wildfires

The Grizzly Creek Fire was one of many fires Colorado experienced during the 2020 season, and it had huge impacts on the delicate ecosystem of Glenwood Canyon. Five years later, land managers are positive on the regrowth and recovery they're seeing.

Yale's Climate Opinion Maps now include questions asking Americans about specific extreme weather events like wildfires and floods and how they relate to climate change. More than other Mountain West states, Colorado residents link climate change to these severe weather events.

A new study shows severe wildfires in western U.S. forests are accelerating and could triple by mid-century without expanded management strategies.

The Lee Fire has scorched over 133,000 acres in northwest Colorado, ranking among the state’s largest wildfires as drought and climate change fuel extreme fire behavior.

As wildfires continue to rampage throughout the West, local areas are adopting tougher fire restrictions.

While Colorado’s Front Range is experiencing abundant rainfall, the state’s Western Slope continues to bake and even burn

Crews make progress on several Four Corners wildfires, but hot, dry weather and wind continue to fuel active fire zones in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona.

U-S Forest Service investigators say the east troublesome fire that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in twenty twenty was human caused. And Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill to stop charging state sales taxes on menstrual products and diapers.

Ballots for Colorado’s upcoming primary election are being mailed out starting Monday and voters face a deadline to switch their party affiliation. And a wildfire broke out on Friday near Ignacio on the Southern Ute Reservation.

Coloradans are on edge as climate change is fueling bigger, more destructive fires that are destroying entire neighborhoods and forcing evacuations all sound the state. Some forecasters say things could get worse this summer than they’ve ever been.