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Colorado utilizing grazing cattle to help prevent wildfires in at-risk areas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says similar grazing programs that allow cattle and other herds to chew down the dry grass ...
One of Colorado's biggest fire departments forecasts $500 million shortfall over next decade: "It's a big amount"
South Metro Fire Rescue, which serves nearly 600,000 residents in Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties, is forecasting a ...
The Colorado Sun1d
Crews start to contain some of the 5 wildfires burning in western Colorado amid ongoing dry conditions
The Sowbelly fire, burning 2,274 acres in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area west of Delta, was 16% contained ...
KRDO2d
New wildfire prompts evacuations in western Colorado
Amid a week of spreading wildfires and evacuation orders issued across Colorado, a new fire has broken out – this one ...
Evacuations ordered due to Cottonwood Flat Fire in western Colorado north of Parachute
Colorado officials have ordered evacuations due to the Cottonwood Flat Fire burning in Garfield County.
Glenwood Springs Post Independent1d
The North American Monsoon is on its way to Colorado. Whether it will be a typical monsoon season is yet to be determined
After a dry start to the summer in Colorado, with wildfires burning across the Western Slope, the approaching North American ...
The Colorado Sun1d
Get to know the “Super Scooper” airplanes fighting wildfires in Colorado
Colorado’s largest lake has that in spades. The west end of Blue Mesa along U.S. 50 has been closed to watercraft for the duration of the Scoopers’ work, giving the planes plenty of room to do their ...
Colorado officials plan evacuation zone near North Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Firefighters in Colorado are planning an evacuation zone along the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park's North Rim as ...