Archive for Sunday, October 21, 2012

Archive for Sunday, October 21, 2012

Wildfire burning in Rocky Mountain National Park

October 21, 2012

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Crews are battling a wildfire in Rocky Mountain National Park that is being aided by warm and dry weather.

The 670-acre Fern Lake Fire burning in steep, rugged terrain west of Moraine Park was reported Oct. 9 and is 30 percent contained. No private property or structures are threatened.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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News this week showed snowpack in the Yampa River basin has reached 94 percent of median for the date. Do you think Moffat County is out of the woods as far as drought concerns?

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