHORITIES TRACE IT BACK TO 68 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:53,338 AUTHORITIES TRACE IT BACK TO THEN? 69 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:54,940 THEN? >> FOLKS CAN BE HELD 70 00:02:54,942 --> 00:02:55,340 >> FOLKS CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 71 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:56,375 ACCOUNTABLE. THERE CAN BE MONETARY FINES AS 72 00:02:56,377 --> 00:03:01,513 THERE CAN BE MONETARY FINES AS WELL AS NOBODY WANTS TO TO HAVE 73 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:04,316 WELL AS NOBODY WANTS TO TO HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND HAVE 74 00:03:04,318 --> 00:03:05,817 THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND HAVE THEM ON THEM. 75 00:03:05,819 --> 00:03:06,552 THEM ON THEM. BE CAUTIOUS. 76 00:03:06,554 --> 00:03:08,387 BE CAUTIOUS. THINK AHEAD. 77 00:03:08,389 --> 00:03:10,389 THINK AHEAD. PRACTICE LEAVE NO TRACE 78 00:03:10,391 --> 00:03:10,789 PRACTICE LEAVE NO TRACE PRINCIPLES. 79 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:13,425 PRINCIPLES. IF YOU ARE USING A CIGARETTE, 80 00:03:13,427 --> 00:03:15,661 IF YOU ARE USING A CIGARETTE, BACK OUT THAT BUTT SO YOU'RE NOT 81 00:03:15,663 --> 00:03:18,897 BACK OUT THAT BUTT SO YOU'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO LITTER AND 82 00:03:18,899 --> 00:03:19,798 CONTRIBUTING TO LITTER AND PREVENTING THE WILDFIRE FROM 83 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:20,899 PREVENTING THE WILDFIRE FROM GETTING STARTED. 84 00:03:20,901 --> 00:03:22,100 GETTING STARTED. >> YOU BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES 85 00:03:22,102 --> 00:03:23,936 >> YOU BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF FIGHTING THE STARS. 86 00:03:23,938 --> 00:03:24,803 OF FIGHTING THE STARS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR 87 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:27,639 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE BEING OUT THERE AND 88 00:03:27,641 --> 00:03:29,208 EXPERIENCE BEING OUT THERE AND KNOWING THIS IS MORE THAN SEEING 89 00:03:29,210 --> 00:03:30,709 KNOWING THIS IS MORE THAN SEEING IMAGES ON THE NEWS OF A WILDFIRE 90 00:03:30,711 --> 00:03:32,678 IMAGES ON THE NEWS OF A WILDFIRE BURNING IN THE MOUNTAINS OR 91 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,514 BURNING IN THE MOUNTAINS OR HOMES BEING DESTROYED. 92 00:03:35,516 --> 00:03:37,249 HOMES BEING DESTROYED. >> WILDFIRES KNOW NO BOUNDARIES. 93 00:03:37,251 --> 00:03:38,550 >> WILDFIRES KNOW NO BOUNDARIES. THAT'S THE ONE THING WE SEE. 94 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:40,352 THAT'S THE ONE THING WE SEE. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BURN 95 00:03:40,354 --> 00:03:42,854 IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BURN ANYWHERE IN ARIZONA. 96 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:44,489 ANYWHERE IN ARIZONA. WE LIVE IN THE NATURAL AREA AS 97 00:03:44,491 --> 00:03:46,158 WE LIVE IN THE NATURAL AREA AS THAT BUMP UP AGAINST OUR HOMES 98 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:47,025 THAT BUMP UP AGAINST OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. 99 00:03:47,027 --> 00:03:50,395 AND COMMUNITIES. SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE PART OF 100 00:03:50,397 --> 00:03:51,763 SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION AND UNDERSTANDING 101 00:03:51,765 --> 00:03:56,101 THAT SOLUTION AND UNDERSTANDING LIVING WITH FIRE IS SOMETHING WE 102 00:03:56,103 --> 00:03:57,469 LIVING WITH FIRE IS SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH HERE. 103 00:03:57,471 --> 00:04:00,105 DEAL WITH HERE. WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR IT, 104 00:04:00,107 --> 00:04:01,707 WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR IT, CREATE FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES 105 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:03,842 CREATE FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES SO WE'RE PREPARED WHEN FIRES 106 00:04:03,844 --> 00:04:05,510 SO WE'RE PREPARED WHEN FIRES BURN THROUGH AREAS. 107 00:04:05,512 --> 00:04:09,581 BURN THROUGH AREAS. WAYS TO DO THAT. 108 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:12,751 WAYS TO DO THAT. INCORPORATE FIRE PRINCIPLES 109 00:04:12,753 --> 00:04:13,585 INCORPORATE FIRE PRINCIPLES AROUND YOUR HOUSE. 110 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:19,324 AROUND YOUR HOUSE. CLEANING TREES, PINE NEEDLES ON 111 00:04:19,326 --> 00:04:22,261 CLEANING TREES, PINE NEEDLES ON YOUR ROOF AND DECK. 112 00:04:22,263 --> 00:04:25,931 YOUR ROOF AND DECK. KEEP IT LEAN AND GREEN. 113 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:27,232 KEEP IT LEAN AND GREEN. PROJECTS OUT NOW WHILE IT'S NICE 114 00:04:27,234 --> 00:04:29,001 PROJECTS OUT NOW WHILE IT'S NICE OUT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO 115 00:04:29,003 --> 00:04:30,969 OUT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO PROTECT YOUR HOME, COMMUNITY AND 116 00:04:30,971 --> 00:04:31,837 PROTECT YOUR HOME, COMMUNITY AND FIREFIGHTERS WHEN A WILDFIRE MAY 117 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,005 FIREFIGHTERS WHEN A WILDFIRE MAY BE APPROACHING. 118 00:04:33,007 --> 00:04:34,840 BE APPROACHING. >> IN ARIZONA WE SAW A 119 00:04:34,842 --> 00:04:35,807 >> IN ARIZONA WE SAW A DEVASTATING SEASON LAST YEAR 120 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:39,077 DEVASTATING SEASON LAST YEAR WITH THE DEATHS OF 19 MEN IN THE 121 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:41,747 WITH THE DEATHS OF 19 MEN IN THE HOT SHOT CREW. 122 00:04:41,749 --> 00:04:43,715 HOT SHOT CREW. ARE THERE OTHER THINGS YOU WANT 123 00:04:43,717 --> 00:04:47,052 ARE THERE OTHER THINGS YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW FROM WHAT 124 00:04:47,054 --> 00:04:47,419 PEOPLE TO KNOW FROM WHAT HAPPENED? 125 00:04:47,421 --> 00:04:48,754 HAPPENED? >> THE KEY THING IS FIREFIGHTER 126 00:04:48,756 --> 00:04:50,856 >> THE KEY THING IS FIREFIGHTER AND PUBLIC SAFETY ARE OUR NUMBER 127 00:04:50,858 --> 00:04:52,291 AND PUBLIC SAFETY ARE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 128 00:04:52,293 --> 00:04:53,425 ONE PRIORITY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE ACTION 129 00:04:53,427 --> 00:04:57,863 IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE ACTION NOW AND DO THOSE THINGS, CREATE 130 00:04:57,865 --> 00:04:58,397 NOW AND DO THOSE THINGS, CREATE THE FENCEABLE SPACE. 131 00:04:58,399 --> 00:05:00,365 THE FENCEABLE SPACE. WORK WITH NEIGHBORS AND 132 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:02,167 WORK WITH NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY TO CREATE THE FIRE 133 00:05:02,169 --> 00:05:04,303 COMMUNITY TO CREATE THE FIRE WISE COMMUNITY AND FIRE ADAPTED 134 00:05:04,305 --> 00:05:05,971 WISE COMMUNITY AND FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY SO WE'RE ALL BETTER 135 00:05:05,973 --> 00:05:07,806 COMMUNITY SO WE'RE ALL BETTER PREPARED GOING INTO THE SEASON. 136 00:05:07,808 --> 00:05:11,276 PREPARED GOING INTO THE SEASON. >> THESE ARE THE MOUNTAINS NEAR 137 00:05:11,278 --> 00:05:15,147 >> THESE ARE THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CITY OFFER RA VISTA. 138 00:05:15,149 --> 00:05:16,148 THE CITY OFFER RA VISTA. THE MONUMENT FIRE BURNED OVER 139 00:05:16,150 --> 00:05:20,118 THE MONUMENT FIRE BURNED OVER 29,000 ACRES DESTROYING DOZEN BS 140 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,987 29,000 ACRES DESTROYING DOZEN BS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. 141 00:05:21,989 --> 00:05:26,091 OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE LADY 142 00:05:26,093 --> 00:05:26,425 THE FIRE DAMAGED THE LADY SHRINE. 143 00:05:26,427 --> 00:05:28,994 SHRINE. IT DID NOT SINGE THE SPIRIT OF 144 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:30,095 IT DID NOT SINGE THE SPIRIT OF THIS CHURCH. 145 00:05:30,097 --> 00:05:31,430 THIS CHURCH. >> A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 146 00:05:31,432 --> 00:05:36,101 >> A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DEREK STORES AT LADY SHRINE, 147 00:05:36,103 --> 00:05:37,002 DEREK STORES AT LADY SHRINE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 148 00:05:37,004 --> 00:05:37,602 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 149 00:05:37,604 --> 00:05:40,038 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. 150 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,342 I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> LET'S TALK -- GO BACK TO 1998 151 00:05:43,344 --> 00:05:49,014 >> LET'S TALK -- GO BACK TO 1998 WHEN THIS CHAPEL OPENED TO THE 152 00:05:49,016 --> 00:05:49,781 WHEN THIS CHAPEL OPENED TO THE PUBL 153 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:50,382 PUBL PUBLI 154 00:05:50,384 --> 00:05:50,716 PUBLI PUBLIC. 155 00:05:50,718 --> 00:05:51,683 PUBLIC. WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND THIS 156 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:52,451 WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE? 157 00:05:52,453 --> 00:05:54,486 BEAUTIFUL PLACE? >> THE STORY IS INTERESTING. 158 00:05:54,488 --> 00:05:57,723 >> THE STORY IS INTERESTING. IN 1987 -- I'LL CALL THEM 159 00:05:57,725 --> 00:06:00,592 IN 1987 -- I'LL CALL THEM FOUNDERS NOW -- HUSBAND AND WIFE 160 00:06:00,594 --> 00:06:02,694 FOUNDERS NOW -- HUSBAND AND WIFE A CAME TO VISIT RELATIVES. 