It’s looking like a very good year for wildflowers in Colorado. Here’s why

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Wildflowers in Stevens Gulch below Grays and Torreys peaks along the Continental Divide, August 2022.

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Wildflowers at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Tuesday, September 21, 2021.

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A Mariposa lilie on the Carbonate Creek Trail above Marble, Colorado, on July 9, 2021. The Mariposa is the Utah State Flower.