‹‹ Colorado Matters

An Encroaching Wildfire Was Just One Challenge In A Harrowing Horse Rescue

Listen Now
21min 41sec
East-Troublesome-Fire-Ranch-Horses-Evacuation
Courtesy Henri Halle
Volunteers help the C Lazy U Ranch load its horses during an emergency evacuation prompted by the East Troublesome Fire in Granby on Oct. 21, 2020.

Evacuating horses is no easy task. Let alone 200 of them. But when the East Troublesome Fire exploded last October, that's the monumental task ranchers in Granby faced. The two and a half hour slog was just the beginning. Henri Halle recounts the experience in a new podcast.