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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 Sun2d
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 ...
New wildfire prompts evacuation orders in western Colorado
Evacuation orders were issued for residents within a one-mile radius of 1800 County Road 309, the website indicates.
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.
KJCT1d
JULY 18: Crews making progress on Colorado wildfires, evacuation status updates
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Here is the latest on the fires scorching the west. Evacuation updates as of 12 p.m. Thursday, ...
Colorado Public Radio2d
Cooler weather helps slow spread of Western Slope wildfires, including South Rim fire
Favorable weather helped crews gain ground, but the area remains packed with dry vegetation ready to fuel multiple wildfires.
Five-acre brush fire breaks out near site of previous vegetation fires that forced evacuation of Colorado town
A brush fire was reported Tuesday afternoon in Douglas County, just a few miles from fires that broke out Sunday that forced ...