High Park fire retardent may be killing wildlife, plants and doing little to stop flames Jun 212012 Tweet Tweet The fire retardent being dropped on the High Park blaze, and many other fires around the country, may be doing more harm than good, according Mead Gruver of the [more...] Posted by Nic Turiciano on June 21, 2012 at 4:57 pm COins, IN The Know Tagged with: Aerial firefighting, Associated Press, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Fire retardant, High Park, mead gruver, Oregon, United States Forest Service, US Forest Service No Responses »