Hand Thinning
Glen Haven Forest Restoration
Percent Complete: 18%
Project Description The community of Glen Haven has been identified as a priority area for wildfire mitigation work to protect the community, water resources, and public lands. Glen Haven is a Firewise community situated on the North Fork of the Big Thompson River. It is largely surrounded by National Forest and National Park lands with the exception of The Retreat community which is directly east. Forest treatments and wildfire mitigation work have been completed in…
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Phase 1: Saint Vrain Forest Health Partnership Project
Project Description: The project is part of the St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership which is a collaborative of agencies and community members working to increase the pace and scale of cross-boundary forest restoration in the St. Vrain Watershed. Projects selected provide critical linkages between existing…
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Sawmill Forest Management
Sawmill Gulch Project Background Sawmill Gulch Forest Management is an area of several forest management projects in Clear Creek County south of I-70’s Floyd Hill. This area is prioritized in the Upper Clear Creek Pre-Wildfire Planning Study. Forest management priorities in the study were based…
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Jamestown Fire Mitigation
About the Project The St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District, in collaboration with the Left Hand Watershed Center, Lefthand Fire Protection District, and the Boulder Valley and Longmont Conservation Districts, is working to plan a fire mitigation project with the community of Jamestown.…
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WOLF Sanctuary Wildfire Mitigation Project
Project Description: The WOLF Sanctuary Wildfire Mitigation Project will use hand thinning, slash piling, pile burning, and chipping to reduce forest density and mitigate wildfire risk on 38 acres of private land located between the communities of Red Feather Lakes and Glacier View Meadows, in…
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Silverdale Wildland Forest Management
Project Background Forest Management in the Silverdale wildland recreation area was prioritized in the Upper Clear Creek Pre-Wildfire Planning Study. Forest management priorities in the study were based on Colorado State Forest Service database of where forest management activities have occurred in the [caption id="attachment_1001"…
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Saddle Back Wildland Fire Mitigation – Clear Creek North
Project Description: The Saddle Back area has 151 homes that would be directly affected by a wildfire coming from the west. This project will reduce the risk of fire moving from the Saw Mill drainage into the Saddle Back Neighborhood. Any fire within this area…
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Shanahan Ridge Forest Restoration Project
The Shanahan Ridge project area is located on the western edge of the City of Boulder. Within just a quarter mile of the project there are over 200 homes, multiple schools, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research campus. The treatment area is a low…
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Mary’s Lake Forest Health
The goal of this project is wildfire mitigation to protect water quality, infrastructure, private property, and access roads. The Marys Lake Forest Health Project will also be another mitigation example site for the Estes Valley community. The project site is in a mixed ponderosa pine…
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Cedar Park – Sylvan Dale Fuel Reduction Project
This forest thinning project takes place on Sylvan Dale Ranch, which shares a boundary with planned US Forest Service Cedar Park treatments. The targeted treatments have been identified as high risk to drinking water supplies by the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute. The project will reduce…
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