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Posted: 8:25 AM- U.S. Forest Service officials are warning of wildfire danger in Utah.
Grasses are drying out, even as mountains still deliver a melting snowpack.
Larry Roe says cheat grass is already turning purple - a sign that Utah's fire season could come early.
Roe is manager of a U.S. Forest Service helicopter stationed at the Morgan Airport near Mountain Green.
He's on call to help fight fires around the country.
Forest Service Fire manager Bob Tonioli said hills around Utah are on the verge of turning brown.
The National Interagency Fire Center says 13 wildfires have burned 1.4 million acres so far this year, much of it in California.
