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Forest Service Hosts Public Meetings for Pierson Park Fuel Break Project
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest is starting analysis on the Pierson Park Fuel Break Project, located south of Estes Park, Colo. Part of the overall strategy to confront the wildfire crisis along Colorado’s Front Range, this project aims to address overgrown and hazardous forest conditions along key National Forest ingress and egress roads. The public is invited to join Canyon Lakes staff at one of two public…
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Public Input Sought for Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project; Public Meetings Announced
Arapaho and Roosevelt National ForestsPawnee National Grassland Contact: Reghan Cloudman, reghan.cloudman@usda.gov Find this news online: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/arp/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD1058674or follow us on Facebook and Twitter @usfsarp Fort Collins, Colo., Sept. 6, 2022 – The Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest released initial project documents for the Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk…
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Canyon Lakes Ranger District Plans for 2022 Winter Pile Burning
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Firefighters from the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest plan to take advantage of winter snow conditions over the coming months to burn slash piles created from multiple fuels reduction and hazardous tree removal projects. Burning could begin as…
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National Forests along northern Front Range enter fire restrictions; provide fall safety reminders
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Nov. 30, 2021) – Due to dry and warm conditions and recent fire starts, the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests’ Clear Creek, Boulder and Canyon Lakes ranger districts along with the Pawnee National Grassland are enacting Stage 1 fire restrictions effective at 12:01…
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Magic Feather Prescribed Burn Could Begin as Soon as Monday
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Firefighters on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest are monitoring local conditions to begin prescribed fire operations as soon as June 21, 2021, on the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn to improve forest health. The wildfires of 2020 are…
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Scoping Notice for Roach Vegetation Management Project
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 restoration and…
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Canyon Lakes Pile Burning Update 3/4/2021
Canyon Lakes Pile Burning Update: Firefighters from Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest have been able to take advantage of recent snow and burn just over 900 slash piles. Firefighters are continuing to evaluate snow conditions closely at a number of the…
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Canyon Lakes Pile Burning Update – 2/25/21
Firefighters from the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest have been able to take advantage of recent snow and burn just over 500 slash piles, predominately in the Magic Sky 4 “Elk Units.” Burning could take place in the Red Feather Lakes…
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