161 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:04,696 A CAME TO VISIT RELATIVES. THEY WERE WALKING AND STUMBLED 162 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:10,869 THEY WERE WALKING AND STUMBLED ACROSS FOR SALE SIGNS. 163 00:06:10,871 --> 00:06:13,672 ACROSS FOR SALE SIGNS. THEY NOETICED THE GORGEOUS 164 00:06:13,674 --> 00:06:14,106 THEY NOETICED THE GORGEOUS SCENERY. 165 00:06:14,108 --> 00:06:15,640 SCENERY. THAT WAS 1987. 166 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:17,709 THAT WAS 1987. 1988 THEY ACTUALLY CAME BACK AND 167 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:19,678 1988 THEY ACTUALLY CAME BACK AND BOUGHT A PARCEL OF EIGHT ACHE 168 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,046 BOUGHT A PARCEL OF EIGHT ACHE AREAS TO BUILD THEIR FUTURE 169 00:06:21,048 --> 00:06:22,047 AREAS TO BUILD THEIR FUTURE RETIERMT HOME. 170 00:06:22,049 --> 00:06:27,619 RETIERMT HOME. IN 1990 THEY HAD A CALLING TO GO 171 00:06:27,621 --> 00:06:32,424 IN 1990 THEY HAD A CALLING TO GO ON A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. 172 00:06:32,426 --> 00:06:34,426 ON A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY 173 00:06:34,428 --> 00:06:46,037 THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY EXPERIENCE AN A PIFNY THERE. 174 00:06:46,039 --> 00:06:48,573 EXPERIENCE AN A PIFNY THERE. THEY WERE STANDING BY THIS STONE 175 00:06:48,575 --> 00:06:48,874 THEY WERE STANDING BY THIS STONE CROSS. 176 00:06:48,876 --> 00:06:50,809 CROSS. THEN THEY CAME BACK AND STARTED 177 00:06:50,811 --> 00:06:53,345 THEN THEY CAME BACK AND STARTED BUILDING THE HOME IN 1990. 178 00:06:53,347 --> 00:06:54,746 BUILDING THE HOME IN 1990. IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1991. 179 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:57,149 IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1991. AT THE TAIL END OF THAT BUILDING 180 00:06:57,151 --> 00:06:58,216 AT THE TAIL END OF THAT BUILDING PROCESS, THE HUSBAND THOUGHT IT 181 00:06:58,218 --> 00:06:59,818 PROCESS, THE HUSBAND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE A 182 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:05,090 WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE A CROSS UP HERE, A 20 FOOT CROSS, 183 00:07:05,092 --> 00:07:06,591 CROSS UP HERE, A 20 FOOT CROSS, FACING THE VALLEY. 184 00:07:06,593 --> 00:07:09,761 FACING THE VALLEY. SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING 185 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:11,596 SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING PROCESS OF THIS JOURNEY. 186 00:07:11,598 --> 00:07:13,265 PROCESS OF THIS JOURNEY. HIS WIFE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE 187 00:07:13,267 --> 00:07:17,035 HIS WIFE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT IN HER MIND TO HAVE A 188 00:07:17,037 --> 00:07:18,970 IMPORTANT IN HER MIND TO HAVE A STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN 189 00:07:18,972 --> 00:07:20,572 STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY WITH HER RIGHT HAND TOWARD 190 00:07:20,574 --> 00:07:22,541 MARY WITH HER RIGHT HAND TOWARD THE CROSS AND TOWARDS MEXICO. 191 00:07:22,543 --> 00:07:24,876 THE CROSS AND TOWARDS MEXICO. IN 1993 THEN THEY STARTED THE 192 00:07:24,878 --> 00:07:28,680 IN 1993 THEN THEY STARTED THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THESE TWO 193 00:07:28,682 --> 00:07:29,014 PROCESS OF BUILDING THESE TWO STATUES. 194 00:07:29,016 --> 00:07:29,948 STATUES. IN THE MEANTIME THEY HAD OF 195 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:32,417 IN THE MEANTIME THEY HAD OF COURSE RUN ACROSS THE COMPANY IN 196 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:34,186 COURSE RUN ACROSS THE COMPANY IN TUCSON CAPABLE OF BUILDING 197 00:07:34,188 --> 00:07:36,755 TUCSON CAPABLE OF BUILDING STRUCTURES OF THIS SIZE OUT OF 198 00:07:36,757 --> 00:07:38,657 STRUCTURES OF THIS SIZE OUT OF STUCCO AND FIBERGLASS AND STEEL. 199 00:07:38,659 --> 00:07:41,126 STUCCO AND FIBERGLASS AND STEEL. SO IN 1993 AS I SAID, THEY 200 00:07:41,128 --> 00:07:43,462 SO IN 1993 AS I SAID, THEY STARTED BUILDING THOSE TWO 201 00:07:43,464 --> 00:07:43,762 STARTED BUILDING THOSE TWO ITEMS. 202 00:07:43,764 --> 00:07:45,664 ITEMS. THEN FROM THEN UNTIL 1997 THERE 203 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:47,632 THEN FROM THEN UNTIL 1997 THERE WAS A TERRIBLE TIME FOR THEM 204 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:51,603 WAS A TERRIBLE TIME FOR THEM TRYING TO GET THROUGH LEGAL 205 00:07:51,605 --> 00:07:53,205 TRYING TO GET THROUGH LEGAL PROCESSES AND PERMITS FROM THE 206 00:07:53,207 --> 00:07:57,843 PROCESSES AND PERMITS FROM THE COUNTY TO BUILD THESE FACILITIES 207 00:07:57,845 --> 00:07:58,343 COUNTY TO BUILD THESE FACILITIES HERE. 208 00:07:58,345 --> 00:08:00,745 HERE. IN 1997 THEY GOT IT STARTED AND 209 00:08:00,747 --> 00:08:04,449 IN 1997 THEY GOT IT STARTED AND IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1998 A YEAR 210 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:04,783 IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1998 A YEAR LATER. 211 00:08:04,785 --> 00:08:05,517 LATER. >> THERE WERE SOME CONCERN BEING 212 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:09,855 >> THERE WERE SOME CONCERN BEING IN THE MOUNTAIN RANGE OF 213 00:08:09,857 --> 00:08:10,222 IN THE MOUNTAIN RANGE OF WILDFIRES. 214 00:08:10,224 --> 00:08:13,859 WILDFIRES. IN '97 THERE WAS A WILDFIRE THAT 215 00:08:13,861 --> 00:08:15,227 IN '97 THERE WAS A WILDFIRE THAT SPARED THIS SHRINE. 216 00:08:15,229 --> 00:08:16,027 SPARED THIS SHRINE. >> TRUE STATEMENT. 217 00:08:16,029 --> 00:08:19,064 >> TRUE STATEMENT. >> TALK ABOUT THE CONCERNS OF 218 00:08:19,066 --> 00:08:20,832 >> TALK ABOUT THE CONCERNS OF WATCHING FLAMES NEARBY AND NOT 219 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:22,033 WATCHING FLAMES NEARBY AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. 220 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:22,567 KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. >> YEAH. 221 00:08:22,569 --> 00:08:23,201 >> YEAH. IT WAS A CONCERN. 222 00:08:23,203 --> 00:08:26,204 IT WAS A CONCERN. I WAS IN THE CAR AT THE FIRE 223 00:08:26,206 --> 00:08:27,772 I WAS IN THE CAR AT THE FIRE STATION WATCHING THAT COME OVER 224 00:08:27,774 --> 00:08:29,975 STATION WATCHING THAT COME OVER THE MOUNTAIN DOWN INTO THE 225 00:08:29,977 --> 00:08:30,308 THE MOUNTAIN DOWN INTO THE VALLEY. 226 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:32,744 VALLEY. I PERSONALLY THOUGHT MAYBE THE 227 00:08:32,746 --> 00:08:35,547 I PERSONALLY THOUGHT MAYBE THE CHAPEL WOULD NOT SURVIVE. 228 00:08:35,549 --> 00:08:36,581 CHAPEL WOULD NOT SURVIVE. MIRACULOUSLY IT DID. 229 00:08:36,583 --> 00:08:39,017 MIRACULOUSLY IT DID. IT WENT AROUND AND SPARED IT 230 00:08:39,019 --> 00:08:39,584 IT WENT AROUND AND SPARED IT ENTIRELY. 231 00:08:39,586 --> 00:08:41,987 ENTIRELY. SO WE KIND OF THOUGHT THIS WAS A 232 00:08:41,989 --> 00:08:42,921 SO WE KIND OF THOUGHT THIS WAS A SIGN IF YOU WILL. 233 00:08:42,923 --> 00:08:44,723 SIGN IF YOU WILL. >> THEN COMES 2011. 234 00:08:44,725 --> 00:08:48,059 >> THEN COMES 2011. >> THEN COMES 2011, THE BIG 235 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:49,094 >> THEN COMES 2011, THE BIG FIRE, MONUMENT FIRE WHICH WAS 236 00:08:49,096 --> 00:08:50,896 FIRE, MONUMENT FIRE WHICH WAS MUCH BIGGER, MUCH HOTTER. 237 00:08:50,898 --> 00:08:53,565 MUCH BIGGER, MUCH HOTTER. THE MONUMENT FIRE CAME OVER THE 238 00:08:53,567 --> 00:08:54,833 THE MONUMENT FIRE CAME OVER THE HILL AS WELL THEN SORT OF 239 00:08:54,835 --> 00:08:56,701 HILL AS WELL THEN SORT OF STOPPED AND BACKED OFF. 240 00:08:56,703 --> 00:09:00,438 STOPPED AND BACKED OFF. WE THOUGHT ONCE AGAIN THIS AREA 241 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:00,972 WE THOUGHT ONCE AGAIN THIS AREA WOULD BE SPARED. 242 00:09:00,974 --> 00:09:03,308 WOULD BE SPARED. WINDS CHANGED. 243 00:09:03,310 --> 00:09:05,377 WINDS CHANGED. IT CAME ROARING THROUGH AND TOOK 244 00:09:05,379 --> 00:09:06,611 IT CAME ROARING THROUGH AND TOOK EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE CHAPEL 245 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:09,147 EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE CHAPEL AND EVERYTHING IN IT. 246 00:09:09,149 --> 00:09:11,716 AND EVERYTHING IN IT. >> YOU YOURSELF WERE EVACUATED 247 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:13,251 >> YOU YOURSELF WERE EVACUATED FROM YOUR HOME. 248 00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:14,519 FROM YOUR HOME. FOUNDERS WERE WATCHING TO SEE 249 00:09:14,521 --> 00:09:15,320 FOUNDERS WERE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. 250 00:09:15,322 --> 00:09:16,588 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. WHAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH YOUR 251 00:09:16,590 --> 00:09:17,122 WHAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH YOUR MIND? 252 00:09:17,124 --> 00:09:20,225 MIND? >> WELL, YOU KNOW -- IT WAS WHY. 253 00:09:20,227 --> 00:09:21,560 >> WELL, YOU KNOW -- IT WAS WHY. THERE'S ALWAYS A QUESTION OF WHY 254 00:09:21,562 --> 00:09:23,895 THERE'S ALWAYS A QUESTION OF WHY DOES IT HAPPEN HERE AND NOT 255 00:09:23,897 --> 00:09:24,195 DOES IT HAPPEN HERE AND NOT THERE? 256 00:09:24,197 --> 00:09:25,497 THERE? THIS FIRE WAS ONE OF THOSE. 