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Timber harvest considered north of Dolores
Durango, Colorado Currently Tue 3% chance of precipitation 7% chance of precipitation
Environmental analysis to be released in February
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 1:19 PM Ponderosa forests north of Dolores could be harvested under a proposed project by the San Juan National Forest. Courtesy of the San Juan National Forest About 27,000 acres of ponderosa forests in the Glade area of Dolores County have been impacted by the roundheaded pine beetle. An increase in timber harvests could help slow the outbreak down, forest officials said. Courtesy of Colorado State Forest
Timber harvest considered north of Dolores Ponderosa forests north of Dolores could be harvested under a proposed project by the San Juan National Forest.
In a winter when a normal amount of snowfall in Colorado wonât be enough to adequately counter the effects of ongoing drought, snowpack accumulations so far are heading in the wrong direction, currently at about three-quarters of normal.
Statewide snowpack was at 74% of median Thursday, with percentages even lower in area basins, at 68% for the Gunnison River Basin and 70% for the Upper Colorado River Basin, according to Natural Resources Conservation Service data.
Local conditions are worse, with measurements ranging from 46 to 57% at NRCS Grand Mesa snowpack-measuring sites, and at 66% for the Plateau Creek drainage.
While conditions can change, the NRCS said in a Jan. 1 water supply outlook report for Colorado that current streamflow forecasts during the snowpack runoff season âfor April through July range from a high of 98% of average for the Cucharas River near La Veta, to a low of 42% of average for Surface Creek at Cedaredge.â