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Why Can’t We Just Cut It? Why Prescribed Fire is Here to Stay
Throughout the year, chainsaws, mowers, mulchers, and machinery work to thin out overgrown forests and shrublands that we’ve “protected” from fire for over a century. Ideally, because we live in a fire-dependent ecosystem, this mechanized work is followed by a healing dose of these forests’ first medicine - fire. Returning this natural process to the land is a critical step in restoring the resiliency of northern Colorado forests. It resuscitates, nourishes, and reactivates the ecosystem’s…
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Magic Feather Prescribed Burn Could Begin as Soon as Monday
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Firefighters on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest are monitoring local conditions to begin prescribed fire operations as soon as June 21, 2021, on the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn to improve forest health. The wildfires of 2020 are…
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Video: Prescribed Fire Treatment Effects on Cameron Peak Fire
After the Cameron Peak Fire, the incident management team created this video to describe how fuels treatments around the communities of Red Feather and Crystal Lakes helped firefighters to confront the Cameron Peak Fire. A great example of how the Fireshed is working to collectively…
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Magic Feather Prescribed Burn Could Take Place This Spring 2021
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Firefighters on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest are monitoring conditions to begin prescribed fire operations on the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn this spring to improve forest health. The wildfires of 2020 are a somber reminder of the…
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StoryMap: Prescribed Fire in Northern Colorado
This StoryMap from the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) provides an interactive and informative overview of prescribed fire in Northern Colorado. To view the StoryMap in full screen visit: https://arcg.is/1HeKCb0
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Living in a Wildfire Prone Landscape: A Healthy Forest Needs Fire
In 2020, wildfires across the West provided a stark reminder of how large, high intensity wildfires can affect our communities and watersheds. Our hearts go out to the communities that are living with the impacts of these fires, including loss of homes and property as…
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