257 00:09:25,499 --> 00:09:27,899 THIS FIRE WAS ONE OF THOSE. IT TOOK SOME AREAS, TOOK SOME 258 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:30,635 IT TOOK SOME AREAS, TOOK SOME HOMES, SOME FACILITIES AND 259 00:09:30,637 --> 00:09:32,971 HOMES, SOME FACILITIES AND SPARED OTHER ONES. 260 00:09:32,973 --> 00:09:34,906 SPARED OTHER ONES. I PERSONALLY WONDERED WHY, WHAT 261 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:36,408 I PERSONALLY WONDERED WHY, WHAT WAS BEHIND THIS. 262 00:09:36,410 --> 00:09:38,109 WAS BEHIND THIS. THERE'S NO ANSWER OF COURSE TO 263 00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:38,443 THERE'S NO ANSWER OF COURSE TO THAT. 264 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:40,545 THAT. >> THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS, 265 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:41,646 >> THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS, WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE? 266 00:09:41,648 --> 00:09:43,748 WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE? >> THE STATIONS AND CROSS WERE 267 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:46,618 >> THE STATIONS AND CROSS WERE BURNED DOWN BESIDES ONE. 268 00:09:46,620 --> 00:09:48,587 BURNED DOWN BESIDES ONE. WHEN YOU LOOK, THEY'VE ALL BEEN 269 00:09:48,589 --> 00:09:49,220 WHEN YOU LOOK, THEY'VE ALL BEEN REPLACED AGAIN. 270 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:51,890 REPLACED AGAIN. THE ONE THAT WAS REMAINING WAS 271 00:09:51,892 --> 00:09:53,892 THE ONE THAT WAS REMAINING WAS USED TO MAKE SMALL CROSSES YOU 272 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:55,827 USED TO MAKE SMALL CROSSES YOU COULD PUT AROUND YOUR NECK. 273 00:09:55,829 --> 00:09:57,729 COULD PUT AROUND YOUR NECK. THOSE HAVE BEEN A BIG HIT WITH 274 00:09:57,731 --> 00:09:58,063 THOSE HAVE BEEN A BIG HIT WITH PEOPLE. 275 00:09:58,065 --> 00:09:59,564 PEOPLE. >> THE DECISION WAS MADE TO 276 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:00,632 >> THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REBUILD THIS CHAPEL. 277 00:10:00,634 --> 00:10:02,367 REBUILD THIS CHAPEL. >> YES. 278 00:10:02,369 --> 00:10:03,568 >> YES. >> WHY? 279 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:07,038 >> WHY? >> IT WAS NEVER A DOUBT. 280 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,540 >> IT WAS NEVER A DOUBT. THIS WAS A CALLING. 281 00:10:08,542 --> 00:10:11,076 THIS WAS A CALLING. WE THINK GOD WANTED US TO REBID. 282 00:10:11,078 --> 00:10:13,445 WE THINK GOD WANTED US TO REBID. THERE WAS NO QUESTION IN OUR 283 00:10:13,447 --> 00:10:14,012 THERE WAS NO QUESTION IN OUR MINDS. 284 00:10:14,014 --> 00:10:15,480 MINDS. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WE BEGAN 285 00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:16,548 ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WE BEGAN REBUILDING THE CHAPEL AGAIN. 286 00:10:16,550 --> 00:10:17,849 REBUILDING THE CHAPEL AGAIN. IT GOES WITH THE SCENE. 287 00:10:17,851 --> 00:10:19,451 IT GOES WITH THE SCENE. WHEN YOU REBUILD THE FACILITY 288 00:10:19,453 --> 00:10:20,852 WHEN YOU REBUILD THE FACILITY HERE, THAT'S A SIGN OF HOPE. 289 00:10:20,854 --> 00:10:22,621 HERE, THAT'S A SIGN OF HOPE. WHEN YOU SEE THE TREES THAT HAD 290 00:10:22,623 --> 00:10:24,189 WHEN YOU SEE THE TREES THAT HAD BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND AND WE 291 00:10:24,191 --> 00:10:25,090 BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND AND WE CUT THEM DOWN. 292 00:10:25,092 --> 00:10:26,491 CUT THEM DOWN. THERE'S NEW GROWTH COMING UP OUT 293 00:10:26,493 --> 00:10:29,594 THERE'S NEW GROWTH COMING UP OUT OF THE BOTTOM, THAT'S THE SAME 294 00:10:29,596 --> 00:10:29,894 OF THE BOTTOM, THAT'S THE SAME SIGN. 295 00:10:29,896 --> 00:10:32,831 SIGN. A SIGN IN OUR OPINION OF GOD AT 296 00:10:32,833 --> 00:10:33,131 A SIGN IN OUR OPINION OF GOD AT WORK. 297 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:34,299 WORK. IT'S HOPE. 298 00:10:34,301 --> 00:10:35,700 IT'S HOPE. IT'S THE FUTURE. 299 00:10:35,702 --> 00:10:38,036 IT'S THE FUTURE. SOME OF US WON'T BE AROUND TO BE 300 00:10:38,038 --> 00:10:40,438 SOME OF US WON'T BE AROUND TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THOSE OAK TREES 301 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:41,373 ABLE TO ENJOY THOSE OAK TREES WHEN THEY'RE GROWN BACK. 302 00:10:41,375 --> 00:10:45,543 WHEN THEY'RE GROWN BACK. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL. 303 00:10:45,545 --> 00:10:48,246 A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SMALL 304 00:10:48,248 --> 00:10:49,914 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SMALL CHILDREN, YOUNGSTERS VISIT THE 305 00:10:49,916 --> 00:10:52,017 CHILDREN, YOUNGSTERS VISIT THE AREA AND BE INSPIRED BY IT. 306 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:54,285 AREA AND BE INSPIRED BY IT. >> SHOULD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, 307 00:10:54,287 --> 00:10:55,353 >> SHOULD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, WILL THERE BE ANOTHER T 308 00:10:55,355 --> 00:10:56,755 WILL THERE BE ANOTHER T DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE FUTURE 309 00:10:56,757 --> 00:10:58,723 DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE HERE? 310 00:10:58,725 --> 00:10:59,758 WILL LOOK LIKE HERE? >> THERE PROBABLY WILL BE. 311 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:01,660 >> THERE PROBABLY WILL BE. I DOUBT THERE'S A QUESTION OF 312 00:11:01,662 --> 00:11:02,994 I DOUBT THERE'S A QUESTION OF WHETHER WE REBUILD OR NOT. 313 00:11:02,996 --> 00:11:05,964 WHETHER WE REBUILD OR NOT. WE THINK IT'S A CALLING. 314 00:11:05,966 --> 00:11:06,965 WE THINK IT'S A CALLING. IT'S A REQUIREMENT WE HAVE THIS 315 00:11:06,967 --> 00:11:09,701 IT'S A REQUIREMENT WE HAVE THIS CHAP A EL HERE. 316 00:11:09,703 --> 00:11:10,235 CHAP A EL HERE. WE SEE IT AS A HOPE. 317 00:11:10,237 --> 00:11:12,270 WE SEE IT AS A HOPE. WHEN THE CHAPEL IS FINISHED AND 318 00:11:12,272 --> 00:11:14,339 WHEN THE CHAPEL IS FINISHED AND WE WERE ABLE TO LIGHT UP THE 319 00:11:14,341 --> 00:11:18,476 WE WERE ABLE TO LIGHT UP THE CROSS AND MADONNA AGAIN AT 320 00:11:18,478 --> 00:11:19,177 CROSS AND MADONNA AGAIN AT NIGHTTIME, IT WAS LIKE A HUGE 321 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:21,046 NIGHTTIME, IT WAS LIKE A HUGE BEACON OF HOPE CAME ON AGAIN. 322 00:11:21,048 --> 00:11:22,580 BEACON OF HOPE CAME ON AGAIN. YES, WE'D PROBABLY DO IT AGAIN. 323 00:11:22,582 --> 00:11:24,983 YES, WE'D PROBABLY DO IT AGAIN. >> WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MOUNTAIN 324 00:11:24,985 --> 00:11:27,619 >> WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MOUNTAIN RANGE, YOU SEE THE MADONNA NEXT 325 00:11:27,621 --> 00:11:28,987 RANGE, YOU SEE THE MADONNA NEXT TO THE CROSS AND CAN'T HELP BUT 326 00:11:28,989 --> 00:11:30,555 TO THE CROSS AND CAN'T HELP BUT BE TAKEN REGARDLESS OF YOUR 327 00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:30,855 BE TAKEN REGARDLESS OF YOUR FAITH. 328 00:11:30,857 --> 00:11:32,290 FAITH. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU AND 329 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:32,824 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU AND THE BOARD IS THIS. 330 00:11:32,826 --> 00:11:35,093 THE BOARD IS THIS. >> IT MEANS IT'S A PLACE PEOPLE 331 00:11:35,095 --> 00:11:39,731 >> IT MEANS IT'S A PLACE PEOPLE CAN COME AND PRAY AND BE IN A 332 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:41,499 CAN COME AND PRAY AND BE IN A QUIET AREA AND HAVE HOPE ABOUT 333 00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:42,667 QUIET AREA AND HAVE HOPE ABOUT THE FUTURE. 334 00:11:42,669 --> 00:11:44,736 THE FUTURE. IT'S JUST A PLACE WE LIKE TO 335 00:11:44,738 --> 00:11:47,338 IT'S JUST A PLACE WE LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AND VISIT AND 336 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:49,307 HAVE PEOPLE COME AND VISIT AND FEEL COMFORTABLE LIKE YOU SAID 337 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:50,108 FEEL COMFORTABLE LIKE YOU SAID REGARDLESS OF FAITH. 338 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:52,310 REGARDLESS OF FAITH. PLEASE COME SEE IT. 339 00:11:52,312 --> 00:11:54,079 PLEASE COME SEE IT. IT'S INSPIRATION. 340 00:11:54,081 --> 00:11:56,381 IT'S INSPIRATION. IT'S GOT A GORGEOUS VIEW OF THE 341 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:56,715 IT'S GOT A GORGEOUS VIEW OF THE VALLEY. 342 00:11:56,717 --> 00:11:58,416 VALLEY. BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE MOUNTAIN 343 00:11:58,418 --> 00:12:01,853 BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE MOUNTAIN AS TO THE NORTH, SNOW CAPPED IN 344 00:12:01,855 --> 00:12:02,654 AS TO THE NORTH, SNOW CAPPED IN THE WINTER SOMETIMES. 345 00:12:02,656 --> 00:12:04,089 THE WINTER SOMETIMES. IT'S SOMETHING WE HOPE PEOPLE 346 00:12:04,091 --> 00:12:06,157 IT'S SOMETHING WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL COME ENJOY AND HAVE AN 347 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:06,558 WILL COME ENJOY AND HAVE AN EXPERIENCE. 348 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,893 EXPERIENCE. >> ARIZONA IS HOME TO SIX 349 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:10,862 >> ARIZONA IS HOME TO SIX NATIONAL FORESTS. 