July 26, 2008--State braces as drought worsens (Pueblo Chieftain)
State officials are bracing for the possibility of severe drought as a promising snowpack dwindles and summer monsoons miss the state. The impact is already being felt by farmers - 22 counties on the Eastern Plains have filed disaster declarations. Soil moisture content is nearly as low as it was going into the 2002 drought. The forests are tinder dry, approaching levels seen in 2002. There are more beetle-kill trees this year, however.
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