{"id":1310056,"date":"2019-05-08T10:15:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T16:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=977776"},"modified":"2019-05-08T10:15:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T16:15:21","slug":"colorado-expects-below-average-fire-season-west-coast-scenario-not-as-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/colorado-expects-below-average-fire-season-west-coast-scenario-not-as-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado expects below-average fire season; West Coast scenario not as good"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/fire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"wildfire in california\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/fire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/fire-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/fire-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><figcaption><strong>Fire Burning Hill Brush and Tree in California.<\/strong><br \/><em>shutterstock.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 State officials say Colorado could have a slightly below average wildfire season this year because of heavy snowfall last winter and frequent rain and snow this spring.<\/p>\n<p>KCNC-TV&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2019\/05\/07\/wildfire-season-colorado-jared-polis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;the Colorado Department of Fire Prevention and Control delivered its annual spring forecast on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Statewide, the mountain snowpack was well above average Tuesday, ranging from 106% in the North Platte River basin in northern Colorado to 176% in southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Drought Monitor says less than 1% of Colorado is in a drought.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado projection echoes the national summertime&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/7e5a2c60b9b64e54a055c14cc519c5be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">outlook<\/a>&nbsp;released May 1 by the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho. The center said most of the country, including Colorado, can expect a normal fire season, but the West Coast could be in for another bad year.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Information from: KCNC-TV,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsdenver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.cbsdenver.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/colorado-expects-below-average-fire-season-west-coast-scenario-not-as-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire Burning Hill Brush and Tree in California.shutterstock.com DENVER (AP) \u2014 State officials say Colorado could have a slightly below average wildfire season this year because of heavy snowfall last winter and frequent rain and snow this spring. KCNC-TV&nbsp;reports&nbsp;the Colorado Department of Fire Prevention and Control delivered its annual spring forecast on Tuesday. Statewide, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1310056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 00:53:29","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}