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  • Rice Ridge Fire Costs Seeley Major Tourist Dollars

    Hunter Shelmerdine and Chance Johnson, Seeley-Swan High School - 11th Grade|Dec 14, 2017

    SEELEY LAKE - Due to smoke from the Rice Ridge Fire just two months ago, local businesses faced a loss of revenue because of decreased tourism. According to InciWeb, an incident information website, and KPAX news station, a lighting strike in late July started the Rice Ridge Fire which burned over 160,000 acres. The fire decreased air quality which led to hazardous levels for several weeks, closing the lake for fire suppression efforts and decreasing tourism over the summer. In an interview...