Living in the mountains means learning to be prepared for wildfires. Though this spring has been wet thus far and fire risk has been low, heading into summer, local officials are preparing for the worst....
Living where we do, a major wildfire is nearly inevitable at some point. The Eagle County Wildfire Collaborative’s job is to avoid as much damage and disruption as possible. Collaborative representatives recently provided the Eagle...
The Vail Daily is counting down the 10 most-read stories of 2023. Check back each day through Dec. 31 as we recap the year’s biggest news. When a car and a dump truck collided on...
Each year, the threat of a significant wildfire event in Eagle County continues to grow. “They’re moving much faster now with the types of weather we’re having and the types of fuel that are...
Hugh Fairfield-Smith for a long time has driven past the site of Thursday’s Eagle River Fire and thought it was a bad place for a fire. He was right. Fairfield-Smith, the wildland fire specialist with...
Recent changes have been made to the mountainside in Avon off of Metcalf Road near the communities of Wildridge and Wildwood. The landscape alteration is fuel treatments done by Eagle Valley Wildland as part of...
Our cool, wet June is mostly a memory. Now, warm, dry and windy conditions are starting to affect fire danger in the valley, but not yet to a great degree. Garfield and Mesa counties, along...
After battling rugged topography, natural fuels and unrelenting wind gusts, fire crews have contained the now four-day long Spring Creek wildland fire southwest of Parachute to 2,577 acres, the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management...
The Spring Creek Fire ballooned in size outside Parachute Monday night. It burned through an estimated 3,000 acres, according to the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit.