Months After Devastating Wildfire, Life Slowly Returns to Grand Canyon’s North Rim

Months After Devastating Wildfire, Life Slowly Returns to Grand Canyon’s North Rim

JACOB LAKE, Ariz.—For Melinda Rich, the Dragon Bravo Fire did not feel like the end of a season at the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. It felt as though the season never happened at all. “Last year was terrible. Last year, we didn’t have a year,” said Rich, food manager at Jacob Lake Inn, located about 45 miles from the North Rim in Jacob Lake, Arizona. A lightning strike on July 4 sparked the Dragon Bravo Fire, which scorched 145,504 acres and destro…

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