Restoring Poncha Pass: Safeguarding Communities from Wildfire
When insect outbreaks devastate an entire forest, a collaborative response helps reduce wildfire risk for residents in the wildland-urban interface
Tag: Good Neighbor Authority
Three New Projects to Protect Water Supplies for Over a Million Coloradans
January 19, 2023
It is crucial for Colorado to protect its forested watersheds from the ever-present threat of wildfire to ensure residents and communities have water for drinking, agriculture and other uses. The Colorado Legislature recognizes this need and passed House Bill 22-1379 during the 2022 legislative session to fund projects that reduce wildfire fuels around high-priority watersheds and water infrastructure.
Partners Come Together to Prevent Wildfire and Improve Forest Health in Teller County
September 22, 2022
The Woodland Park Field Office of the Colorado State Forest Service received a $1 million Landscape Resilience Investment grant through the Colorado Department of Natural Resources Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) that will fund essential forest management activities near the North Catamount reservoir.
Protecting Drinking Water for Colorado Springs Residents
August 31, 2022
The CSFS works with Colorado Springs Utilities and the Pikes-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands under a Good Neighbor Agreement to reduce the impacts of a catastrophic wildfire on this municipal watershed that supplies water to residents of Colorado Springs.
Summit County Forest More Resilient to Wildfire Thanks to Shared Stewardship Project
November 18, 2020
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. – Local, state and federal agencies have completed the first phase of their joint work to reduce wildfire fuels and improve forest health on the Wellington side of the Golden Horseshoe Trail System east of Breckenridge.
Cross-boundary fuel break and hazard tree removal to begin on Sheep Mountain
November 09, 2020
GRAND COUNTY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) are partnering to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health, wildlife habitat and public safety on the slopes of Sheep Mountain in Grand County.