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New Study Shows Areas with Prior Forest Treatments Burned Less Severely than Untreated Areas in Colorado’s 2020 Wildfires

Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI), a key partner of the NoCo Fireshed, recently released a study showing that areas with prior forest treatments, like thinning, prescribed fire, or previous wildfire, burned less severely than in untreated areas during the wildfires in 2020. During extreme fire weather days, with high winds and dry conditions, treated forests still burned less severely than untreated forests burned even during milder weather. That's a powerful testament to proactive management, especially…

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