Inferno By Committee, by Tom Ribe

Inferno by Committee is a complete revision of the 2010 Inferno by Committee. The text is fully updated and includes interviews with more people involved in suppressing the Cerro Grande wildfire. It also includes detailed accounts of two larger northern New Mexico fires in 2011 and 2022: the Las Conchas Fire and the Hermit Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. These dangerous, climate-change-driven fires dwarfed Cerro Grande in size and destructiveness but not in importance regarding the lessons learned from Cerro Grande.

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Tom Ribe is a New Mexico based writer who focuses on natural resources and public lands. He has his MS in Environmental Policy from the University of Oregon and has worked for the Department of Energy, National Park Service, US Forest Service in environmental education and fire management. Tom is the Executive Director of Caldera Action, an conservation organization focused on National Park Service lands in the Jemez Mountains. Tom biogs at www.viewfromtherockies.com.