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Boulder County Funds Local Non-Profits to Increase Wildfire Mitigation Work
Funding Provided by County’s New Wildfire Mitigation Sales Tax Boulder County, Colo. - Boulder County has selected the Boulder Watershed Collective and The Watershed Center as its two, local, non-profit partners to perform wildfire mitigation education and outreach and implement strategic forest and grassland management projects. Each local non-profit will receive $200,000 per year for five years to fund two, full-time positions. Funding will come from the county’s new Wildfire Mitigation Sales Tax passed by voters…
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NoCo Fireshed Members Lead Congressional Staff Field Trip to the Clear Creek & Boulder Ranger Districts
Last week, members of the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative helped lead congressional staffers on a field trip to the Clear Creek and Boulder Ranger Districts within the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests. The multi-day tour touched on many issues that impact public and private lands within the…
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New StoryMap: Grassland Management in Boulder County
The members of the Boulder County Fireshed Grasslands Working Group are pleased to share their new Story Map to provide information to the public while enhancing communications and collaboration across Boulder County’s governments to help mitigate against the threat of catastrophic wildfire in our grasslands. View Grasslands Management StoryMap
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Prescribed Burn Window for Hall Ranch Begins Tuesday, Aug. 1
Hall Ranch will only be closed during active ignition days. Boulder County, Colo. - Boulder County Parks & Open Space and the Sheriff’s Office Fire Management Program have announced burn-window dates to conduct prescribed burn operations this summer and fall, weather permitting. Prescribed fires reduce woody debris…
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Ignitions begin at Magic Feather Prescribed Burn
FORT COLLINS, CO (July 24, 2023) - After closely monitoring conditions, firefighters conducted a test fire in the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn area this morning and determined that conditions are clear to allow the prescribed burn to begin as planned. Smoke may be visible in the area, including…
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Magic Feather Prescribed Burn could resume next week
Firefighters on the Roosevelt National Forest have been closely monitoring local conditions at the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn, located south and southeast of Red Feather Lakes. Until recently, conditions at this site have been too wet to carry fire and achieve the desired fuel reduction…
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Draft Decision released for St. Vrain Forest Health Project
Boulder, Colo., July 20, 2023 – The Roosevelt National Forest’s Boulder Ranger District has released a draft decision notice for the St. Vrain Forest Health Project that considers management actions across the St. Vrain Valley, from Lyons to Meeker Park. This collaborative project is within…
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Forest Service Signs Decision for Pierson Park Fuel Break Project
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (July 13, 2023) – The Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest completed the analysis on the Pierson Park Fuel Break Project, located south of Estes Park, Colo. Part of the overall strategy to confront the wildfire crisis along Colorado’s Front Range, this…
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Northern Colorado Fireshed Fund Awards First Round of Capacity Building Grants
The Northern Colorado Fireshed Fund has announced its first round of grant awards for collaborative capacity building projects across the Front Range. Approximately $975,000 will be distributed to awardees during this round to help support organizational capacity building for community-connected partners, community engagement efforts, and…
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Colorado Front Range landscape partners cross boundaries to reduce wildfire risk
by Reid Armstrong, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests America’s western forests are at risk. We are losing natural treasures to increasingly severe and frequent wildfires. These fires rage through overgrown, dense forests, fueled by drought, wind and terrain. And they threaten nearby towns and cities…
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