Summary
Utah wildfire managers are bracing for what is shaping up as yet another potentially rough fire season throughout most of the state - - but they quickly add that weather remains the key.
"Essentially all of the higher elevations or forests of Utah are looking at above-normal fire potential," said Dave Hogan, a meteorologist for the Bureau of Land Management who works at the Eastern Great Basin Coordination Center.See the full content of this document
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Burning Question
The center, based in Salt Lake City, is one of 11 across the country that coordinate wildfire response among public agencies.
Last year, fires burned about 148,000 acres in Utah, including 32,000 acres that were part of prescribed burns. One burn raged far beyond its prescription. On Sept. 23, 2003, a Forest Service prescr...See the full content of this document
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