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Rocky Mountain National Park Announces Plans for Prescribed Burn this Friday and Saturday If Conditions Allow
News Release Date: October 30, 2024 Contact: Park Information Office, 970-586-1206Based upon the potential for favorable weather and fuels conditions, fire managers at Rocky Mountain National Park are planning to conduct a prescribed burn beginning on Friday, November 1, 2024. Firefighters plan to burn approximately 100 acres of the 334-acre Headquarters Unit on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2. This burn unit is located inside Rocky Mountain National Park, west of the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center…
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New “United by Fire” podcast explores the catastrophic 2020 wildfire season
The Institute of Science & Policy just released the new season of its award-winning podcast, Laws of Notion. United by Fire is a ten-part series about living with wildfire in a warming world. Through in-depth interviews and storytelling, “United by Fire” explores the catastrophic 2020…
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A framework to simplify and understand condition-based management
by Jarod Dunn, Research Associate, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute Imagine this: after years of careful planning and environmental analysis, the US Forest Service management team is ready to take action but a new disturbance is on the horizon. They've listened to and incorporated public feedback…
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Fireforest Film Screening Around the NoCo Fireshed in August
In August of 2020, the Cameron Peak Fire was racing uncontrollably towards communities in northern Colorado. As it reached the footprint of a past U.S. Forest Service prescribed burn and the Drala Mountain Center (formerly Shambhala Mountain Center), a near-miracle occurred. The prescribed burn, combined…
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Front Range Fires Info & Resources
Current Front Range Fires: Alexander Mountain Fire (Larimer County) At 6 a.m., August 1, 2024, Southwest Area Incident Management Team 1 took command of the fire. Larimer County Sheriff’s Office will continue to operate the Joint Information Center and provide information about evacuation notices, animal evacuations…
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NOCO TREX Call for Applicants
The Ember Alliance has been working with partners to plan the Northern Colorado Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (NOCO TREX) for this fall! The mission of NOCO TREX is to build collaborative prescribed fire capacity in Northern CO. NOCO TREX will have two components: Grasslands Prescribed…
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Work Begins on Pierson Park Project; Temporary Road Closure in Place
The Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest wants to inform residents that manual tree cutting within the Pierson Park Project area has begun along the Pierson Park (NFSR 119) and Johnny Park (NFSR 118) roads. Road reconstruction is also anticipated to begin…
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Forsythe II Prescribed Burn Completed
BOULDER, Colo. (June 13, 2024) – The Forsythe II Prescribed Burn project has been declared out, meaning that all broadcast burning work has been completed for the spring 2024 operational period. During this operational period, which began in early April, fire crews burned 186 acres in three…
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More than 41,000 piles burned! 2023/24 Pile Burning Impact in the NoCo Fireshed
The mission of the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative (NCFC) is to create resilient landscapes by facilitating an increase in the pace and scale of not only mechanical fuel reduction methods but also prescribed fires and strategically managed wildland fires across jurisdictional boundaries. Pile burning is…
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Empowering Our Communities: The Larimer County Community Mitigation Grant Program
by Josh Roberts, Larimer County Office of Emergency Management The recent announcement of the 2024 cycle Community Mitigation Grant awards offer a good time to showcase the bona fide energy and community spirit contributing to resilience within our communities. After a careful evaluation process a…
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