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SILVER STAR MOUNTAIN — After a scorching summer and precious little rain, will hot, dry, pooped-out leaves bring early fall colors to the Pacific Northwest? Or will they just quickly shrivel and drop?
“There are some trees out there that are all brown and dried up already, that would otherwise be getting dressed up in their fall colors,” said Ryan Ojerio, Southwest regional manager for the Washington Trails Association.
