Hand Thinning
Elkhorn Creek Forest Health Initiative
Total Project Area: 1100 acres
In 2015, the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW) partnered with Larimer County Conservation Corps, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers, Ben Delatour Scout Ranch and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), collectively forming the Elkhorn Creek Forest Health Initiative (ECHI). ECFHI formed to test the effectiveness of integrating volunteer/new sawyers with professional sawyers to design and implement a forest health project that met multiple objectives including: reducing high intensity wildfire risk, protecting water quality, improving forest resilience, and…
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