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Work Begins on Pierson Park Project; Temporary Road Closure in Place

June 20, 2024

The Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest wants to inform residents that manual tree cutting within the Pierson Park Project area has begun along the Pierson Park (NFSR 119) and Johnny Park (NFSR 118) roads. Road reconstruction is also anticipated to begin soon. For safety reasons, Pierson Park Road will remain closed to motorized traffic. Find the closure order and map on our website. Mechanical tree cutting is expected to take place later…

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Forsythe II Prescribed Burn Completed

June 13, 2024

BOULDER, Colo. (June 13, 2024) – The Forsythe II Prescribed Burn project has been declared out, meaning that all broadcast burning work has been completed for the spring 2024 operational period. During this operational period, which began in early April, fire crews burned 186 acres in three…

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More than 41,000 piles burned! 2023/24 Pile Burning Impact in the NoCo Fireshed

June 11, 2024

The mission of the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative (NCFC) is to create resilient landscapes by facilitating an increase in the pace and scale of not only mechanical fuel reduction methods but also prescribed fires and strategically managed wildland fires across jurisdictional boundaries. Pile burning is…

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