(Photo courtesy of the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining) Last year's Trail Fire, which burned 18,000 acres in Utah's Manti-La Sal National Forest west of Huntington, ignited several coal waste piles near the openings of the historic Seagull and Helco mines.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.