Authorities in Carbon County are making preparations for possible wildfires this summer. Emergency management coordinator John Zeiger said meetings are being scheduled in towns closest to national forest lands - Baggs, Elk Mountain and Saratoga - to discuss how possible evacuations would be handled. On April 9th, about 10 acres burned between Elmo and Hanna and a controlled burn went out of control, growing to about 15 acres near Riverside. There were also a couple of smaller fires near Baggs last week. So far, wildfire activity across much of the state is expected to be higher than normal because of the low snowpack.
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