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04-18-2002, 02:40 AM
Colorado forests drying out, raising fire danger
(Fort Collins-AP) -- The underbrush in Colorado forests is
already as dry as in a typical June -- raising fears of an early
and dangerous wildfire season.
Paul Langowski is chief of fuels and fire ecology for the U-S
Forest Service Rocky Mountain region. He says rotting tree trunks
have moisture readings from as low as four-and-a-half percent in
south-central Colorado to 12 percent on the Front Range.
By comparison, dried lumber from a lumber yard typically has
eight percent moisture.
Langowski and more than 250 other forest professionals are in
Fort Collins for a three-day fire conference at Colorado State
University.
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. ;)
(Fort Collins-AP) -- The underbrush in Colorado forests is
already as dry as in a typical June -- raising fears of an early
and dangerous wildfire season.
Paul Langowski is chief of fuels and fire ecology for the U-S
Forest Service Rocky Mountain region. He says rotting tree trunks
have moisture readings from as low as four-and-a-half percent in
south-central Colorado to 12 percent on the Front Range.
By comparison, dried lumber from a lumber yard typically has
eight percent moisture.
Langowski and more than 250 other forest professionals are in
Fort Collins for a three-day fire conference at Colorado State
University.
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. ;)