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As they collected nearly 4,000 pounds of trash, 544 bags of dog poo and 300 piles of human waste, the Front Country Ranger Program in the White River National Forest made the backcountry experience a… ....
Vail Daily Summit County’s mountain landscape is covered in a fresh coating of springtime snow. Despite a wet April, the region is still well behind median snowpack for this winter. Photo by Joel Wexler EAGLE For many climate experts, the current drought in Western Colorado is the worst they’ve seen in their lifetimes, and the outlook isn’t great for the coming summer. Joel Lisonbee who works for the National Integrated Drought Information System, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said drought conditions have been improving in Colorado but primarily on the eastern side of the Continental Divide. He noted that current 90-day outlooks aren’t good for temperature, precipitation and drought tendency. ....
Firefighters work on a controlled burn Tuesday, April 20, at Eagle Ranch in Eagle. Controlled burns help mitigate fuels for later in the season and provide new opportunities for plant growth. Fire officials are bracing for another rugged season of wildfires after the historic fire season of 2020. Chris Dillmann/[email protected] For many of us, the current drought in Western Colorado is the worst we’ve seen in our lifetimes, and the outlook isn’t great for the coming summer. Joel Lisonbee is the Drought Information Coordinator for the National Integrated Drought Information System, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ....
Special to the Daily In a year where a global pandemic altered every aspect of our lives, people regularly reached the point when they couldn’t abide one more weekend spent at home. But vacation options were limited, with one notable exception. The great outdoors wasn’t subject to COVID-19 closures. Many visitors found the scenery change and wide open spaces they craved in the White River Forest but they left behind some unfortunate evidence of their discovery. Fortunately, however, Eagle County’s Front Country Ranger Program was positioned to address the issue. The program is a local government partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to provide additional patrol services for the national forest. With funding from Eagle County and various municipalities, the Forest Service maintained a team of five rangers to tackle five primary priorities:: ....