DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: News from Colorado now where archaeologists are working alongside firefighters to save both past and present at Mesa Verde National Park. The fire has already burned a quarter of the nation's largest archaeological preserve in Colorado: 22,000 acres are in flames. A brief rain and a shift in the wind have helped, but dry heat is still in the forecast. Archaeologists have been hiking with fire crews pinpointing ancient sites that need special protection. These include ancient cliff dwellings and artifacts in the wildfire's potential path.</s>BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: More on this story in the American West: dozens of fires keeping crews jumping in half a dozen states there. Tens of thousands of acres of tinder-dry brush have burned in Colorado, New Mexico, the state of Washington and Southern California. Also, in the state of Idaho near the border with Montana, they're calling in more help to fight a huge blaze there. Teo Torres from our affiliate KTRV now in Salmon with an update on this -- Teo.</s>TEO TORRES, KTRV REPORTER: Well, Bill, I'm standing at the base camp right in the middle of the Clear Creak fire. It's a 46,000 acre fire making it the largest fire burning in the United States right now. Now, this morning, nearly 1,000 firefighters gathered for the morning report. They found out where they'd be positioned and how the weather was going to behave. Now, temperatures are expected to be in the mid-90s with winds gusting periodically, so not the best kind of weather to fight these kinds of fires. Now, aside from harsh weather, this mountainous landscape definitely makes their job all the more...</s>HEMMER: Teo, I apologize. Teo Torres there, the latest from Salmon. Hopefully we'll get back to that.
Reinforcements Called to Fight 46,000 Acre Idaho Wildfire