DENVER — Authorities put new fire restrictions in place across parts of Colorado’s Front Range and Western Slope this week amid growing concern for the potential for wildfires as temperatures heat up.
Boulder County enacted Stage 1 fire restrictions for unincorporated areas in the western portion of the county Wednesday, as did Clear Creek County. Officials in western Colorado also took preventive measures to try to mitigate the risk of fire this week with Stage 1 restrictions in Ouray, San Miguel and Montrose counties.
The Bureau of Land Management’s Gunnison and Uncompahgre field offices enacted Stage 1 restrictions as well.
