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Michael Otenbaker and Joseph Burgoyne snowshoe into a backcountry ski area Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Frisco, Colo. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

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Life-saving avalanche forecasts could be hindered by Trump budget cuts
By BRITTANY PETERSON AND MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press
Thu,03/06/25-1:19PM , 51 Reads
LEADVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Officials in the Western U.S. who warn the public about avalanches are sounding a different type of alarm.
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Mile High Youth Corps member John Knudsen set fire to a pile of tree debris alongside U.S. Forest Service firefighters near the Bridge Crossing picnic grounds in Hatch Gulch Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, near Deckers, Colo. In Colorado, climate change means snow is not always on the ground when needed so that crews can safely burn off debris piles and vegetation to help keep future wildfires from becoming catastrophic. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Changing snowfall makes it harder to fight fire with fire
By BRITTANY PETERSON AND MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press
Wed,03/09/22-12:00AM , 341 Reads
DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Dripping flaming fuel as they go, a line of workers slowly descends a steep, snow-covered hillside above central Colorado’s South Platte River, torching piles of woody debris that erupt into flames shooting two stories high.
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