As the Western Slope experiences the early-summer green up, persistent drought conditions and precipitation deficits across the region underscore the ever-looming wildfire danger.  The June 1 wildland fire outlook from the National Interagency Coordination Center is predicting that the majority of Colorado will experience “normal significant fire potential” through September.  Russ Schumacher, Colorado’s state climatologist, reminded that “even a ‘normal’ wildfire season is still a lot of fires.”Already this year, northwest Colorado has seen multiple ignitions. Summit County Fire & EMS responded to three wildfires in a two-week period in May. In Eagle County, thunderstorms sparked four small fires as crews also battled a fire at a compost pit in Wolcott over Memorial Day weekend. Read more ...