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Fire managers and officials with state and local agencies have agreed to officially rescind all fire restrictions in Eagle County beginning Friday at 12:01 a.m. one minute past midnight.
Officials agree that recent moisture, increased humidity and cooler overnight temperatures have helped reduce the current fire danger. Officials still recommend using precautions as conditions remain dry and diligence is always needed in ensuring campfires are completely out and watched closely when in use.
Still, it’s relatively easy to start a wildfire.
“Just because we’ve come out of restrictions doesn’t mean there’s no risk,“ said Kelsha Anderson, a public information officer with the White River National Forest, adding that most of the forest is still quite dry.
Fire managers and officials with state and local agencies have agreed to officially rescind all fire restrictions in Eagle County beginning Friday at 12:01 a.m.
Officials agree that recent moisture, increased humidity and cooler overnight temperatures have helped reduce the current fire danger. Officials still recommend using precautions as conditions remain dry and diligence is always needed in ensuring campfires are completely out, and watched closely when in use.
Still, it’s relatively easy to start a wildfire.
“Just because we’ve come out of restrictions doesn’t mean there’s no risk,“ White River National Forest Public Information Officer Kelsha Anderson said, adding that most of the forest is still quite dry.
Eagle River Fire Protection District / Special to the Daily
This news could be old by the time you read it, but: River-watchers aren’t expecting much in the way of high water this spring on Tuesday, the Vail Rec District canceled its whitewater race due to low flows.
Below-average snowpack, combined with a cool, moist period in this stretch of May, has eased runoff into local creeks and rivers. All that could change with torrential rain, or a sustained warm spell could swell local streams. For now, though, streamflows up and down the valley are well below 30-year medians.
That doesn’t bode well for summer. Virtually all of Colorado’s Western Slope is in either “extreme” or “exceptional” drought
Special to the Daily
A 43-year-old man from Superior suffered serious injuries Sunday in a single-vehicle crash near Red Cliff.
According to Trooper Josh Lewis of the Colorado State Patrol, the accident was reported at about 3:35 a.m. Sunday at mile post 153 on U.S. Highway 24. The man’s vehicle, a 2015 Jeep Wrangler, reportedly went off the road after striking the guardrail “several times” before going over a cliff and landing about 200 feet below the roadway.
The Eagle River Fire Protection District received a call for assistance at about 4:15 a.m. Fire and paramedic crews were dispatched. Deputies from the Eagle County Sheriff’s office were also called for assistance.