Near the North Rim fire scene on July 19 Gov. Katie Hobbs said repeatedly she was not second-guessing the response.

The national parks of the West are a treasure, and once you are immersed in all their massive grandeur, it’s easy to assume they’ll always be there. I know it’s become a cliché, but the Joni Mitchell lyric from “Big Yellow Taxi” keeps running through my mind as I write this: “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.