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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 with forest restoration treatments at Drala, gave firefighters a foothold to halt a portion of the fire and avert disaster for the communities downslope. This 16-minute film tells the story…
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Forsythe II Prescribed Burn Completed
BOULDER, Colo. (June 13, 2024) – The Forsythe II Prescribed Burn project has been declared out, meaning that all broadcast burning work has been completed for the spring 2024 operational period. During this operational period, which began in early April, fire crews burned 186 acres in three…
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More than 41,000 piles burned! 2023/24 Pile Burning Impact in the NoCo Fireshed
The mission of the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative (NCFC) is to create resilient landscapes by facilitating an increase in the pace and scale of not only mechanical fuel reduction methods but also prescribed fires and strategically managed wildland fires across jurisdictional boundaries. Pile burning is…
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Biden-Harris Administration Invests $250M to Reduce Wildfire Risk to Communities across State, Private, and Tribal lands as part of Investing in America agenda
USDA Press Release YAKIMA, Wash., May 14, 2024 - Today, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small announced $250 million to help at-risk communities protect their homes, businesses and infrastructure from catastrophic wildfire, made worse by the climate crisis, as part of President Biden’s Investing in…
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Colorado Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program Now Accepting Applications
The DFPC Colorado Wildfire Resilient Homes grant is now live. These are small home hardening grants for homeowners to apply directly for and the deadline is April 15th, 2024. Please share with your community networks! Learn More
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Boulder County Wildfire Partners Wins National Award
It was announced last week that Boulder County’s Wildfire Partners program was a winner of a prestigious national award. The Wildfire Mitigation Awards are the highest national honor available for outstanding work and significant program impact in wildfire preparedness and mitigation. The award was established in…
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Final Decision released for Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project
Fort Collins, Colo., (Feb. 13, 2024) – The Canyon Lakes District Ranger of the Roosevelt National Forest has signed the final decision for the Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project located in northern Larimer County. This collaborative, landscape-scale project is within one of the…
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Round 2 Fireshed Capacity Funding Now Open
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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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