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Pile Burning to Begin as Snow Accumulates
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Nov. 29, 2022) – U.S. Forest Service firefighters plan to start work on seasonal slash pile burning this fall, winter and spring as weather and fuel conditions allow on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. Throughout the year, fuels reduction programs across the forest are ongoing, improving forest health through both hand and mechanical tree cutting. During this process larger logs are taken to market and smaller limbs, sapling and brush are piled…
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Magic Feather Prescribed Burn Could Begin in Coming Weeks
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Firefighters on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest are closely monitoring local conditions to begin prescribed fire operations late fall/early winter on the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn near Red Feather Lakes. Burning last occurred on this project in…
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Collaboration Supports Prescribed Burning on the Colorado Front Range – Part 1
by Daniel Bowker, Forest & Fire Project Manager, Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed The Northern Colorado Fire Landscape Two uncharacteristically large and severe wildfires have burned into and around the Elkhorn Creek watershed in the past decade. Elkhorn Creek is a major tributary of…
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