Colorado has experienced an intense wildfire season marked by extreme drought and record-breaking heat. But Gov. Jared Polis said in an interview this week that “it could have been a lot worse, if not for the early effort of firefighters, pulling in resources to go after small fires before they became large.” Visiting Leadville on Monday, Polis met with the first responders and community members who were on the front lines of the Willow Fire, a …