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Along with everything else that happened in 2020, Colorado’s fire season was exceptionally catastrophic. More than 625,000 acres burned across the state with the three largest recorded fires in Centennial State history occurring in one 366-day spin around the sun. With their intense flames, choking smoke, and indiscriminate power to destroy life and property, the fast-moving fires were the sardonic cherry on top of an already tragic year. And according to experts, the fiery hellscape that was Colorado’s 2020 fire season is just a preview of what’s to come, unless land managers drastically change the state’s fire strategy.
Although the crimson sunsets they rendered make it difficult to forget, the state’s fire timeline looked something like this: On July 31, lightning ignited a blaze about 18 miles north of Grand Junction and burned at an exponential rate. In a single night, the Pine Gulch fire grew to 30,000 acres. Just 10 days later, the Grizzly Creek fire erupted i ....

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