Ten years ago today I started a little blog where I could post my thoughts about what was happening in the world of wildland fire. It was hosted on Blogger.com but used our own domain name, WildfireToday.com. When registering the name I was surprised to find that it was still available. I was also surprised to find FireAviation.com still available in November 2012.

After a year or two at Blogger, I migrated the blog to a site that hosted about a dozen fire-related blogs. Our site maintained its own identity, but after a few months I became disenchanted with some of the rules and restrictions, and finally moved Wildfire Today to its own self-hosted site, where it has remained.

It is the readers and those who participate with intelligent, thought-provoking comments and questions that make this a destination for millions of visitors every year who are interested in an exchange of ideas. Of course, we owe a lot to the advertisers who support the site making it possible to pay the hosting expenses and even a stipend to our guest writers when I am unavailable.

If you are a regular visitor, an advertiser, or if you’re here for the first time — thank you for your support!