Prescribed Fires

Prescribed Fires
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Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn

Total Project Area: 11,652 acres
Percent Complete: 7%

Project Overview The Blue Ridge Salvage and Fuels Reduction Project is part of the Forest Service’s on-going effort to improve forest health conditions on the Sulphur Ranger District. Blue Ridge is the geographic feature that runs North-South from Granby to Fraser, between the East Troublesome, Church Park and Williams Fork fires. Improving forest health conditions in this area is a key component of the Hot Sulphur, Fraser and Grand County Community Wildfire Protection Plans. In…

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Forsythe II Prescribed Burn

April 7, 2023
Total Project Area: 931 acres
Percent Complete: 33%

Project Overview The Forsythe II Project is part of the Forest Service’s on-going effort to improve forest health conditions on the Boulder Ranger District. The project area is located near Gross Reservoir and Winiger Ridge in Boulder County, Colo. The entire project area encompasses 18,954…

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Hall Ranch – Nelson Loop

Total Project Area: 853 acres

This is part of a 5-year project to treat 853 acres, with a goal of burning no more than 350 acres per year. During the 5 year timeframe it is desired to burn every acre twice if possible.   Project Goals: Reduce hazardous fuels, protecting…

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Magic Feather Prescribed Burn

Total Project Area: 6,329 acres
Percent Complete: 24%

Project Goals: The Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW), is proposing to broadcast burn on both National Forest System…

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