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Lefthand Fire District firefighters, including Melissa Friess, at center, load supplies to take to crews battling the Sunshine Fire in the Sunshine canyon area of Boulder, Colo. on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The small wildfire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP)
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Crews battle the Sunshine Fire in the Sunshine canyon area of Boulder, Colo. on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The small wildfire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP)
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Crews battle the Sunshine Fire in the Sunshine canyon area of Boulder, Colo. on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The small wildfire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP)
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Crews battle the Sunshine Fire in the Sunshine canyon area of Boulder, Colo. on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The small wildfire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said.(Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP)
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Crews battle the Sunshine Fire in the Sunshine canyon area of Boulder, Colo. on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The small wildfire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP)
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Crews battle the Sunshine Fire in the Sunshine canyon area of Boulder, Colo. on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The small wildfire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP)
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Meighan Elder, left, and Lisa Canova watch the Sunshine Fire near Boulder Canyon west of Boulder, Colo., on Sunday, March 19, 2017.The fire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Paul Aiken/Daily Camera via AP)
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A helicopter drops water on the Sunshine Fire west of Boulder Colo., on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The fire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Paul Aiken/Daily Camera via AP)
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A slurry bomber drops on the Sunshine Fire west of Boulder, Colo.,on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The fire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Paul Aiken/Daily Camera via AP)
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Anne Slichter prepares to evacuate her home near the Sunshine Fire near Boulder Canyon west of Boulder, Colo., on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The fire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Paul Aiken/Daily Camera via AP)
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A firefighter walks near the flames on the south side of the Sunshine Fire near Boulder Canyon west of Boulder, Colo., on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The fire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Paul Aiken/Daily Camera via AP)
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A slurry bomber drops on the Sunshine Fire west of Boulder, Colo.,on Sunday, March 19, 2017. The fire forced people from their homes early Sunday and ignited dead trees that exploded into black plumes of smoke, authorities and residents said. (Paul Aiken/Daily Camera via AP)
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Smoke rises from a wildfire near homes Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Boulder, Colo. Authorities said the small wildfire burning in the mountains forced people from their homes and is filling the sky with smoke. (Seth Frankel via AP)
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Smoke rises from a wildfire Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Boulder, Colo. Authorities said the small wildfire burning in the mountains forced people from their homes and is filling the sky with smoke. (Seth Frankel via AP)
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FILE - In this July 29, 2014, file photo, clean air advocates cheer as Mary Anne Hitt, director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, speaks at a rally outside an Environmental Protection Agency hearing in Atlanta. Sierra Club lawyers who've preached against the environmental evils of coal-burning power plants for decades are trying to force the closure of the last significant one in renewable energy-rich Nevada with arguments based on a different sort of green: money. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Eagle River Nature Center naturalist Ute Olsson pulls some "old man's beard" or usnea, a type of lichen that can be used as an antimicrobial agent when dressing wounds, during a presentation on natural medicines at the center March 5, 2017, in Eagle River, Alaska. For people just starting in the world of edible and medicinal plants, Olsson suggested getting a dichotomous key in order to properly identify plants in the wild, as well as consulting the Internet as well as making sure certain types of plants agree with your stomach. (Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star via AP)
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Eagle River Nature Center naturalist Ute Olsson points to edible plants during a discussion about the healing properties of plants March 5, 2017, at the center in Eagle River, Alaska. For people just starting in the world of edible and medicinal plants, Olsson suggested getting a dichotomous key in order to properly identify plants in the wild, as well as consulting the Internet as well as making sure certain types of plants agree with your stomach. ( Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star via AP)
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Eagle River Nature Center naturalist Ute Olsson peels the bark off a willow during a talk on natural medicine at the center March 5, 2017 in Eagle River, Alaska. The inner bark of willows contains salicin, which is similar to the chemical used in aspirin. (Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star via AP)
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In this March 9, 2017, photo, Oregon State University researcher Amanda Vance evaluates table grape varieties that small farmers might want to grow at OSU's North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Aurora, Ore. (Eric Mortenson/The Capital Press via AP)
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In this March 9, 2017, photo, Oregon State University researcher Amanda Vance evaluates table grape varieties that small farmers might want to grow at OSU's North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Aurora, Ore. (Eric Mortenson/The Capital Press via AP)
