Hand Thinning
Cedar Park – Sylvan Dale Fuel Reduction Project
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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Elkhorn Creek Forest Health Initiative
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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