350 00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:12,831 NATIONAL FORESTS. THE CORNADO AMONG THE THEM. 351 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:14,833 THE CORNADO AMONG THE THEM. IN RESENT WE'RE, DEVASTATING 352 00:12:14,835 --> 00:12:15,900 IN RESENT WE'RE, DEVASTATING WILDFIRES HAVE DESTROYED 353 00:12:15,902 --> 00:12:19,771 WILDFIRES HAVE DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES, 354 00:12:19,773 --> 00:12:21,806 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES, LESSONS LEARNED. 355 00:12:21,808 --> 00:12:23,541 LESSONS LEARNED. CAN THE FOREST SERVICE EVER 356 00:12:23,543 --> 00:12:25,610 CAN THE FOREST SERVICE EVER PREPARE FOR A FIRE STORM? 357 00:12:25,612 --> 00:12:28,446 PREPARE FOR A FIRE STORM? HEIDI FROM THE CORNADO NATIONAL 358 00:12:28,448 --> 00:12:29,814 HEIDI FROM THE CORNADO NATIONAL FOREST, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 359 00:12:29,816 --> 00:12:32,183 FOREST, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR'S 360 00:12:32,185 --> 00:12:34,519 LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR'S FIRE SEASON AND WHAT IT LOOKED 361 00:12:34,521 --> 00:12:34,819 FIRE SEASON AND WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. 362 00:12:34,821 --> 00:12:36,688 LIKE. I SHOULD BE CLEAR IT'S NOT A 363 00:12:36,690 --> 00:12:37,989 I SHOULD BE CLEAR IT'S NOT A FIRE SEASON BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS 364 00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:38,990 FIRE SEASON BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS IN FIRE SEASON. 365 00:12:38,992 --> 00:12:41,126 IN FIRE SEASON. >> WE'RE ALWAYS IN FIRE SEASON 366 00:12:41,128 --> 00:12:42,894 >> WE'RE ALWAYS IN FIRE SEASON 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR IN THE 367 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:43,228 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR IN THE FOREST. 368 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:45,964 FOREST. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SPRING AND 369 00:12:45,966 --> 00:12:47,465 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SPRING AND SUMMER, ABOVE NORMAL POTENTIAL 370 00:12:47,467 --> 00:12:49,701 SUMMER, ABOVE NORMAL POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRES DUE TO SEVERAL 371 00:12:49,703 --> 00:12:51,302 FOR WILDFIRES DUE TO SEVERAL FACTORS THAT CAN WORK INTO THIS. 372 00:12:51,304 --> 00:12:55,206 FACTORS THAT CAN WORK INTO THIS. ONE IS IS ONGOING DROUGHT. 373 00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:58,109 ONE IS IS ONGOING DROUGHT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANY 374 00:12:58,111 --> 00:12:58,476 THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANY TIME SOON. 375 00:12:58,478 --> 00:13:02,647 TIME SOON. TWO DRY WINTERS IN A ROW BACK TO 376 00:13:02,649 --> 00:13:03,014 TWO DRY WINTERS IN A ROW BACK TO BACK. 377 00:13:03,016 --> 00:13:04,616 BACK. FIELDS ARE MORE DRY. 378 00:13:04,618 --> 00:13:08,520 FIELDS ARE MORE DRY. SOME PARTS OF THE STATE RECEIVED 379 00:13:08,522 --> 00:13:09,954 SOME PARTS OF THE STATE RECEIVED PRECIPITATION FROM THE MONSOON 380 00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:10,455 PRECIPITATION FROM THE MONSOON THIS SUMMER. 381 00:13:10,457 --> 00:13:13,158 THIS SUMMER. OVER IN LOWER ELEVATIONS THERE 382 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:20,165 OVER IN LOWER ELEVATIONS THERE ARE A LOT OF GRASSY BRUSHY 383 00:13:20,167 --> 00:13:21,132 ARE A LOT OF GRASSY BRUSHY FIELDS THAT GREW. 384 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:23,301 FIELDS THAT GREW. THEY'VE BECOME FLAMMABLE AT THIS 385 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:24,235 THEY'VE BECOME FLAMMABLE AT THIS POINT ALREADY. 386 00:13:24,237 --> 00:13:27,238 POINT ALREADY. NOW WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR 387 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,307 NOW WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR WEATHER IS KIND OF PULSES OF 388 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:30,842 WEATHER IS KIND OF PULSES OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY. 389 00:13:30,844 --> 00:13:32,644 WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY. HOT, DRY, WINDY. 390 00:13:32,646 --> 00:13:35,413 HOT, DRY, WINDY. LITTLE SYSTEMS WILL TRY TO COME 391 00:13:35,415 --> 00:13:37,482 LITTLE SYSTEMS WILL TRY TO COME THROUGH AND BRING COOLER 392 00:13:37,484 --> 00:13:44,789 THROUGH AND BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES, HIGHER R 393 00:13:44,791 --> 00:13:45,757 TEMPERATURES, HIGHER R PRECIPITATIONS, MAYBE NOT. 394 00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:47,192 PRECIPITATIONS, MAYBE NOT. THOSE WILL BRING SHORT TERM 395 00:13:47,194 --> 00:13:48,526 THOSE WILL BRING SHORT TERM RELIEF FROM HEATING AND DRYING 396 00:13:48,528 --> 00:13:50,562 RELIEF FROM HEATING AND DRYING AND BACK TO THE HOT AND DRY. 397 00:13:50,564 --> 00:13:52,597 AND BACK TO THE HOT AND DRY. WIND COMPLICATES THINGS. 398 00:13:52,599 --> 00:13:54,833 WIND COMPLICATES THINGS. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL 399 00:13:54,835 --> 00:13:56,968 WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRES HERE THIS SUMMER. 400 00:13:56,970 --> 00:14:00,305 FOR WILDFIRES HERE THIS SUMMER. WE HAVE THE FUELS, WEATHER 401 00:14:00,307 --> 00:14:00,705 WE HAVE THE FUELS, WEATHER CONDITIONS. 402 00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:02,073 CONDITIONS. IT WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY 403 00:14:02,075 --> 00:14:02,640 IT WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY HOTTER AND DRIER. 404 00:14:02,642 --> 00:14:04,909 HOTTER AND DRIER. WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS SHAPE UP. 405 00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:08,980 WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS SHAPE UP. >> WHAT ARE THE FORESTERS DOING 406 00:14:08,982 --> 00:14:10,181 >> WHAT ARE THE FORESTERS DOING DIFFERENTLY TO PREPARE FOR THIS 407 00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:10,515 DIFFERENTLY TO PREPARE FOR THIS SEASON? 408 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:13,084 SEASON? >> WELL, LIKE EVERY YEAR, WE 409 00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:14,586 >> WELL, LIKE EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS ON OUR 410 00:14:14,588 --> 00:14:16,955 HAVE FIREFIGHTERS ON OUR PERMANENT POSITIONS ALL FILLED. 411 00:14:16,957 --> 00:14:21,459 PERMANENT POSITIONS ALL FILLED. WE HAVE ENGINE STAFF, TEN 412 00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:26,998 WE HAVE ENGINE STAFF, TEN ENGINES ACROSS THE STAFF. 413 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:27,699 ENGINES ACROSS THE STAFF. THE FIRST IS COMING IN TODAY. 414 00:14:27,701 --> 00:14:30,001 THE FIRST IS COMING IN TODAY. WE HAVE THE LIBBY AIR TANKER 415 00:14:30,003 --> 00:14:31,870 WE HAVE THE LIBBY AIR TANKER BASE WHICH WILL BE READY TO OPEN 416 00:14:31,872 --> 00:14:33,671 BASE WHICH WILL BE READY TO OPEN DOORS AT NOI THYME TO SERVICE 417 00:14:33,673 --> 00:14:37,242 DOORS AT NOI THYME TO SERVICE AIR TANKERS DROPPING ON FIRES. 418 00:14:37,244 --> 00:14:40,178 AIR TANKERS DROPPING ON FIRES. AND SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH WHERE 419 00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:41,279 AND SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE NEED TO BE. 420 00:14:41,281 --> 00:14:44,949 WE NEED TO BE. WE HAVE ALSO A TYPE TWO INITIAL 421 00:14:44,951 --> 00:14:46,851 WE HAVE ALSO A TYPE TWO INITIAL ATTACK HAND CREW WHICH IS 20 422 00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:47,185 ATTACK HAND CREW WHICH IS 20 PEOPLE. 423 00:14:47,187 --> 00:14:48,887 PEOPLE. THEY'RE ALL TRAINED UP AND 424 00:14:48,889 --> 00:14:50,622 THEY'RE ALL TRAINED UP AND QUALIFIED AND READY TO GO. 425 00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:52,590 QUALIFIED AND READY TO GO. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON COURSE. 426 00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:54,359 WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON COURSE. WE'RE RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT 427 00:14:54,361 --> 00:14:56,227 WE'RE RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT RIGHT NOW. 428 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:58,129 RIGHT NOW. WE ARE READY TO RESPOND TO 429 00:14:58,131 --> 00:14:58,630 WE ARE READY TO RESPOND TO INCIDENTS. 430 00:14:58,632 --> 00:15:02,033 INCIDENTS. WHEN WE GO TO SUPPRESS FIRE, WE 431 00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:03,835 WHEN WE GO TO SUPPRESS FIRE, WE USE CLOSES FORCES AND ENGAGE 432 00:15:03,837 --> 00:15:05,904 USE CLOSES FORCES AND ENGAGE LOCAL AND VOLUNTEER FIRE 433 00:15:05,906 --> 00:15:06,304 LOCAL AND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS. 434 00:15:06,306 --> 00:15:07,472 DEPARTMENTS. WE DO INITIAL ATTACK. 435 00:15:07,474 --> 00:15:09,908 WE DO INITIAL ATTACK. TRY TO PUT THE FIRE OUT NOW. 436 00:15:09,910 --> 00:15:13,344 TRY TO PUT THE FIRE OUT NOW. IF WE NEED MORE RESOURCES SUCH 437 00:15:13,346 --> 00:15:15,446 IF WE NEED MORE RESOURCES SUCH AS MORE AIRCRAFT OR FIREFIGHTERS 438 00:15:15,448 --> 00:15:18,950 AS MORE AIRCRAFT OR FIREFIGHTERS OR BULLDOZERS OR WHO KNOWS WHAT, 439 00:15:18,952 --> 00:15:20,285 OR BULLDOZERS OR WHO KNOWS WHAT, WE CAN ORDER THOSE AND THEY'LL 440 00:15:20,287 --> 00:15:25,990 WE CAN ORDER THOSE AND THEY'LL BE DISPATCHED THROUGH THE 441 00:15:25,992 --> 00:15:28,359 BE DISPATCHED THROUGH THE AUCHLTS WE HAVE DIFFERE 442 00:15:28,361 --> 00:15:28,693 AUCHLTS WE HAVE DIFFERE OFFICE. 