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Blue Ridge Prescribed Burn could resume next week
Granby, Colo. (Oct. 2, 2023) – Arapaho National Forest fire managers and their partners are monitoring conditions for an opportunity in the coming weeks to continue the Blue Ridge prescribed fire project, located near Cottonwood Pass. Implementing prescribed fire is a critical part of reducing the risk of wildfire to communities and improving forest health conditions in Grand County. Blue Ridge is the geographic feature that runs North-South from Granby to Fraser, between the East Troublesome, Church Park…
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Weather & the Prescribed Burn Plan
Photo caption: A wildland fire fighter uses a drip torch to ignite the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn near Red Feather Lakes in June 2021. (Photo credit: Evan Barrientos) Colorado's overgrown forests are malnourished - starving for the cyclical, low-intensity fire that sustained them for thousands…
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Why Can’t We Just Cut It? Why Prescribed Fire is Here to Stay
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
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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Magic Feather Prescribed Burn Could Take Place This Spring 2021
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Firefighters on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest are monitoring conditions to begin prescribed fire operations on the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn this spring to improve forest health. The wildfires of 2020 are a somber reminder of the…
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StoryMap: Prescribed Fire in Northern Colorado
This StoryMap from the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) provides an interactive and informative overview of prescribed fire in Northern Colorado. To view the StoryMap in full screen visit: https://arcg.is/1HeKCb0
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Fireshed Webinar Series – Webinar #3: Prescribed Fire 101
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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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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