Colorado Water
Wildfire danger is very high this summer, once again, due to the long running drought in Colorado, according to the Rocky Mountain News [June 7, 2004, "Wildfire outlook grim for Colorado"]. The Rocky quotes a risk assessment report released Sunday by an interagency team of state and federal land managers, "Due to long-term drought, the entire RMA (Rocky Mountain region of Colorado and Wyoming) is potentially at risk for an above-average fire season; however, potential is greatest for above-average fire activity across portions of the northern and southern Front Range of Colorado, Ute-Mesa Verde, Uncompaghre, West Northwest Colorado Plateau, (and) North Central; Colorado Mountains." From the article, "The main culprits are below-average winter snowfall and warm weather melting what snow was there. As of Friday, the state's snowpack was only 17 percent of the 30-year average and 61 percent of last year." Here's the coverage of the report from the Denver Post [June 7, 2004, "Front Range wildfire danger above average this summer"].
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