Colorado Wildland Firefighters Discuss This Summer’s Outlook

DENVER (AP) — Colorado wildland firefighters are preparing to forecast this summer’s fire season, and things could look very different on the eastern plains than in the mountains.
Gov. John Hickenlooper and the head of the Division of Fire Prevention and Control are scheduled to discuss the outlook Friday.
Most of the plains have been in a drought or near-drought conditions since mid-October. Last month, a wildfire in northeastern Colorado blackened 50 square miles and killed 200 cat