Wildfires are a global phenomenon that in some circumstances can result in human casualties, economic loss, and ecosystem service degradation. In this article we spatially identify wildfire risk transmission pathways and locate the areas of highest exposure of human populations to wildland fi...
Studies in Boulder County of the Colorado Front Range have identified a significant influence of both stand-replacing and surface fires in most of the ponderosa pine-dominated forests of the montane zone and a limited influence of fire suppression on forest structure. However, the applicability of ...
Earlier this summerthe Alexander Mountain Firein Northern Colorado burned thousands of acres and destroyed dozens of homes. It was of several wildfires on Colorado's Front Range that forced extended evacuation orders. Since then, fire activity has settled down significantly in the area. Je...
Small fires cropped up here and there in surprising places — on the grass in a median or in a dumpster in the middle of a parking lot — as gusts caused the flames to jump. Shifting winds caused the skies to turn from clear to smoky and then back again as sirens wailed....
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National forests and counties along Colorado's Front Range and Eastern Plains are banning outside fires and fireworks as hot, dry weather keeps the fire danger high.
Six people who were injured in the fires were being treated at UCHealth Broomfield Hospital, spokesperson Kelli Christensen said. A nearby portion of U.S. Highway 36 also was shut down. Colorado’s Front Range, where most of the state’s population lives, had an extremely dry and mild fal...
The Waldo Canyon Fire: Fires on the Colorado Front Range and Home Destruction - A Report to the Pike and San Isabel National Forests The purpose of this white paper is to discuss fires on the Colorado Front Range and to share initial observations of fire behavior and home destruction dur.....
It’s that hazy shade of summer in Colorado. It’s unlike the Bangles’ “Hazy Shade of Winter.” Instead, it has become a regular summer weather pattern in the West and, sometimes, across the country—smoke-filled skies from massive fires of various origins. ...
Climate change and "the recipe for large forest fires" If you look back over the past century, parts of Colorado have been warming faster than anywhere else in the nation. According to data from NOAA and an analysis by the Washington Post, western and northern Colorado are warming at twice...