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A helicopter drops water on the Lightner Creek Fire on Lightner Creek Road west of Durango, Colo., on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. The wildfire in southwestern Colorado has burned at least one home and forced the evacuation of about 140 others, as well as a busy campground. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, FEB. 18 - In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Greg Ralph, right, vice president of sales and marketing at Purgatory Resort, talks with a skier fresh off the slopes at the ski resort in Durango, Colo. Ralph, who averages 80 ski days a year, has skied at nearly all resorts in six states: Colorado, California, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming and New Mexico, as well as major resorts in Canada. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, FEB. 18 - In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Greg Ralph, vice president of sales and marketing at Purgatory Resort, talks about some of his favorite skis on that are in his office at the ski resort in Durango, Colo. Ralph, who averages 80 ski days a year, has skied at nearly all resorts in six states: Colorado, California, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming and New Mexico, as well as major resorts in Canada. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP)
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People kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo., in water colored with millions of gallons of mine waste into Cement Creek, which flows into the Animas River, on Aug. 6, 2015. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP) **FILE**
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A "get well soon" ballon floats in the contaminated waters of the Animas River flowing through Durango, Colo., Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. (Shaun Stanley/The Durango Herald via AP)
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People kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo., on Thursday in water discolored by the Gold King Mine waste spill. (Associated Press)
