In Planning
Red Feather Lakes Area Wildfire Defense Project
Project Background The Red Feather Lakes Area Wildfire Defense Project will improve the wildfire defense of the entire Red Feather Lakes area, accomplished through specific risk reduction and preparedness activities. Project activities will occur within the geographic boundaries (see map below) defined in the four current Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) (see below) and are designed to meet goals outlined in these current CWPPs. Project activities will include: wildfire mitigation treatments in open space, along…
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Pierson Park Fuel Break
Across this project area, forest thinning and prescribed burning will occur where it will do the most good and where it builds off of existing opportunities for fire mitigation (such as historical burn areas, prior restoration, roads, ridgelines, etc.). The Roosevelt National Forest is starting analysis on…
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Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project
Project Summary With the Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project, the Forest Service proposes a suite of management tools to improve and maintain a resilient landscape, facilitate fire adapted communities, and improve wildfire response. The first step of the Black Diamond project is…
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Estes Valley Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update
The goal of this project is to bring together partners and community members to collaboratively plan, prioritize and implement landscape-scale forest restoration in the Estes Valley. This update to the Estes Community Wildfire Protection Plan will not only provide a framework and ownership for on…
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St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership
The St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership is a collaborative of 100+ partners including fire districts, agencies, towns, and community representatives. We are working to increase the fire resilience of our forests for the benefit of our communities, forest ecosystems, and water quality. The St. Vrain…
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Roach Vegetation Management Project
Project Goal(s): The Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest is proposing multiple forest management activities, including mechanical timber harvesting, on up to 3,000 acres in the Roach Vegetation Management Project, located approximately 65 miles northwest of Fort Collins, Colo., to facilitate forest…
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