Hand Thinning

Hand Thinning
Featured Image for Cedar Park – Sylvan Dale Fuel Reduction Project

Cedar Park – Sylvan Dale Fuel Reduction Project

Total Project Area: 106 acres
Percent Complete: 84%

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 fuel loading between the meadow system and the Palisade Mountain ridgeline. In addition to reducing the direct impacts of wildfire, this layout is intended to improve suppression capabilities in the…

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Hand Thinning Featured Image for Elkhorn Creek Forest Health Initiative

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…

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