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10 it <br />Increasing Wildfire Risk <br />"Colorado is a beautiful place, <br />andit' <br />Future maExtremes Boulder County <br />FutClimate Extin Blder Ct <br />and it's also a flammable place;' <br />i <br />says Jennifer Balch, a fire <br />scientist at UC Boulder. Boulder <br />Boulder and vicinity <br />County is particularly vulnerable <br />95°-plus days per year ...... <br />........ <br />to climate change due to its <br />•.•.•.•.•...•.•.•...• ... <br />........ <br />mountain location and semi -arid <br />Nture heat -trapping emissions <br />climate. By 2050, more than half <br />lii i i i <br />the summer will be at 95-degree <br />Mph Medium p1 Medium ps very law <br />15Sj <br />_ <br />temperatures or hotter. There <br />will also be warmer winters, a <br />thinner snowpack, and earlier <br />1�J3F, <br />spring runoff.recipitation will <br />.......................................... 'N <br />�129 <br />be more rain than snow. <br />.............. 2 <br />Sources: "Climate Change in Boulder County." <br />average' $ <br />11 <br />Boulder County, accessed March 28, 2023; <br />-.-.-.- .1.....1 .. <br />. <br />Figure: Future Climate Extremes in Boulder <br />I <br />County. Rocky Mountain Climate Institute; <br />n Climate <br />t <br />"Climate change means growing wildfire risk <br />for more populated Front Range communities;' <br />January 11, 2022, NPR for Northern Colorado. <br />2970.1999 2020-2039 2040-2059 2050-2079 <br />2080-2099 <br />