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November 2025 Prescribed Fire Recap: Building Resilience Across the Northern Colorado Fireshed
November 2025 marked an important milestone for prescribed fire across Northern Colorado. In partnership with local fire districts, land managers, and regional collaborators, three prescribed fires were successfully implemented using broadcast burning—demonstrating what’s possible when planning, training, and partnership come together on the landscape. Prescribed fire is one of the most effective tools we have for restoring the natural role of fire in Colorado ecosystems that make our forests and communities more resilient. When applied…
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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…
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St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership Hosts Forestry and Fire Resilience Community Field Tour
The St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership (SVFHP) recently hosted a community field tour to the Coulson Gulch area, giving community members the opportunity to learn more about the USDA Forest Service’s St. Vrain Forest Health Project and how collaborative forest management efforts are shaping the…
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First Roadway Fuels Treatment Begins in Red Feather Lakes Area Wildfire Defense Project
Read the original post from CPRW Earlier this month work started on the first roadway treatment within the Red Feather Lakes Area Wildfire Defense Project, a multi-year, $9.7M grant co-managed by NoCo Fireshed partners: Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW) and the Larimer County…
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New Film “Fire Lives Here” Out Now
On August 1, the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative, in partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, will debut Fire Lives Here on PBS streaming platforms. This powerful new documentary explores Colorado’s evolving relationship with wildfire and the growing movement to…
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2024 NoCo Fireshed Annual Report
Letter from the NoCo Fireshed Coordinator As we reflect on the progress made in 2024, we are inspired by the continued collaboration and dedication of our partners and community members. The Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative’s mission to enhance forest health and wildfire resilience across Northern…
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USDA Forest Service approves St. Vrain Forest Health Project
Following four years of planning, public involvement and environmental assessment, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has approved plans to conduct forest management across 43,000 acres of National Forest within the 625,000-acre St. Vrain Watershed west of Lyons, Colo. This work will help…
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The Northern Colorado Fireshed Fund Awards over $1,000,000 to Local Organizations for Wildfire Resiliency Work
Since 2023, The Northern Colorado Fireshed Fund, in partnership with the National Forest Foundation, has awarded over $2.3 million to support community-led wildfire resiliency work in landscapes across Northern Colorado. In the latest grant cycle, the Fireshed Fund awarded over $1,045,000 to community groups to…
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Rocky Mountain National Park Announces Plans for Prescribed Burn this Friday and Saturday If Conditions Allow
News Release Date: October 30, 2024 Contact: Park Information Office, 970-586-1206Based upon the potential for favorable weather and fuels conditions, fire managers at Rocky Mountain National Park are planning to conduct a prescribed burn beginning on Friday, November 1, 2024. Firefighters plan to burn approximately 100 acres…
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Fireforest Film Screening Around the NoCo Fireshed in August
In August of 2020, the Cameron Peak Fire was racing uncontrollably towards communities in northern Colorado. As it reached the footprint of a past U.S. Forest Service prescribed burn and the Drala Mountain Center (formerly Shambhala Mountain Center), a near-miracle occurred. The prescribed burn, combined…
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