In honor of Wildfire Preparedness Month, the Aspen Fire Protection District, Aspen Wildfire Foundation, and the Roaring Fork Valley Wildfire Collaborative will host a Wildfire Trivia Night from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 3.
Recent images from Maui, with its once-lush landscape now blanketed by ash and heartbreak, feel lifted straight from a post-apocalyptic movie. The tragic number of lives lost, families uprooted.
A man watches and takes photos of the Grizzly Creek Fire as it blows up in No Name Canyon on the afternoon of Aug. 11, 2020. The fire initially started on Interstate 70 on Aug. 10.
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Colorado homeowners who live where forests abut civilization like most of the Roaring Fork Valley are being urged by state and local public safety officials to buckle up for another potentially active fire season.
Warm temperatures, low humidity and high winds have already ramped up the fire danger.
“After last week, we’re in fire season now,” said Roaring Fork Fire Rescue Chief Scott Thompson.
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The Roaring Fork Conservancy is warning people not to be in and immediately adjacent to the Roaring Fork River in coming days because of a possible ice jam break with warming temperatures.
The nonprofit organization dedicated to all things water-related in the Roaring Fork watershed asked the National Weather Service and Pitkin County Emergency Management to issue an advisory about a possible ice jam break between Friday evening and Tuesday, according to Christina Medved, the conservancy’s director of community outreach.
Ice builds up on the river during cold stretches. When temperatures warm, it breaks up and sends a torrent of ice, water and debris downstream. It typically happens every winter and usually more than once.