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Second comment period opens for St. Vrain Forest Health Project
BOULDER, Colo. (March 20, 2023) – Following nearly 8 months of careful study and analysis, Roosevelt National Forest officials have posted the draft environmental assessment for the St. Vrain Forest Health Project for public review and comment, marking the second formal comment period on this project. The comment period is open through Tuesday, April 18, 2023. The project considers National Forest management actions across the St. Vrain Valley, from Lyons to Meeker Park, complementing work being…
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Comment Period Begins for Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project
Release Date: Mar 6, 2023 Fort Collins, Colo., March 6, 2023 – The Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest has opened the comment period for the Black Diamond Landscape Resiliency and Risk Reduction Project located in northern Larimer County. This collaborative project is within…
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USFS Publishes New Prescribed Fire Map
You can view all planned, active and completed prescribed fire projects across the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests at this new interactive map. Zoom in to an area that interests you and click on the prescribed fire unit. From there you can learn its status,…
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USDA Forest Service and Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control form joint wildland fire fuels module
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Two wildland fire management agencies have announced a new agreement to proactively confront the wildfire crisis along Colorado’s northern Front Range. As part of the USDA Forest Service’s 10-year strategy to address the wildfire risk to infrastructure and communities, the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests…
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Ben Delatour Scout Ranch Plans for 2023 Winter Slash Pile Burning
Fort Collins, CO - The Ben Delatour Scout Ranch will burn slash piles during the winter months as weather conditions allow. The ranch has implemented several forest management treatments over the past few years with assistance from the Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed, Larimer…
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Collaboration Supports Prescribed Burning on the Colorado Front Range – Part 2
by Hannah Brown, Science Communication Specialist, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University Using prescribed fire as a tool on forest restoration projects in fire-adapted forests helps to achieve ecological objectives that you can’t accomplish without putting fire on the ground. Fire can reduce the…
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Slash pile burning scheduled for this winter on select Boulder County open space parks
Boulder County, Colo. - Boulder County Parks & Open Space and the Sheriff’s Office Fire Management Program plan to conduct slash pile burns at Caribou Ranch and Sherwood Gulch (north of Nederland); Reynolds Ranch (east of Nederland); and Walker Ranch (west of Boulder) as conditions allow this winter. Slash…
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Pile Burning to Begin as Snow Accumulates
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Nov. 29, 2022) – U.S. Forest Service firefighters plan to start work on seasonal slash pile burning this fall, winter and spring as weather and fuel conditions allow on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. Throughout the year, fuels reduction programs across the…
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Magic Feather Prescribed Burn Could Begin in Coming Weeks
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Firefighters on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest are closely monitoring local conditions to begin prescribed fire operations late fall/early winter on the Magic Feather Prescribed Burn near Red Feather Lakes. Burning last occurred on this project in…
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Collaboration Supports Prescribed Burning on the Colorado Front Range – Part 1
by Daniel Bowker, Forest & Fire Project Manager, Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed The Northern Colorado Fire Landscape Two uncharacteristically large and severe wildfires have burned into and around the Elkhorn Creek watershed in the past decade. Elkhorn Creek is a major tributary of…
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