Wildfire and weather
By Summit Voice
SUMMIT COUNTY —Updates on the rapidly growing High Park Fire quickly jumped to the top of the most-viewed list, along with several other stories related to Colorado weather and the building drought. Click on the headline to read the story and
- Colorado: High Park Fire grows to almost 10,000 acres 2,403 views
- Colorado: High Park Fire in Larimer County growing rapidly 1,752 views
- Global warming: Cornell researchers say melting Arctic ice may be setting the stage for more extreme winter weather 764 views
- Colorado: Summit sheriffs arrest murder suspect 681 views
- Colorado: June 4 Partial lunar eclipse 601 views
- Colorado drought watch: Poudre River goes dry 542 views
- Red Flag fire warning across much of Colorado 487 views
- Colorado: Fire restrictions enacted in High Country 437 views
Week in review
- State and local
- Summit County: Low May precipitation adds to drought woes
- Skiing: Courts define limits of season pass liability waivers
- Colorado: West Slope water users take sides with National Ski Areas Associaton in legal battle over water rights
- ‘Extreme’ drought expanding in Colorado
- Colorado: June 4 Partial lunar eclipse
- Colorado: New uphill & downhill mountain bike races featured as Keystone launches the summer season
- Colorado: A spring jaunt on Mt. Antero
- Photos: Transit of Venus
- Colorado: No fracking ban in Fort Collins
- Vail skiers visits drop 12 percent, revenue holds steady
- Air Force backs away from low-level flight training plan
- Colorado resorts feel the pain of low-snow year
Environment and world
- Global warming: May the second-warmest on record; 2012 now tracking toward warmest year ever in contiguous U.S.
- Ptarmigans to be considered for endangered listing
- Pacific Northwest orcas declining for lack of salmon
- Global warming — without carbon dioxide
- New pipeline to deliver water to Navajo Nation
- Study confirms ancient California megadroughts
- U.S. Wildfires well below average for year to-date
- Feds plan test of Gulf oil-spill containment gear
- Global warming: Rising temps threaten power production
- Global warming poses huge public health risks
- U.S. House strips oil shale subsidy by one vote
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Morning photo: Evening on Tenderfoot Mountain
Filed under: climate and weather, Colorado, Drought, Environment, forest fires, Summit County news Tagged: | Colorado news, Environment, High Park Fire, Wildfires


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