443 00:15:28,695 --> 00:15:29,360 OFFICE. WE HAVE DIFFERENT RESOURCES 444 00:15:29,362 --> 00:15:29,861 WE HAVE DIFFERENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US. 445 00:15:29,863 --> 00:15:30,595 AVAILABLE TO US. >> SEEMS LIKE THE FOREST SERVICE 446 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:32,263 >> SEEMS LIKE THE FOREST SERVICE IS MUCH MORE PREPARED THAN EVER. 447 00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:34,532 IS MUCH MORE PREPARED THAN EVER. IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? 448 00:15:34,534 --> 00:15:38,603 IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? >> WE ALWAYS TRY TO BE PREPARED. 449 00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:45,043 >> WE ALWAYS TRY TO BE PREPARED. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE ON THE 450 00:15:45,045 --> 00:15:49,781 PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE ON THE CORNADO WE ARE FIVE RANGER 451 00:15:49,783 --> 00:15:51,783 CORNADO WE ARE FIVE RANGER DISTRICTS IN PROMXIMITIES TO 452 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:52,116 DISTRICTS IN PROMXIMITIES TO CITIES. 453 00:15:52,118 --> 00:15:53,851 CITIES. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES IN PLACE 454 00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:56,554 WE HAVE THE RESOURCES IN PLACE THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO PROTECT 455 00:15:56,556 --> 00:15:56,888 THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO PROTECT THOSE. 456 00:15:56,890 --> 00:15:59,023 THOSE. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE A 457 00:15:59,025 --> 00:16:00,425 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE A CHALLENGING SUMMER AHEAD. 458 00:16:00,427 --> 00:16:01,926 CHALLENGING SUMMER AHEAD. LOOKING FORWARD, IS THERE 459 00:16:01,928 --> 00:16:07,065 LOOKING FORWARD, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PUT OUT TO 460 00:16:07,067 --> 00:16:11,469 ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, REMINDER ABOUT BEING 461 00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:11,769 THE PUBLIC, REMINDER ABOUT BEING SMART? 462 00:16:11,771 --> 00:16:13,604 SMART? >> I WOULD REMIND PEOPLE TO TAKE 463 00:16:13,606 --> 00:16:15,073 >> I WOULD REMIND PEOPLE TO TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. 464 00:16:15,075 --> 00:16:16,674 PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. IF A LIGHTNING FIRE STARTS 465 00:16:16,676 --> 00:16:18,142 IF A LIGHTNING FIRE STARTS THAT'S ONE THING. 466 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:23,681 THAT'S ONE THING. MOST FIRES ARE HUMAN CAUSED. 467 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:25,183 MOST FIRES ARE HUMAN CAUSED. THEY NEED AN IGNITION SOURCE. 468 00:16:25,185 --> 00:16:26,918 THEY NEED AN IGNITION SOURCE. THE FIELD IS THERE, DRY 469 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,286 THE FIELD IS THERE, DRY CONDITIONS THERE, HEAT IS THERE. 470 00:16:28,288 --> 00:16:29,854 CONDITIONS THERE, HEAT IS THERE. EVERYTHING IS LINED UP. 471 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:31,356 EVERYTHING IS LINED UP. ALL IT NEEDS IS SOMETHING TO 472 00:16:31,358 --> 00:16:33,057 ALL IT NEEDS IS SOMETHING TO START THAT FIRE. 473 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:34,759 START THAT FIRE. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT 474 00:16:34,761 --> 00:16:36,461 WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, TRY TO MAKE 475 00:16:36,463 --> 00:16:38,396 WHAT YOU'RE DOING, TRY TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT THE ONE THAT 476 00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:39,430 SURE YOU'RE NOT THE ONE THAT STARTS THE FIRE. 477 00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:41,566 STARTS THE FIRE. NEVER, NEVER LEAVE A CAMPFIRE 478 00:16:41,568 --> 00:16:43,534 NEVER, NEVER LEAVE A CAMPFIRE UNATTENDED FOR ANY AMOUNT OF 479 00:16:43,536 --> 00:16:44,869 UNATTENDED FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME FOR ANY REASON. 480 00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:47,872 TIME FOR ANY REASON. BE CAREFUL IN DAY-TO-DAY 481 00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:48,873 BE CAREFUL IN DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES. 482 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:50,975 ACTIVITIES. MOWING YOUR LAWN, LAWN MOWER 483 00:16:50,977 --> 00:16:53,077 MOWING YOUR LAWN, LAWN MOWER BLADE CAN STRIKE A ROCK AND 484 00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:53,811 BLADE CAN STRIKE A ROCK AND START A FIRE. 485 00:16:53,813 --> 00:16:56,614 START A FIRE. RECREATIONAL SHOOTING, BULLETS 486 00:16:56,616 --> 00:16:56,981 RECREATIONAL SHOOTING, BULLETS RICOCHET. 487 00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:58,449 RICOCHET. THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS 488 00:16:58,451 --> 00:16:59,884 THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT START FIRES. 489 00:16:59,886 --> 00:17:01,419 THAT START FIRES. WE ARE REALLY HOPING PEOPLE WILL 490 00:17:01,421 --> 00:17:03,087 WE ARE REALLY HOPING PEOPLE WILL BE THINKING WHEN THEY'RE DOING 491 00:17:03,089 --> 00:17:04,288 BE THINKING WHEN THEY'RE DOING ACTIVITIES WHEN IN THE HOTTER 492 00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:05,623 ACTIVITIES WHEN IN THE HOTTER TIME OF THE YEAR. 493 00:17:05,625 --> 00:17:08,126 TIME OF THE YEAR. >> THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT 494 00:17:08,128 --> 00:17:08,493 >> THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT WILDFIRES. 495 00:17:08,495 --> 00:17:09,560 WILDFIRES. THIS IS ABOUT PERSONAL SAFETY 496 00:17:09,562 --> 00:17:11,162 THIS IS ABOUT PERSONAL SAFETY FOR MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK ON 497 00:17:11,164 --> 00:17:12,463 FOR MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK ON THESE FIRES. 498 00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:14,065 THESE FIRES. >> FIREFIGHTER AND PUBLIC SAFETY 499 00:17:14,067 --> 00:17:15,633 >> FIREFIGHTER AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS THE FIRST OBJECTIVE ON 500 00:17:15,635 --> 00:17:16,534 IS ALWAYS THE FIRST OBJECTIVE ON ANY FIRE. 501 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:19,070 ANY FIRE. THOSE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT 502 00:17:19,072 --> 00:17:19,370 THOSE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES. 503 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:21,039 ONES. WE COULD REMIND PEOPLE FIREWORKS 504 00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:23,441 WE COULD REMIND PEOPLE FIREWORKS ARE ALWAYS PROHIBITED ON ALL 505 00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:24,642 ARE ALWAYS PROHIBITED ON ALL PUBLIC LAND. 506 00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:26,444 PUBLIC LAND. I THINK THE REALLY IMPORTANT 507 00:17:26,446 --> 00:17:28,513 I THINK THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING THOUGH THAT I WOULD HOPE 508 00:17:28,515 --> 00:17:30,681 THING THOUGH THAT I WOULD HOPE EVERYBODY WOULD REMEMBER IS THAT 509 00:17:30,683 --> 00:17:31,783 EVERYBODY WOULD REMEMBER IS THAT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. 510 00:17:31,785 --> 00:17:34,185 PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. A LOT OF PEOPLE USE OUR PUBLIC 511 00:17:34,187 --> 00:17:35,686 A LOT OF PEOPLE USE OUR PUBLIC LANDS BECAUSE THEY LOVE THEM, 512 00:17:35,688 --> 00:17:38,022 LANDS BECAUSE THEY LOVE THEM, CARE ABOUT THEM, GET ALL KINDS 513 00:17:38,024 --> 00:17:41,559 CARE ABOUT THEM, GET ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT BENEFITS FROM BEING 514 00:17:41,561 --> 00:17:43,261 OF DIFFERENT BENEFITS FROM BEING OUT THERE. 515 00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:44,862 OUT THERE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD WANT 516 00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:46,330 I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO BE THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE 517 00:17:46,332 --> 00:17:47,832 TO BE THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE DENYING THAT EXPERIENCE TO A LOT 518 00:17:47,834 --> 00:17:48,633 DENYING THAT EXPERIENCE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. 519 00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:49,967 OF PEOPLE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO 520 00:17:49,969 --> 00:17:53,304 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BE 521 00:17:53,306 --> 00:17:54,005 KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BE REALLY CAREFUL OUT THERE AND 522 00:17:54,007 --> 00:17:56,574 REALLY CAREFUL OUT THERE AND HELP KEEP LANDS ENJOYABLE FOR 523 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:58,142 HELP KEEP LANDS ENJOYABLE FOR ALL OF US. 524 00:17:58,144 --> 00:18:00,211 ALL OF US. >> WILDFIRES HAVE RAVAGED 525 00:18:00,213 --> 00:18:01,312 >> WILDFIRES HAVE RAVAGED HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES 526 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:03,181 HUNDREDS OF SQUARE MILES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 527 00:18:03,183 --> 00:18:05,083 THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA. IN SOME AREAS YOU CAN SEE 528 00:18:05,085 --> 00:18:07,652 IN SOME AREAS YOU CAN SEE REMNANTS OF A FIRE N. OTHERS, 529 00:18:07,654 --> 00:18:08,019 REMNANTS OF A FIRE N. OTHERS, REGROWTH. 