Low snowpack, warm winter could raise wildfire risk in Utah

Low snowpack, warm winter could raise wildfire risk in Utah

PARK CITY, Utah — Utah’s record-low snowpack and unusually warm winter could contribute to an earlier and potentially more intense wildfire season this year, according to a Utah State University Extension wildfire specialist. Bradley Washa, an assistant professor of wildland fire science with USU Extension, said conditions across the state at the end of March are raising concern, even though it remains too early to predict exactly how the fire s…