In March of 2016, fire scorched 12,000 acres of pasture land in Harvey County, according to the county Farm Service Agency. At that time, there were 65,000 acres of pasture land in the county as of the latest agricultural census, meaning the Burrton wildfire wiped out nearly one-fifth of that total. [Kansan File]
Bring up wildfires and the mind likely thinks of the hot, dry post-harvest days of July and August. But the threat of grass and wildfires…
