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Big winter likely means a shorter wildfire season, expert says

A blank map of the United States is highlighted in red or green in certain regions to denote above or below normal wildland fire potential
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The National Interagency Fire Center's (NIFC) predicts normal wildfire activity through July across most of the Mountain West.

For the month of April, the agency warns of above normal wildland fire potential only in southeast Arizona as well as eastern and southern New Mexico. It expects below average activity around the Four Corners area.

In a lot of places, theres just been so much snow that its probably going to really significantly shorten the length of the fire season this year, said Matthew Hurteau, a fire and forest ecologist at the University of New Mexico.

A of snow water equivalentsa measure of how much water snowpack containsshows the Lower Colorado Basin at 446% of its 30-year median as of April 5. The Upper Colorado Region stands at 160% and the Rio Grande Region at 152%. Other regions west of the Rockies are no lower than 121%.

The NIFC outlook for the months of May and June suggest below average wildfire potential in southern Nevada and Utah, northern Arizona and northeast Montana. Come July, NIFC expects above normal activity only in southwest Idaho.

This time of year, Hurteau said most fires are human-caused, so he reminds people to be responsible and not spark a wildfire.

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Emma Gibson
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