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Colorado Burns, Bureaucrats Blame the Thermostat

Written by Scott K. James

Wildfires rage in Colorado and the usual suspects blame climate change. Here’s a thought: maybe managing our forests like grown-ups instead of green cult members might help.

Ah yes, another wildfire season in Colorado—and as sure as sunshine in July, here comes The Denver Post blaming it all on climate change. The piece covers blazes across South Rim, Sowbelly, and Black Canyon, written with that familiar tone of eco-doom gospel. It’s less journalism and more an altar call for carbon guilt.

The Bullet Point Brief

  • Fires erupt across Colorado—must be July or something shocking like nature doing what nature does.
  • Climate change alarmists yell from their Teslas while sipping $7 oat milk lattes in air-conditioned studios.
  • Forest management? Controlled burns? Clearing dead undergrowth? Nope—now that’s offensive to Mother Earth!
  • Road access needed for forest maintenance is blocked by the same folks screaming about fire damage.
  • The solution offered? Shockingly unshocking—more government control and fewer freedoms. Greaaaat.

My Bottom Line

Welcome to summer in Colorado: hot days, dry forests, and bureaucrats using wildfire smoke as political perfume. Every July we watch the same damn script play out—we get fires (because it’s frickin’ JULY), and out trots the media chorus crying “climate change” louder than a vegan at a barbecue.

But let me hit you with a fact they forgot to mention between paragraphs soaked in panic—the real problem isn’t temperatures flirting with triple digits. It’s mismanagement. You want less fire? Start managing our forests instead of petting them like therapy dogs. That includes clearing dead brush, allowing controlled burns, and most importantly—keeping forest roads open so crews can actually get the hell in there to do their job. Kinda hard to manage an overgrown tinderbox when you’re locked out because some tree-hugging bureaucrat wanted to preserve the ‘natural trail experience.’

I’m not denying weather patterns exist or that humans impact the planet—we were told by God to steward Creation after all—but this climate hysteria worships creation and completely ignores actual stewardship. We don’t need another taxpayer-funded climate conference hosted on private jets—we need chainsaws, access roads, and common sense. Until we stop treating forest management like a micro-aggression against Gaia herself, we’ll keep watching our state go up in smoke every damn summer.

So yeah—it ain’t just heat waves fueling these flames; it’s also apathy lit by green ideology and fanned by collective government stupidity. Congrats geniuses—you turned fire season into policy failure theatre.

About the author

Scott K. James

A 4th generation Northern Colorado native, Scott K. James is a veteran broadcaster, professional communicator, and principled leader. Widely recognized for his thoughtful, common-sense approach to addressing issues that affect families, businesses, and communities, Scott, his wife, Julie, and son, Jack, call Johnstown, Colorado, home. A former mayor of Johnstown, James is a staunch defender of the Constitution and the rule of law, the free market, and the power of the individual. Scott has delighted in a lifetime of public service and continues that service as a Weld County Commissioner representing District 2.