We're #1

The Meriwether Fire is now the nation's top priority fire, jumping from 20,200 acres to 31,238 acres overnight.

Purists,

who insist wilderness areas be managed with no human interference,

to preserve natural areas the way God intended,

for the sake of our grandchildren,

can point to the blackened Gates of the Mountains Wilderness

and devastated Beartooth Wildlife Management Area,

and say to the kids,

Here's what the forest looks like when God has a really bad day.