530 00:18:08,021 --> 00:18:10,688 REGROWTH. AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEARN, THE 531 00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:12,423 AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO LEARN, THE VEGETATION, LANDSCAPE CAN IN 532 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,760 VEGETATION, LANDSCAPE CAN IN FACT SURVIVE AND THEN FLOURISH. 533 00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:17,195 FACT SURVIVE AND THEN FLOURISH. >> DAWN FOLK FROM THE SCHOOL OF 534 00:18:17,197 --> 00:18:18,729 >> DAWN FOLK FROM THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE 535 00:18:18,731 --> 00:18:20,898 NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT HERE AT UNIVERSITY 536 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:24,902 ENVIRONMENT HERE AT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THANK YOU FOR BEING 537 00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:25,203 OF ARIZONA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 538 00:18:25,205 --> 00:18:26,737 HERE. >> MY PLEASURE. 539 00:18:26,739 --> 00:18:28,973 >> MY PLEASURE. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS 540 00:18:28,975 --> 00:18:30,308 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FIREFIGHTER. 541 00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:33,010 AFTER THE FIREFIGHTER. >> TV STATIONS ARE GONE, 542 00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:34,145 >> TV STATIONS ARE GONE, NEWSPAPERS ARE NO LONGER 543 00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:35,580 NEWSPAPERS ARE NO LONGER COVERING THE FIRE. 544 00:18:35,582 --> 00:18:36,514 COVERING THE FIRE. WHAT'S HAPPENING? 545 00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:38,216 WHAT'S HAPPENING? IT'S BASICALLY RECOVERING. 546 00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:42,487 IT'S BASICALLY RECOVERING. IN SOME CASES THE FIRE BURNED 547 00:18:42,489 --> 00:18:45,723 IN SOME CASES THE FIRE BURNED SEVERELY AND RECOVERY CAN BE 548 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:46,023 SEVERELY AND RECOVERY CAN BE SLOW. 549 00:18:46,025 --> 00:18:47,625 SLOW. IT CAN TAKE YEARS. 550 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:49,660 IT CAN TAKE YEARS. IN OTHER CASES IT CAN BE QUICK. 551 00:18:49,662 --> 00:18:51,896 IN OTHER CASES IT CAN BE QUICK. IN YEARS YOU HAVE THE SAME PLANT 552 00:18:51,898 --> 00:18:53,197 IN YEARS YOU HAVE THE SAME PLANT COMMUNITY YOU HAD BEFORE THE 553 00:18:53,199 --> 00:18:53,564 COMMUNITY YOU HAD BEFORE THE FIRE. 554 00:18:53,566 --> 00:18:56,400 FIRE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY 555 00:18:56,402 --> 00:18:57,068 IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY DIFFERENT OUTCOMES HAPPEN. 556 00:18:57,070 --> 00:18:57,802 DIFFERENT OUTCOMES HAPPEN. >> HOW IS IT TO BELIEVE POSSIBLE 557 00:18:57,804 --> 00:18:59,270 >> HOW IS IT TO BELIEVE POSSIBLE TO GO TO AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS 558 00:18:59,272 --> 00:19:02,206 TO GO TO AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS A FIRE, MAYBE A YEAR LATER, 559 00:19:02,208 --> 00:19:04,041 A FIRE, MAYBE A YEAR LATER, THERE'S SOME GREENERY AND STILL 560 00:19:04,043 --> 00:19:04,308 THERE'S SOME GREENERY AND STILL ASH? 561 00:19:04,310 --> 00:19:04,709 ASH? >> RIGHT. 562 00:19:04,711 --> 00:19:07,211 >> RIGHT. SO THE FIRST THING TO REMEMBER 563 00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:09,247 SO THE FIRST THING TO REMEMBER IN OUR SOUTH WESTERN ECO SYSTEMS 564 00:19:09,249 --> 00:19:15,052 IN OUR SOUTH WESTERN ECO SYSTEMS IS THAT FIRE IS PART OF THE 565 00:19:15,054 --> 00:19:15,720 IS THAT FIRE IS PART OF THE EVOLUTIONARY ENVIRONMENT OF 566 00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:18,756 EVOLUTIONARY ENVIRONMENT OF THESE ECO M SYSTEMS HUNDREDS OF 567 00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:22,226 THESE ECO M SYSTEMS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 568 00:19:22,228 --> 00:19:26,197 THOUSANDS OF YEARS. ALL WILD LIFE AND VEGETATION ARE 569 00:19:26,199 --> 00:19:29,767 ALL WILD LIFE AND VEGETATION ARE ALL ADAPTED TO FIRES. 570 00:19:29,769 --> 00:19:32,770 ALL ADAPTED TO FIRES. IT SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISING THEY 571 00:19:32,772 --> 00:19:35,773 IT SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISING THEY BOUNCE BACK AND HAVE THE 572 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:36,140 BOUNCE BACK AND HAVE THE CAPACITY. 573 00:19:36,142 --> 00:19:38,276 CAPACITY. >> WHAT ABOUT THE ANIMALS? 574 00:19:38,278 --> 00:19:40,311 >> WHAT ABOUT THE ANIMALS? >> IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. 575 00:19:40,313 --> 00:19:43,347 >> IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. WE ASSUME THE WILDFIRE IS 576 00:19:43,349 --> 00:19:44,815 WE ASSUME THE WILDFIRE IS UNMITIGATED DISASTER FOR WILD 577 00:19:44,817 --> 00:19:45,116 UNMITIGATED DISASTER FOR WILD LIFE. 578 00:19:45,118 --> 00:19:50,688 LIFE. IN FACT THE MORTALITY OF ANIMALS 579 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:53,558 IN FACT THE MORTALITY OF ANIMALS EVEN DURING A WILDFIRE IS LOW. 580 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:55,893 EVEN DURING A WILDFIRE IS LOW. ANIMALS CAN BURROW UNDERGROUND. 581 00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:57,328 ANIMALS CAN BURROW UNDERGROUND. THEY'RE PROTECT ED FROM THE 582 00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:58,696 THEY'RE PROTECT ED FROM THE HEAT. 583 00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:03,067 HEAT. BIG ANIMALS LIKE ELK AND BISON 584 00:20:03,069 --> 00:20:06,938 BIG ANIMALS LIKE ELK AND BISON CAN RUN AWAY. 585 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:08,906 CAN RUN AWAY. WHEN WE STUDY WILD LIFE DURING 586 00:20:08,908 --> 00:20:12,009 WHEN WE STUDY WILD LIFE DURING WILDFIRES IT'S NOT A MAJOR 587 00:20:12,011 --> 00:20:12,343 WILDFIRES IT'S NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM. 588 00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:13,611 PROBLEM. IN FACT MANY BENEFIT. 589 00:20:13,613 --> 00:20:17,381 IN FACT MANY BENEFIT. RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE, THERE'S A 590 00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:18,282 RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE, THERE'S A NEW GROWTH. 591 00:20:18,284 --> 00:20:20,017 NEW GROWTH. THOSE EARLY POST FIRE 592 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:22,186 THOSE EARLY POST FIRE ENVIRONMENTS CAN BE PRODUCTIVE 593 00:20:22,188 --> 00:20:24,956 ENVIRONMENTS CAN BE PRODUCTIVE AND PROVIDE GREAT FOOD FOR LOTS 594 00:20:24,958 --> 00:20:26,090 AND PROVIDE GREAT FOOD FOR LOTS OF WILD LIFE. 595 00:20:26,092 --> 00:20:28,259 OF WILD LIFE. >>> WE'VE SEEN THE MONUMENT FIRE 596 00:20:28,261 --> 00:20:30,695 >>> WE'VE SEEN THE MONUMENT FIRE WHERE PEOPLE LOSE HOMES AND 597 00:20:30,697 --> 00:20:31,095 WHERE PEOPLE LOSE HOMES AND BUSINESSES. 598 00:20:31,097 --> 00:20:33,831 BUSINESSES. THEN THERE ARE FOLKS THAT LOSE 599 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:36,167 THEN THERE ARE FOLKS THAT LOSE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE 600 00:20:36,169 --> 00:20:39,337 PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE AFTERMATH, RAIN COMING DOWN 601 00:20:39,339 --> 00:20:41,205 AFTERMATH, RAIN COMING DOWN BRINGING ASH TO LOWER LEVELS. 602 00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:43,274 BRINGING ASH TO LOWER LEVELS. WHAT EXACTLY TAKES PLACE WHEN 603 00:20:43,276 --> 00:20:44,075 WHAT EXACTLY TAKES PLACE WHEN THAT HAPPENS? 604 00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:45,343 THAT HAPPENS? >> THIS IS AN INTERESTING 605 00:20:45,345 --> 00:20:46,377 >> THIS IS AN INTERESTING SITUATION IN THE WEST THAT'S 606 00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:48,145 SITUATION IN THE WEST THAT'S REALLY ONLY APPRECIATED NOW. 607 00:20:48,147 --> 00:20:49,847 REALLY ONLY APPRECIATED NOW. WE HAD THE CANYON FIRE IN 608 00:20:49,849 --> 00:20:51,015 WE HAD THE CANYON FIRE IN COLORADO LAST YEAR. 609 00:20:51,017 --> 00:20:53,050 COLORADO LAST YEAR. MULTIPLE OTHER FIRES. 610 00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:54,986 MULTIPLE OTHER FIRES. THE FIRE IN FLAG STAFF WHERE IT 611 00:20:54,988 --> 00:20:57,321 THE FIRE IN FLAG STAFF WHERE IT WAS NOT SO MUCH THE FIRE ITSELF, 612 00:20:57,323 --> 00:20:59,190 WAS NOT SO MUCH THE FIRE ITSELF, NOT ONLY THE FIRE ITSELF, BUT 613 00:20:59,192 --> 00:21:02,660 NOT ONLY THE FIRE ITSELF, BUT WHAT WE CALL THE POST FIRE HYDRO 614 00:21:02,662 --> 00:21:04,295 WHAT WE CALL THE POST FIRE HYDRO LOGIC RESPONSE. 615 00:21:04,297 --> 00:21:06,664 LOGIC RESPONSE. YOU HAVE A BIG HIGH SEVERITY 616 00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:08,866 YOU HAVE A BIG HIGH SEVERITY FIRE AND A STRONG MONSOON. 617 00:21:08,868 --> 00:21:10,334 FIRE AND A STRONG MONSOON. YOU WOULD THINK A STRONG MONSOON 618 00:21:10,336 --> 00:21:12,169 YOU WOULD THINK A STRONG MONSOON WOULD BE A GOOD THING AND HELP 619 00:21:12,171 --> 00:21:13,904 WOULD BE A GOOD THING AND HELP THE ECOSYSTEM TO RECOVER. 620 00:21:13,906 --> 00:21:15,840 THE ECOSYSTEM TO RECOVER. THAT'S TRURKS BUT AREAS ON STEEP 621 00:21:15,842 --> 00:21:19,243 THAT'S TRURKS BUT AREAS ON STEEP SLOPES THAT ARE SE VOOERLY 622 00:21:19,245 --> 00:21:24,582 SLOPES THAT ARE SE VOOERLY BURNED, YOU GET NORMOUS WASHING 623 00:21:24,584 --> 00:21:25,716 BURNED, YOU GET NORMOUS WASHING DOWN IN THE STREAMS. 