Reader comments: Mending Milford: Ravaged by wildfire 1 year ago, area begins to recover

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Kevin in Ogden | 9:25 a.m. July 13, 2008
The largest single factor in the fire was cheat grass. Before the cheat grass moved in, sage brush ecosystems rarely had fires. Cheat grass is diffecult to eradicate so I don't think it is fair to blame the BLM for that.

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Harvey Gates, natural resource specialist for the BLM, surveys areas Tuesday that have been reseeded since the Milford Flat fire a year ago. (Geoffrey Mcallister, Deseret News)
Geoffrey Mcallister, Deseret News
Harvey Gates, natural resource specialist for the BLM, surveys areas Tuesday that have been reseeded since the Milford Flat fire a year ago.
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