Cheney Free Press -

We shan’t be fooled by April’s snow storm.

The Inland northwest is still suffering from many years of drought. We see evidence in the stressed pines that forest our region. And those non-native arborvitae show brown and dying needles. Without much imagination we remember the stress of the hot, dry winds of last summer.

There is a solution to our fears of fire, it is management.

I invite you to become familiar with agencies in our area that may assist you in developing a plan to spare our way of life.

Fire wise programs including education and plant selection beneficial in establishing...