There are many more growers in the valley who grow grass seed but do not burn.

We had great mixing heights. We had great pressure gradients. We had great wind direction – and so we burned a lot of acres. Unfortunately, it failed us at the critical moment.

Are the people who are getting tax credits still burning their fields? … There’s nothing in statute that says they couldn’t.

We weren’t getting any phone calls. The smoke was going up and out over the Cascades at a very high altitude. That continued to about 4:30 – and then started to go south, literally.

We weren’t getting any phone calls, … The smoke was going up and out over the Cascades at a very high altitude. That continued to about 4:30 – and then started to go south, literally.

We sparked a new industry. Straw all of a sudden became a valuable commodity.