My experience of hiking numerous trails in the southeast Catskills, as well as bushwhacking from one corner of Woodstock to the other (approx. 10x20 miles), and following its many old roads, has made me very familiar with the state of our forest and I am extremely concerned with the potential for devastating forest fires, wildfires, and even firestorms, here. This is what has led me to write this in an effort to share those concerns and hopefully to find a way to address the

I love to watch dust-motes floating in the clear, soft, forgiving light of Autumn, shining specks dancing. They drift over quieting...