Welcome back to the old-fashioned on-purpose podcast.

Today we are going to talk about a topic that has consumed a big part of our life personally, lately.

And it's also been a really big topic in the state of Wyoming

across the west. And really, I think the United States and Canada in general. And that topic is

wildfire. It's been a really dry summer in a lot of places. I know it's been incredibly

dry here for us in Wyoming. We've had a number of large grass fires. A lot of you reached out

to me a couple weeks ago to ask if we were okay because you heard about a big, a big one up in the northeast corner of the state. Thankfully,

we were not affected by that one, but we've had a lot of smaller grass fires, even one that was

just a mile away from the little town where we have the soda fountain. And so with my husband

being on the volunteer fire department, fire has

shaped our summer. He's missed events. He's had a lot of late nights. It has caused a lot of

chaos in our personal life, just trying to not only help feed the firefighters from the

soda fountain, but also just making sure he's there and making sure community members can get there

and help. So I was super intrigued when I got an email from today's guest,

who is not only passionate about wildfires, but also she's a homesteader.

And she likes to talk about how those two things can relate.

So Madison Hughes has a passion for wildfire mitigation,

specifically in communities.

And she has been focused on helping rural communities up in British Columbia, prepare,

mitigate, and prevent major wildfire disasters.

So she has a ton of expertise here, and I cannot wait to have this conversation.

I think it's so important for many of us, especially if you have acreage or even if you don't,

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