{"id":23430,"date":"2019-05-10T09:26:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T15:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=365723"},"modified":"2019-05-10T09:26:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T15:26:58","slug":"colorados-fire-season-is-expected-to-rate-below-average-this-year-but-these-days-below-average-is-still-hardcore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/colorados-fire-season-is-expected-to-rate-below-average-this-year-but-these-days-below-average-is-still-hardcore\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado\u2019s fire season is expected to rate below average this year. But these days, below average is still hardcore."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/WildfireStrategy-VDN-112618-600x301.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/WildfireStrategy-VDN-112618-600x301.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/WildfireStrategy-VDN-112618-600x301-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><figcaption><strong>Wildfire danger remains a significant threat in the valley.<\/strong><br \/><em>Wolfgang Uberbacher | Vail Daily file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colorado wildfire experts are predicting a slightly-below-average fire season, thanks to high snowpack, decent moisture and lower temperatures forecast throughout the summer and fall.<\/p>\n<p>But, to put that in perspective, below-average for Colorado means about 6,000 wildfires and more than 100,000 acres burned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we appear to have a little quieter fire season ahead of us, it does not eliminate the challenges that we as Coloradans and first-responders need to do to be prepared,\u201d said Mike Morgan, director of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control.<\/p>\n<p>The annual wildfire forecast and preparedness plan, required by state law, was presented this week to Gov. Jared Polis and Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, who toured a hangar at Centennial Airport, a single-engine air tanker and a state-owned plane equipped with sensors that can detect a campfire some 30 miles away.<\/p>\n<p>The forecast comes as a relief after last year\u2019s fire season, which was among the worst in Colorado history. The state spent about $40 million \u2014 not counting local or federal funds \u2014 last year as 250,000 acres were scorched. Of the 20 worst fires in state history, five occurred in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Read more via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2019\/05\/09\/colorado-2019-fire-season-forecast\/\">The Colorado Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The&nbsp;Colorado&nbsp;Sun&nbsp;is a reader-supported news organization dedicated to covering the people, places and policies that matter in&nbsp;Colorado. Read more, sign up for free newsletters and subscribe at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradosun.com\/\"><em>coloradosun.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/colorados-fire-season-is-expected-to-rate-below-average-this-year-but-these-days-below-average-is-still-hardcore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildfire danger remains a significant threat in the valley.Wolfgang Uberbacher | Vail Daily file photo Colorado wildfire experts are predicting a slightly-below-average fire season, thanks to high snowpack, decent moisture and lower temperatures forecast throughout the summer and fall. But, to put that in perspective, below-average for Colorado means about 6,000 wildfires and more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 18:54:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}