624 00:21:25,718 --> 00:21:27,685 DOWN IN THE STREAMS. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE A 625 00:21:27,687 --> 00:21:28,886 ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE A THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD HAPPENING 626 00:21:28,888 --> 00:21:32,123 THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD HAPPENING AFTER A FAIRLY NORMAL RAINFALL. 627 00:21:32,125 --> 00:21:34,191 AFTER A FAIRLY NORMAL RAINFALL. THIS POST FIRE HYDRO LOGIC 628 00:21:34,193 --> 00:21:35,559 THIS POST FIRE HYDRO LOGIC RESPONSE MEANS THAT NOW 629 00:21:35,561 --> 00:21:38,262 RESPONSE MEANS THAT NOW COMMUNITIES ARE AT RISK FROM NOT 630 00:21:38,264 --> 00:21:39,130 COMMUNITIES ARE AT RISK FROM NOT SO MUCH THE FIRE ITSELF BUT FROM 631 00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:41,032 SO MUCH THE FIRE ITSELF BUT FROM THE FLOODING AFTER THE FIRE. 632 00:21:41,034 --> 00:21:42,767 THE FLOODING AFTER THE FIRE. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A 633 00:21:42,769 --> 00:21:45,903 >> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING COMMUNITIES 634 00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:49,140 HARD TIME BELIEVING COMMUNITIES CAN ACTUALLY SURVIVE AND 635 00:21:49,142 --> 00:21:51,375 CAN ACTUALLY SURVIVE AND FLOURISH AFTER A FIRE. 636 00:21:51,377 --> 00:21:54,211 FLOURISH AFTER A FIRE. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE 637 00:21:54,213 --> 00:21:56,947 HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT SAY, WOW HOW DID THAT 638 00:21:56,949 --> 00:21:57,281 THAT SAY, WOW HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? 639 00:21:57,283 --> 00:22:00,951 HAPPEN? >> THE CAPACITY HAS THE RECOVERY 640 00:22:00,953 --> 00:22:05,456 >> THE CAPACITY HAS THE RECOVERY BECAUSE THERE ARE STRATEGIES FOR 641 00:22:05,458 --> 00:22:05,823 BECAUSE THERE ARE STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVING. 642 00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:08,459 SURVIVING. PLANTS RESPROUT. 643 00:22:08,461 --> 00:22:11,729 PLANTS RESPROUT. ASPEN WHICH WE ALL LOVE IS A 644 00:22:11,731 --> 00:22:14,131 ASPEN WHICH WE ALL LOVE IS A POST FIRE REGENERATING SPECIES. 645 00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:15,733 POST FIRE REGENERATING SPECIES. IT WAITS FOR FIRE. 646 00:22:15,735 --> 00:22:18,469 IT WAITS FOR FIRE. ASPEN WILL ACTUALLY COME UP AND 647 00:22:18,471 --> 00:22:22,039 ASPEN WILL ACTUALLY COME UP AND HAVE THE MOMENT IN THE SUN 648 00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:22,406 HAVE THE MOMENT IN THE SUN LITERALLY. 649 00:22:22,408 --> 00:22:25,509 LITERALLY. IN MANY WILD LIFE HAVE INCREASED 650 00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:27,378 IN MANY WILD LIFE HAVE INCREASED FOOD RESOURCE AFTER FIRES. 651 00:22:27,380 --> 00:22:29,246 FOOD RESOURCE AFTER FIRES. TREE SPECIES WILL GO THROUGH A 652 00:22:29,248 --> 00:22:30,681 TREE SPECIES WILL GO THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME THEY'RE NOT 653 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:31,015 PERIOD OF TIME THEY'RE NOT PRESENT. 654 00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:32,583 PRESENT. THEY'LL START TO PUT SEEDS BACK 655 00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:34,251 THEY'LL START TO PUT SEEDS BACK INTO THE ECOSYSTEM. 656 00:22:34,253 --> 00:22:36,120 INTO THE ECOSYSTEM. THERE ARE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT 657 00:22:36,122 --> 00:22:38,055 THERE ARE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT PATHWAYS FOR AN ECOSYSTEM TO 658 00:22:38,057 --> 00:22:38,389 PATHWAYS FOR AN ECOSYSTEM TO RECOVER. 659 00:22:38,391 --> 00:22:40,458 RECOVER. THE KEY THING REALLY IS WHAT WE 660 00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:42,626 THE KEY THING REALLY IS WHAT WE CALL SEVERITY. 661 00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:44,729 CALL SEVERITY. THAT'S HOW STRONG WAS THE IMPACT 662 00:22:44,731 --> 00:22:46,197 THAT'S HOW STRONG WAS THE IMPACT OF THE FIRE AT THE TIME IT 663 00:22:46,199 --> 00:22:46,564 OF THE FIRE AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED? 664 00:22:46,566 --> 00:22:48,566 HAPPENED? IF THE FIRE IS LOW SEVERITY 665 00:22:48,568 --> 00:22:52,002 IF THE FIRE IS LOW SEVERITY WHICH MEANS MOST TREES OR SHRUBS 666 00:22:52,004 --> 00:22:55,773 WHICH MEANS MOST TREES OR SHRUBS THERE BEFORE THE FIRE SURVIVE, 667 00:22:55,775 --> 00:22:57,341 THERE BEFORE THE FIRE SURVIVE, ALMOST CERTAINLY WITHIN A SHORT 668 00:22:57,343 --> 00:23:00,511 ALMOST CERTAINLY WITHIN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, IN A FEW YEAR, 669 00:23:00,513 --> 00:23:02,747 AMOUNT OF TIME, IN A FEW YEAR, THEY'LL BOUNCE BACK TO THE PLANT 670 00:23:02,749 --> 00:23:03,981 THEY'LL BOUNCE BACK TO THE PLANT COMMUNITY YOU HAD BEFOREHAND. 671 00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:05,916 COMMUNITY YOU HAD BEFOREHAND. IF MOST TREES AND SHRUBS ARE 672 00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:07,918 IF MOST TREES AND SHRUBS ARE KILLED IN A HIGH SEVERITY FIRE, 673 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,154 KILLED IN A HIGH SEVERITY FIRE, THEN YOU MAY LOSE FOREST 674 00:23:10,156 --> 00:23:10,521 THEN YOU MAY LOSE FOREST ENTIRELY. 675 00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:13,758 ENTIRELY. YOU MACON VERT FROM FORESTED 676 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,626 YOU MACON VERT FROM FORESTED AREA TO SHRUB LAND AND NOT COME 677 00:23:15,628 --> 00:23:15,926 AREA TO SHRUB LAND AND NOT COME BACK. 678 00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:18,696 BACK. IN FACTS, BIG AREAS OF THE 679 00:23:18,698 --> 00:23:21,832 IN FACTS, BIG AREAS OF THE CATALINAS OUTSIDE OF TUCSON. 680 00:23:21,834 --> 00:23:22,500 CATALINAS OUTSIDE OF TUCSON. WE'VE SEEN LARGE AREAS THAT 681 00:23:22,502 --> 00:23:27,505 WE'VE SEEN LARGE AREAS THAT BURNED IN THE ASPEN FIRES ABOUT 682 00:23:27,507 --> 00:23:29,640 BURNED IN THE ASPEN FIRES ABOUT A DECADE AGO. 683 00:23:29,642 --> 00:23:31,442 A DECADE AGO. THEY'RE CONVERTED TO SHRUB LAND. 684 00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:33,210 THEY'RE CONVERTED TO SHRUB LAND. >> SOME MIGHT LISTEN TO THIS AND 685 00:23:33,212 --> 00:23:35,346 >> SOME MIGHT LISTEN TO THIS AND SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETIMES A 686 00:23:35,348 --> 00:23:37,314 SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETIMES A FIRE CAN BE POSITIVE FOR THE 687 00:23:37,316 --> 00:23:37,948 FIRE CAN BE POSITIVE FOR THE ECOSYSTEM. 688 00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:39,683 ECOSYSTEM. IS THAT A FAR STRETCH? 689 00:23:39,685 --> 00:23:41,352 IS THAT A FAR STRETCH? >> IT'S NOT A STRETCH AT ALL. 690 00:23:41,354 --> 00:23:44,255 >> IT'S NOT A STRETCH AT ALL. IT SEEMS TO US THAT FIRE IS LIKE 691 00:23:44,257 --> 00:23:46,223 IT SEEMS TO US THAT FIRE IS LIKE A DISEASE OR HURRICANE. 692 00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:47,992 A DISEASE OR HURRICANE. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT 693 00:23:47,994 --> 00:23:48,392 THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THAT. 694 00:23:48,394 --> 00:23:51,996 THAT. THE FACT IS FIRE HAS BEEN PART 695 00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:53,898 THE FACT IS FIRE HAS BEEN PART OF ECOSYSTEMS ON EARTH FOR AT 696 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:58,102 OF ECOSYSTEMS ON EARTH FOR AT LEAST 400 MILLION YEARS, ALMOST 697 00:23:58,104 --> 00:23:59,937 LEAST 400 MILLION YEARS, ALMOST AS LONG AS PLANTS HAVE BEEN 698 00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:01,138 AS LONG AS PLANTS HAVE BEEN LIVING ON LAND WE HAVE EVIDENCE 699 00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:02,973 LIVING ON LAND WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF FIERCHLT IT'S AFTER I 700 00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:05,376 OF FIERCHLT IT'S AFTER I NATURAL, FUNDAMENTAL PROCESS. 701 00:24:05,378 --> 00:24:09,480 NATURAL, FUNDAMENTAL PROCESS. IT'S IN THE RECYCLING NUTRIENTS 702 00:24:09,482 --> 00:24:11,415 IT'S IN THE RECYCLING NUTRIENTS IN PLANT EVOLUTION. 703 00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:13,250 IN PLANT EVOLUTION. THERE ARE WAYS ALL LIFE ON EARTH 704 00:24:13,252 --> 00:24:14,718 THERE ARE WAYS ALL LIFE ON EARTH HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY FIRE N. THE 705 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,456 HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY FIRE N. THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES WE'VE 706 00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:20,357 LAST COUPLE OF DECADES WE'VE BECOME TO APPRECIATE HOW FIRE 707 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:20,624 BECOME TO APPRECIATE HOW FIRE IS. 708 00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:23,093 IS. WE THOUGHT IT WAS RESTRICTED TO 709 00:24:23,095 --> 00:24:24,695 WE THOUGHT IT WAS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN AREAS AND SPOESHL 710 00:24:24,697 --> 00:24:25,129 CERTAIN AREAS AND SPOESHL CIRCUMSTANCES. 711 00:24:25,131 --> 00:24:30,835 CIRCUMSTANCES. WE SEE EVIDENCE OF FIRE IN THE 712 00:24:30,837 --> 00:24:33,737 WE SEE EVIDENCE OF FIRE IN THE TROPICS, THE FOREST, ASIA, 713 00:24:33,739 --> 00:24:34,071 TROPICS, THE FOREST, ASIA, CANADA. 