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Prescribed burn scheduled to begin Thursday, March 24, at Ron Stewart Preserve at Rabbit Mountain
The park will be closed Thursday and Friday. Boulder County, Colo. - Boulder County Parks & Open Space and the Sheriff’s Office Fire Management Program plan to conduct a prescribed burn on Thursday and Friday, March 24 and 25, at Ron Stewart Preserve at Rabbit Mountain, east of the Town of Lyons, weather permitting. The park closure is necessary to ensure public safety during burning. Fire managers plan to continue the prescribed fire operations in the Arapaho project area…
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Video: Hike with a Forester – Conifer Tree Species
[embed]https://vimeo.com/637633281[/embed] Video produced by the Boulder Watershed Collective. The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health, resiliency, and stewardship. Their mission is to cultivate partnerships, promote community stewardship, and revitalize social and ecological systems within the Boulder…
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2021 Fireshed Highlights
In 2021, the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative saw substantial growth and expansion of participation and interest in our mission, sadly driven in part by increasing frequency of devastating wildfires (and now urban conflagrations) across northern Colorado. A few of our successes are highlighted below. In…
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Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative Efforts and Partners Featured in High Profile Field Tour
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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Webinar: Introduction to the Fireshed
[embed]https://youtu.be/jSlx9q2dbvA[/embed] 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. Webinar #1: Intro to the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative – recorded April 21 at…
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Fireshed Spring Webinar Series
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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Fireshed Webinar Series – Webinar #1: Intro to the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative
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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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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Welcome to the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative!
Welcome! We are excited for the official launch of the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative, an effort that has been some years in the making. We are partnering to make our forests more resilient, our communities safer, and keep our water supplies reliable. We are working…
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