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Getting Matches Back in the Hands of Colorado Landowners

April 2, 2024

by Kristin Leger, Community Capacity Program Manager, The Ember Alliance On Saturday, March 9, 2024, The Ember Alliance hosted a Pile Burn Workshop in coordination with the Heart J Center, the Big Thompson Watershed Coalition, Loveland Fire Rescue Authority, and the US Forest Service. This workshop was funded by The Nature Conservancy’s Fire Learning Network. The goal of the day was simple – get community members together at the Heart J Center’s Cow Camp property…

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Collaborating for More Resilient Forests: Burning across federal and private land boundaries in Northern Colorado

March 22, 2024

By Daniel Bowker, Forests Program Manager, Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed As a member of the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative, the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed works with many organizational and community partners to increase the resilience of our forests and our watershed…

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Colorado Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program Now Accepting Applications

March 18, 2024

The  DFPC Colorado Wildfire Resilient Homes grant is now live. These are small home hardening grants for homeowners to apply directly for and the deadline is April 15th, 2024. Please share with your community networks! Learn More

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Boulder County Wildfire Partners Wins National Award

February 21, 2024

It was announced last week that Boulder County’s Wildfire Partners program was a winner of a prestigious national award.  The Wildfire Mitigation Awards are the highest national honor available for outstanding work and significant program impact in wildfire preparedness and mitigation. The award was established in…

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Final Decision released for Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project

February 13, 2024

Fort Collins, Colo., (Feb. 13, 2024) – The Canyon Lakes District Ranger of the Roosevelt National Forest has signed the final decision for the Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project located in northern Larimer County. This collaborative, landscape-scale project is within one of the…

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Recording: “Burnt: A Tale of Three Fires”

January 30, 2024

https://youtu.be/g7ClK7_a4Ak?si=kbVYnwUnnu58Vb_y This presentation by Jacob Saul Heydorn Gorski, Master in Landscape Architecture, Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, “focuses on the mountain town of Red Feather Lakes in the American state of Colorado to question dominant narratives we have of wildfire and offer a new path forward.”…

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Featured Image for Boulder County Agriculture and Irrigation Ditch Burning Planned January 29-April 30

Boulder County Agriculture and Irrigation Ditch Burning Planned January 29-April 30

January 24, 2024

There may be heavy smoke in the air. Please do not call 911 since these burns are not emergencies. Boulder County, Colo. - Boulder County Parks & Open Space and the Sheriff’s Office Fire Management Program will begin agriculture and irrigation ditch burning next week. Controlled…

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Round 2 Fireshed Capacity Funding Now Open

January 19, 2024

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Prescribed Burning Planned for Lory State Park

November 30, 2023

Public Notice November 29, 2023 Media Contacts: CPW Contact: Kara Van Hoose, Kara.VanHoose@state.co.us DFPC Contact: Tracy LeClair Tracy.LeClair@state.co.us Larimer County CO – The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), in cooperation with the Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC), will be conducting prescribed burning operations…

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2023/24 Pile Burning Plans for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest

November 10, 2023

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Nov. 9, 2023) – Fire managers on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests are preparing for pile burning season in counties along Colorado's northern Front Range, including Larimer, Boulder, Gilpin and Clear Creek. Pile burning will occur throughout the winter and spring as…

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