(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Basil Newmerzhycky, right, meteorologist for Great Basin Predictive Services puts up maps pinpointing what is expected to be a season of “exceptional drought,” during a presser in City Creek Canyon on Wednesday, May 26. Governor Spencer Cox and interagency fire leadership are asking everyone in Utah this summer to change their behaviors when outside, as they launch “Fire Sense”, a public service campaign designed to educate the public and empower them to make fire sense decisions that will drive down the number of human-caused wildfires.
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