Lovingly,
Harley McGuire

Hello everybody – as you can see on the news the Wallow fire in Northern Arizona is still uncontrollable and spreading.

The fire has destroyed everything in its path, over 1/2 million acres so far, the largest fire in Arizona history. Please join us in a tribal prayer to help the firefighters and all involved. Pray so the winds stop and the rains start (without lightning please) We want to pray for the safety of all. Ask for heavenly walls to protect our land and animals from fire. All the choppers, manpower, planes, and bulldozers are not enough, they need our help.

We are one Nation as Natives and our traditional prayers to the Creator as Natives can be pretty powerful; not only are our tribal lands at stake (White Mountain & San Carlos Apaches, possibly Zuni, and some Navajo areas), but our non-native friends also need our help.

Please let us all connect our minds, hearts and our prayers across the miles and pray. Wherever you are and whatever you have plan please stop for a few minutes and raise your hands to the Creator to ask for help.

If all of you can forward this message across the Nations, we can reach many thru phone and internet. Please start forwarding ASAP to reach as many as we can. Please if your spiritual preference is not traditional – pray with us in however way you talk to the Creator.

Thank you,
Dorothea Stevens, San Carlos Apache Nation and Lindy Nisbet

FLORENCE – Pinal County Board of Supervisors’ Chairman Pete Rios said on Monday that the county is ready to provide support in fighting the Pickett Fire as needed.

“The Board of Supervisors is receiving regular updates on the status of the fire near Superior ,” Chairman Rios said. “We are ready to offer any help that is needed at this time. I am hoping the winds will calm, allowing the crews from the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Apache Junction Fire and Queen Valley Fire to get the upper hand on the fire.”

Rios added that he is grateful for the men and women who exhibit such bravery and commitment in fighting wildland fires. “It takes special training and incredible stamina to fight unpredictable wildland fires even in familiar terrain.”

Pinal County ’s Emergency Management Director, Lou Miranda, said the fire is an urgent reminder to avoid campfires, fireworks and open burning. Effective in May, Pinal County initiated a burn ban and suspended the issuance of burn permits due to the increased risk of fire.

“Low humidity, high winds and dry vegetation adds up to a significant fire danger,” Miranda stated. “This week, the State Forestry Division is issuing fire restrictions and I would urge everyone to check the Public Lands Information Center website for additional information. Also, I am urging everyone to put cigarettes out in ashtrays, extinguish fires immediately and avoid the use of fireworks. One small fire can get out of hand quickly, affecting our air quality, causing property damage and potentially affecting hundreds of lives. Wildfire risk is substantial, even in our desert environment.”

The Public Lands Information Center link is: http://publiclands.org/explore/?plicstate=AZ