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New “United by Fire” podcast explores the catastrophic 2020 wildfire season

October 10, 2024

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 wildfire season, when the East Troublesome and Cameron Peak Fires tore through Colorado and challenged what we thought we knew about wildfire behavior. Throughout the series, you’ll hear from residents…

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Why Can’t We Just Cut It? Why Prescribed Fire is Here to Stay

July 12, 2021

Throughout the year, chainsaws, mowers, mulchers, and machinery work to thin out overgrown forests and shrublands that we’ve “protected” from fire for over a century. Ideally, because we live in a fire-dependent ecosystem, this mechanized work is followed by a healing dose of these forests’…

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Video: Prescribed Fire Treatment Effects on Cameron Peak Fire

June 15, 2021

After the Cameron Peak Fire, the incident management team created this video to describe how fuels treatments around the communities of Red Feather and Crystal Lakes helped firefighters to confront the Cameron Peak Fire. A great example of how the Fireshed is working to collectively…

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Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative Efforts and Partners Featured in High Profile Field Tour

May 12, 2021

On Friday, May 7th, several of the Fireshed partners took U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, and Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse into the field to tour the Cameron Peak Fire (CPF) burn scar. Among other things, the…

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Fireshed Webinar Series – Webinar #2: The Interaction of 2020 Wildfires & Forest Treatments

March 29, 2021

Join us for an informative and interactive webinar series introducing the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative (NCFC) and our work to make Northern Colorado forests resilient, protect communities and keep our water supplies reliable. This webinar series is free and open to anyone interested in the…

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