Guest Column: Managing our lands to protect our future

This summer, lightning again sparked wildfires across northwest Colorado. The Keystone Fire burned more than 3,000 acres along the Rio Blanco and Moffat county line, and in Routt County, the Fishhook Fire and Green Ridge Fire were both fully contained after burning a combined 350 acres near Steamboat Springs. These fires echo the destructive summer we had one year ago. Last August, lightning storms ignited a series of wildfires across northwest Colorado that tested our…