FRISCO — Summit County, along with most of western Colorado, has entered into an extreme drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor uses a scale of drought intensity that ranges from D0, abnormally dry, to D4, exceptional drought. The monitor places Summit County in the D3 zone, extreme drought. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the impact of a D3 drought means pasture conditions worsen, large fires develop, and rafting, fishing, hunting and skiing are reduced as fish kills occur and reservoirs are extremely low. As most of western Colorado is in an extreme drought, most of eastern Colorado is experiencing moderate to severe drought. While earlier...
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