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Forest Service burned nearly 25,000 slash piles in winter 2022-2023
Fort Collins, Colo., May 3, 2023 – Forest Service firefighters typically take advantage of snowy winter months to burn slash piles created from mechanized fuels reduction projects across the landscape to minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires. Mother Nature supported that effort this year with ample snow to burn approximately 25,000 piles this winter across the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. These piles equate to approximately 1,823 acres of treatment. This includes 535 acres on our…
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Glen Haven Volunteer Fire Department to Begin 2023 Pile Burning Operations
Glen Haven, CO – The Glen Haven Volunteer Fire Department (GHVFD) will burn slash piles on the outskirts of the community during winter months as weather conditions allow. Working on Glen Haven Association land on the western side of the community, the GHVFD created a…
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Ben Delatour Scout Ranch Plans for 2023 Winter Slash Pile Burning
Fort Collins, CO - The Ben Delatour Scout Ranch will burn slash piles during the winter months as weather conditions allow. The ranch has implemented several forest management treatments over the past few years with assistance from the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed, Larimer…
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Slash pile burning scheduled for this winter on select Boulder County open space parks
Boulder County, Colo. - Boulder County Parks & Open Space and the Sheriff’s Office Fire Management Program plan to conduct slash pile burns at Caribou Ranch and Sherwood Gulch (north of Nederland); Reynolds Ranch (east of Nederland); and Walker Ranch (west of Boulder) as conditions allow this winter. Slash…
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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…
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Upcoming Pile Burning: Boulder and Gilpin counties 2/14/22
Starting as soon as tomorrow, fire managers will be taking advantage of the upcoming winter storm to burn slash piles in the following areas: Lump Gulch 18: 1,500 hand piles; General Location: Gilpin County a half-mile north of Rollinsville on Westside of Hwy 119 Peak to Peak James Creek…
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Boulder Ranger District Pile Burning Update – January 2022
Firefighters plan to continue pile burning efforts next week in the following locations on the Boulder Ranger District as conditions allow: • Lump Gulch 18: 1,500 hand piles; General Location: Gilpin County a half-mile north of Rollinsville on Westside of Hwy 119 Peak to Peak • James Creek Unit M1701: 8,000 hand…
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Forest Service prepares for pile burning opportunities in western Boulder and Gilpin counties
Release Date: Jan 13, 2022 BOULDER, Colo. – As winter conditions settle in across Colorado's northern Front Range, the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests will work to burn slash piles resulting from fuels reduction and hazardous tree removal projects across the area. This season’s pile burning will begin as…
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Ben Delatour Scout Ranch Plans for 2022 Winter Pile Burning
Fort Collins, CO - The Ben Delatour Scout Ranch will be conducting slash pile burning during the winter months as weather conditions allow. The ranch has been conducting several forest management treatments over the past few years with assistance from the Coalition for the Poudre…
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Canyon Lakes Ranger District Plans for 2022 Winter Pile Burning
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Firefighters from the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest plan to take advantage of winter snow conditions over the coming months to burn slash piles created from multiple fuels reduction and hazardous tree removal projects. Burning could begin as…
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