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Record-breaking wildfires in 2020 turned huge swaths of Western forests into barren burn scars. Those forests store winter snowpack that millions of people rely on for drinking and irrigation water. But with such large and wide-reaching fires, the science on the short-term and long-term effects to the region’s water supplies isn’t well understood.
The Pine Gulch Fire, which started from a lightning strike 18 miles north of Grand Junction on July 31, became the largest wildfire in Colorado history less than a month
Chelsea Self / Post Independent A visual comparison of the cliff side above the No Name Drainage during the Grizzly Creek Fire and today. Tinderbox-dry conditions during one of the driest summers on record resulted in the biggest wildfire to ever burn in the White River National Forest that surrounds Glenwood Springs, eventually consuming 32,631 acres. The Grizzly Creek Fire sparked in the median along Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon just west of the Grizzly Creek rest/recreation area around 1:30 p.m. Aug. 10. It quickly spread beneath the elevated westbound lanes and up the north canyon wal...
Colorado’s top weather and climate events of 2020 By Becky Bolinger Subscribe to Weather5280Don't get left out in the cold, subscribe to Weather5280! The year has finally come to a close, and I think we can all agree that we don't feel bad shutting the door on 2020. While we welcome 2021, let's look back at some of the most memorable weather and climate events that occurred in Colorado this past year. Boulder Snow On October 10, 2019 3.8 inches of snow fell in Boulder. Not anything memorable, except it started off Boulder's snowiest season on record. On April 17, 2020 16.9 inches of snow a...
Monycka Snowbird, left, argues against keeping the Cheyenne Mountain Indians mascot with a supporter, who declined to give her name, outside the Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 board work session in the fall of 2020. Snowbird and the other indigenous people who attended the protest felt the mascot is racists against their heritage. Supporters of the mascot said the Indians mascot was an honor and full of school tradition. About 50 people lined the street outside the school district’s administration building. (Gazette file photo) Gazette file Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette