Brown talks lessons learned from Lodgepole Complex Fire

Northern Ag Network owner and rancher Taylor Brown spoke to the Montana State University-Northern's Collegiate Stockgrowers Saturday night, where he thanked the group for helping him recover from the Lodgepole Complex Fire and talked about lessons he learned from the incident.

Brown, who is also a former state senator, was the keynote speaker at the stockgrowers annual Meet-N-Greet, the stockgrowers' annual fundraiser.

The Lodgepole Complex Fire began July 19 and scorched 270,723 acres and consumed 16 homes, the Incident Information page said.

Brown's Sand Springs ranch, that borders Highway 2...