Vivien Winneke adores the views from her home in Dewey-Humboldt, a tiny town of fewer than 5,000 residents east of Prescott. Standing in her backyard, there are rolling hills as far as the eye can see, carpeted in desert shrubs, with the occasional creosote and juniper tree rustling in the wind.
“You just don’t get this everywhere,” Winneke said, looking out from her backyard.
To protect her three acres, Winneke spends hours “firewising” to mitigate the risk of wildfire. It includes trimming up her trees and clearing space out between shrubs…