On June 25 the Wood Hollow fire started. It has burned at least 50,000 acres. Our property of 40 acres burned with our trailer. This is not the tragedy I am writing about. Many ranchers have lost thousands of acres and livestock. Specifically my neighbor across the road from me lost his entire ranch. 3500 acres of his have burnt. At the time he had about 40 horses on it. Ten of his horses have made it off the property. Ten charred carcasses have been found and twenty horses are still missing on the mountain. We are praying they found relief from the flames. The horses that were on his range land were his personal horses, his best trained, and his grand children's horses. He was only a week from putting another 100 horses on this range. Luckily he did not. However, his range land has been burnt and he has no more range ground for his remaining horses. I am sending 50 bales of my own hay to him at the end of the week. I am currently trying to get donations of more hay or money. I understand that most people cannot donate hay. But if I can get many people to donate $5, $10, or even $20, I can buy a truckload of hay from Wyoming or Idaho and get relief to the ranchers and livestock of North Sanpete County that have been left without livelihood because of the Wood Hollow fire. If you cannot donate please pass this along. A little bit from a lot of people still adds up.
If you could give me, Phillip Miller, the money or check personally, or send it to 1359 west 600 south Provo, Utah 84601. All of the money will go to ranchers or to buy hay for ranchers. I am donating my time, hay, gas and money for this cause. I will not use one penny of this money for anything including gas. If you need a receipt please let my know and I will get you one ASAP. We are working to get bank accounts set up with local banks and a trust. As soon as that is set up I will forward instructions to donate directly to these. In the mean time we need money and hay as soon as possible. Ranchers have burnt land and livestock without food. A pay pal account is in the process of being set up.


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