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Prescribed Burning Planned for Lory State Park
Public Notice November 29, 2023 Media Contacts: CPW Contact: Kara Van Hoose, Kara.VanHoose@state.co.us DFPC Contact: Tracy LeClair Tracy.LeClair@state.co.us Larimer County CO – The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), in cooperation with the Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC), will be conducting prescribed burning operations in Lory State Park near Fort Collins, Colorado this Fall, Winter, and Spring. Burning operations will occur as weather conditions permit, and could begin this month with slash piles. Burning…
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2023/24 Pile Burning Plans for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Nov. 9, 2023) – Fire managers on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests are preparing for pile burning season in counties along Colorado's northern Front Range, including Larimer, Boulder, Gilpin and Clear Creek. Pile burning will occur throughout the winter and spring as…
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Recording: Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project Community Meeting – Nov. 9, 2023
https://youtu.be/Y7PImb8Yz38 In this virtual meeting US Forest Service staff from the Canyon Lakes Ranger District and local partners provide an update on the Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project. The Canyon Lakes Ranger District will utilize this project’s decision to implement a series…
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Prescribed Burning Planned for Boyd Lake State Park Larimer County, CO
Public Notice: November 6, 2023 Media Contacts: CPW Contact: Kara Van Hoose Kara.VanHoose@state.co.us DFPC Contact: Tracy LeClair Tracy.LeClair@state.co.us Larimer County, CO – The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), in cooperation with the Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC), will be conducting prescribed burning operations…
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Webinar Recording: PODs Revision & Expansion Virtual Workshop (Nov. 6, 2023)
This workshop was hosted virtually on Nov. 6, 2023. Target Audience: Fire managers, interagency partners, line officers/Agency Administrators, and any NCFC partners interested in learning more about PODs and how they are developed. Potential Operational Delineations, or PODs, are a spatial planning framework in which…
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US Forest Service, National Park Service, Estes Valley Watershed Coalition to host informational meeting on pile burning
ESTES PARK -- As the first snows of winter arrive, foresters and fire managers are making plans for the pile burning season. Pile burning is an important tool used by public and private land managers to thin overgrown forests and reduce the potential damaging effects of…
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