Letter: Preventing wildfires requires reductions in grazing

Being a resident of Draper, I often hike Draper’s Bonneville Shoreline Trail section in the spring when the cool green mountainside vibrates with the wind. Gambel oaks, Sandberg bluegrass, and other essential native plants uphold the green oasis.But the lush landscape quickly spoils into a hazy, arid yellow-red with the start of summer. Summertime paints the mountainside dead with the expansive prickly, dry cheatgrass. The invasive grass dries the land and strangles native grasses to creat