714 00:24:34,073 --> 00:24:36,941 CANADA. ALMOST EVERYWHERE WE LOOK, WE 715 00:24:36,943 --> 00:24:38,509 ALMOST EVERYWHERE WE LOOK, WE SEE EVIDENCE OF THE FIRE INTO 716 00:24:38,511 --> 00:24:40,411 SEE EVIDENCE OF THE FIRE INTO POLLEN AND TREE RING RECORD. 717 00:24:40,413 --> 00:24:43,614 POLLEN AND TREE RING RECORD. >> IS ARIZONA MORE SUSCEPTIBLE 718 00:24:43,616 --> 00:24:45,049 >> IS ARIZONA MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SUSTAINING WILDFIRES THAN 719 00:24:45,051 --> 00:24:46,550 TO SUSTAINING WILDFIRES THAN OTHER STATES BECAUSE OF THE 720 00:24:46,552 --> 00:24:47,284 OTHER STATES BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN HERE? 721 00:24:47,286 --> 00:24:50,454 TERRAIN HERE? >> SO THERE'S A QUESTION OF 722 00:24:50,456 --> 00:24:52,256 >> SO THERE'S A QUESTION OF VULNERABILITY NOW. 723 00:24:52,258 --> 00:24:54,425 VULNERABILITY NOW. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, WHAT 724 00:24:54,427 --> 00:24:57,328 THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, WHAT MAKES CERTAIN AREAS MORE 725 00:24:57,330 --> 00:24:57,728 MAKES CERTAIN AREAS MORE VULNERABLE? 726 00:24:57,730 --> 00:24:59,029 VULNERABLE? LET'S ASK SPECIFICALLY LIKE A 727 00:24:59,031 --> 00:25:00,197 LET'S ASK SPECIFICALLY LIKE A GAME CHANGING FIRE. 728 00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:01,465 GAME CHANGING FIRE. ALL AREAS THROUGHOUT THE WEST 729 00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:02,266 ALL AREAS THROUGHOUT THE WEST HAVE FIRE. 730 00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:04,235 HAVE FIRE. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT KINDS OF 731 00:25:04,237 --> 00:25:06,070 THE QUESTION IS, WHAT KINDS OF FIRE WOULD REALLY ELIMINATE 732 00:25:06,072 --> 00:25:08,572 FIRE WOULD REALLY ELIMINATE FOREST AND CAUSE A CONVERSION TO 733 00:25:08,574 --> 00:25:09,940 FOREST AND CAUSE A CONVERSION TO SHRUB OR GRASS LAND? 734 00:25:09,942 --> 00:25:11,242 SHRUB OR GRASS LAND? WE HAVE A BIG CHANGE. 735 00:25:11,244 --> 00:25:15,012 WE HAVE A BIG CHANGE. WELL, SO WE HAVE IN THE SKY LAND 736 00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:19,783 WELL, SO WE HAVE IN THE SKY LAND STEEP TOPOGRAPHY, COMPLEX 737 00:25:19,785 --> 00:25:20,117 STEEP TOPOGRAPHY, COMPLEX GEOLOGY. 738 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,353 GEOLOGY. WE'RE SEMI A RID. 739 00:25:22,355 --> 00:25:24,622 WE'RE SEMI A RID. THIS YEAR WE HAD A POOR 740 00:25:24,624 --> 00:25:25,155 THIS YEAR WE HAD A POOR RAINFALL. 741 00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:28,092 RAINFALL. A LOT OF PLANTS ARE DROUGHT 742 00:25:28,094 --> 00:25:28,459 A LOT OF PLANTS ARE DROUGHT STRESSED. 743 00:25:28,461 --> 00:25:29,660 STRESSED. IN THAT CONDITION THEY'RE ABLE 744 00:25:29,662 --> 00:25:30,694 IN THAT CONDITION THEY'RE ABLE TO CARRY FIRE QUICKLY. 745 00:25:30,696 --> 00:25:32,263 TO CARRY FIRE QUICKLY. YOU HAVE THE RECIPE OF CARRYING 746 00:25:32,265 --> 00:25:33,497 YOU HAVE THE RECIPE OF CARRYING A BIG FIRE. 747 00:25:33,499 --> 00:25:36,634 A BIG FIRE. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS 748 00:25:36,636 --> 00:25:40,271 I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT FIRE IS, 749 00:25:40,273 --> 00:25:43,107 TO RECOGNIZE THAT FIRE IS, ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND ALWAYS WILL 750 00:25:43,109 --> 00:25:45,209 ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND ALWAYS WILL BE PART OF ECOSYSTEMS. 751 00:25:45,211 --> 00:25:46,677 BE PART OF ECOSYSTEMS. IT'S IN OUR INTEREST TO LEARN TO 752 00:25:46,679 --> 00:25:47,511 IT'S IN OUR INTEREST TO LEARN TO ADAPT TO FIRE. 753 00:25:47,513 --> 00:25:49,914 ADAPT TO FIRE. THE MORE WE TRY TO PUSH IT OUT 754 00:25:49,916 --> 00:25:52,116 THE MORE WE TRY TO PUSH IT OUT AND EXCLUDE IT, EVENTUALLY IT 755 00:25:52,118 --> 00:25:53,984 AND EXCLUDE IT, EVENTUALLY IT COMES BACK AND BITES US TEN 756 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:55,052 COMES BACK AND BITES US TEN TIMES AS HARD. 757 00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:57,221 TIMES AS HARD. WE'LL R WE'D KB BETTER OFF 758 00:25:57,223 --> 00:25:59,123 WE'LL R WE'D KB BETTER OFF LEARNING TO MANAGE OUR LAND 759 00:25:59,125 --> 00:26:01,692 LEARNING TO MANAGE OUR LAND YOOUS AND DEVELOPMENT TO LIVE 760 00:26:01,694 --> 00:26:02,960 YOOUS AND DEVELOPMENT TO LIVE WITH FIRE SUSTAINABILITY. 761 00:26:02,962 --> 00:26:04,762 WITH FIRE SUSTAINABILITY. >>> THAT COMPLETES OUR WILDFIRE 762 00:26:04,764 --> 00:26:05,129 >>> THAT COMPLETES OUR WILDFIRE COVERAGE. 763 00:26:05,131 --> 00:26:07,898 COVERAGE. FROM THE MOUNTAIN, I'M LORAIN. 764 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:10,968 FROM THE MOUNTAIN, I'M LORAIN. WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO THE STUDIO 765 00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:16,440 WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO THE STUDIO FOR THE BUZZ WITH MY COLLEAGUE 766 00:26:16,442 --> 00:26:16,874 FOR THE BUZZ WITH MY COLLEAGUE CHRISTOPHER. 767 00:26:16,876 --> 00:26:18,842 CHRISTOPHER. >>> THE BUZZ THIS WEEK WAS THE 768 00:26:18,844 --> 00:26:19,877 >>> THE BUZZ THIS WEEK WAS THE CONTINUING SHOW DOWN ON THE 769 00:26:19,879 --> 00:26:20,210 CONTINUING SHOW DOWN ON THE BUDGET. 770 00:26:20,212 --> 00:26:22,012 BUDGET. THE SENATE TOOK OVER THE HOUSE 771 00:26:22,014 --> 00:26:23,681 THE SENATE TOOK OVER THE HOUSE BUDGET, STRIPPED OUT ADDITIONS 772 00:26:23,683 --> 00:26:26,584 BUDGET, STRIPPED OUT ADDITIONS THE HOUSE PUT IN AND SENT IT 773 00:26:26,586 --> 00:26:26,884 THE HOUSE PUT IN AND SENT IT BACK. 774 00:26:26,886 --> 00:26:29,887 BACK. NOT SURPRISINGLY THE HOUSE DID 775 00:26:29,889 --> 00:26:30,387 NOT SURPRISINGLY THE HOUSE DID NOT AGREE. 776 00:26:30,389 --> 00:26:31,255 NOT AGREE. IN PASS BEGAN. 777 00:26:31,257 --> 00:26:33,991 IN PASS BEGAN. AT THE END OF THE WEEK IT WAS 778 00:26:33,993 --> 00:26:35,859 AT THE END OF THE WEEK IT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE IMPASSE WAS DEEP. 779 00:26:35,861 --> 00:26:39,597 OBVIOUSLY THE IMPASSE WAS DEEP. WHEN THE HOUSE FINISHED THE 780 00:26:39,599 --> 00:26:42,833 WHEN THE HOUSE FINISHED THE FLOOR SESSION THURSDAY, ANDY 781 00:26:42,835 --> 00:26:45,202 FLOOR SESSION THURSDAY, ANDY APPOINTED HIMSELF AND ERIC MIRE 782 00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:46,036 APPOINTED HIMSELF AND ERIC MIRE TO A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE TO 783 00:26:46,038 --> 00:26:48,606 TO A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE TO HASH OUT WITH THE SENATE. 784 00:26:48,608 --> 00:26:50,841 HASH OUT WITH THE SENATE. MOMENTS LATER, THE SENATE 785 00:26:50,843 --> 00:26:52,409 MOMENTS LATER, THE SENATE WRAPPED UP WORK FOR THE WEEK. 786 00:26:52,411 --> 00:26:54,878 WRAPPED UP WORK FOR THE WEEK. ANDY BIGS DID NOT APPOINT A 787 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:55,813 ANDY BIGS DID NOT APPOINT A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. 788 00:26:55,815 --> 00:26:56,780 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. OFFICIALLY THAT MEANS THERE WILL 789 00:26:56,782 --> 00:26:59,550 OFFICIALLY THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE NO TALKS OVER THE WEEKEND. 790 00:26:59,552 --> 00:27:02,720 BE NO TALKS OVER THE WEEKEND. IN REALITY THE FACT THE HOUSE 791 00:27:02,722 --> 00:27:03,988 IN REALITY THE FACT THE HOUSE APPOINTED A COMMITTEE AND HOUSE 792 00:27:03,990 --> 00:27:05,856 APPOINTED A COMMITTEE AND HOUSE DID NOT, INFORMAL TALKS BETWEEN 793 00:27:05,858 --> 00:27:08,926 DID NOT, INFORMAL TALKS BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS ARE NOT YIELDING 794 00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:10,494 THE CHAMBERS ARE NOT YIELDING SPENDING AGREEMENTS. 795 00:27:10,496 --> 00:27:12,997 SPENDING AGREEMENTS. BIGS IS NOT INDICATES HE'S NOT 796 00:27:12,999 --> 00:27:14,198 BIGS IS NOT INDICATES HE'S NOT WILLING TO NEGOTIATE SOME OF THE 797 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,334 WILLING TO NEGOTIATE SOME OF THE POINTS UNTIL HOUSE LEADERS HAVE 798 00:27:17,336 --> 00:27:19,536 POINTS UNTIL HOUSE LEADERS HAVE VOTES TO PASS PROPOSALS. 799 00:27:19,538 --> 00:27:20,537 VOTES TO PASS PROPOSALS. COMPLICATES BACK AND FORTH IN 800 00:27:20,539 --> 00:27:22,406 COMPLICATES BACK AND FORTH IN THE LEGISLATOR IS GOVERNOR. 801 00:27:22,408 --> 00:27:24,475 THE LEGISLATOR IS GOVERNOR. SHE'S REPEATEDLY INDICATED SHE 802 00:27:24,477 --> 00:27:26,076 SHE'S REPEATEDLY INDICATED SHE DOESN'T LIKE THE SENATE BUDGET 803 00:27:26,078 --> 00:27:27,845 DOESN'T LIKE THE SENATE BUDGET PLAN AND WOULD VETO IT. 804 00:27:27,847 --> 00:27:29,880 PLAN AND WOULD VETO IT. SHE TOULD LAWMAKER THIS IS WEEK 805 00:27:29,882 --> 00:27:32,750 SHE TOULD LAWMAKER THIS IS WEEK BUDGET IS A PRIORITY AND SHE'LL 806 00:27:32,752 --> 00:27:33,717 BUDGET IS A PRIORITY AND SHE'LL VETO ANY BILL THEY SEND BEFORE 807 00:27:33,719 --> 00:27:35,219 VETO ANY BILL THEY SEND BEFORE IT ARRIVES BEFORE THE BUDGET. 808 00:27:35,221 --> 00:27:36,587 IT ARRIVES BEFORE THE BUDGET. THAT'S THE BUZZ THIS WEEK. 809 00:27:36,589 --> 00:27:39,423 THAT'S THE BUZZ THIS WEEK. WE'VE REACHED THE END OF THIS 810 00:27:39,425 --> 00:27:41,825 WE'VE REACHED THE END OF THIS EPISODE OF ARIZONA WEEK. 811 00:27:41,827 --> 00:27:45,629 EPISODE OF ARIZONA WEEK. FOR THE ENTIRE ARIZONA WEEK 812 00:27:45,631 --> 00:27:48,097 FOR THE ENTIRE ARIZONA WEEK TEAM, IT'S CHRISTOPHER CER