A bike rider is almost invisible in the high grass that is the result of excessive spring rains. Watch out, say local officials, wildfire danger is extremely high this summer. The Wood River Valley is finally climbing out of the record wet spring. Clear brush away from your house and eaves. Even now, he said, though many slopes still look green, the danger is there.
Officials ask that people who build wilderness fires do so only in established fire rings.
Metal roofs withstand fire better, but brush and trees still need to be removed from under the eaves. Officials said they're ready to face a wildfire this summer. Joint service agreements between local and national fire fighters are in place in the event that outside help is needed to extinguish a blaze, Murphy said. Express Publishing Inc. All Rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Express Publishing Inc. is prohibited.