East Troublesome Fire: Its impact on science and responders
At the time, the amount of land it burned would have been enough to make it the 4th largest fire in the state’s history.
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Wildfire fund sets in for long haul
The Grand County Wildfire Emergency Fund was created following an August 2020 board meeting of the Grand Foundation, which had been working through the COVID-19 pandemic and noticed a need for a separate, permanent emergency…
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Colorado town to love in winter: Kremmling
When you think of Colorado winter, you probably don’t think of Kremmling. You think of something more like Steamboat Springs, about 50 miles to the northwest. You think of something
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Grand County man with history of reckless burning gets jail time for attempted arson
GRAND COUNTY — On Thursday, Oct. 14, a Grand County District Court judge sentenced a man with a history of conducting illegal burns on his property to 10 days in jail. Judge Mary Hoak sentenced...
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The Era of Megafires
Big Pivots The East Troublesome Fire photographed on Oct. 20, 2020 by Brad White, fire chief of the Grand Fire Protection District in Granby. Colorado’s scariest wildfire in 2020 was not its largest. East Troublesome shocked because of its sprint and then its leap. It grew by 87,000 acres in a fiery dash across the headwaters of the Colorado River and past Grand Lake, most of that in just a couple hours. Smoke plumes rose 40,000 feet. The winds, variously estimated at 50 to 100 mph, were strong enough to bend over lodgepole pines. Then embers vaulted across two miles of treeless tundra at t...
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