As more people build homes, operate businesses and recreate in areas where natural vegetation meets human improvements, wildfire threats to life and property increase.
Wildfire mitigation actions are on-the-ground treatments of properties implemented to reduce the chance of a wildfire causing damage. The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) is the lead state agency for fuels mitigation expertise in Colorado and an excellent resource for residents who want to gain more information and take steps to decrease the threat of wildfire where it matters most to them.
More than 3 million Coloradans live in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Are you one of them?
The wildland-urban interface is any area where man-made improvements are built close to, or within, flammable vegetation. If you live in the WUI, you are at risk.
The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) develops educational materials and supports programs that help residents and communities take action to reduce their wildfire risk.
As part of Colorado’s Forest Action Plan, the CSFS and its partners identified goals and strategies for living with wildfire in Colorado. These include encouraging development of fire-adapted communities through increasing the pace and scale of wildfire risk reduction activities. The CSFS provides a variety of programs and resources for residents and communities working to achieve this goal.
Remember that protecting a home, property and a community from wildfire is not a one-time effort. It is a process and requires ongoing participation, maintenance and shared responsibility. The following programs and resources are tools that can help residents and communities begin the process of reducing their wildfire risk.
Colorado’s year-round wildfire season threatens water quality, human health and economy. To protect Colorado’s drinking water, we use active forest management by collaborating with partnerships to promote resilient forests for the future of our watersheds.
Supervisory Forester Adam Moore played a key role in the Wildfire Research team that will receive the prestigious award at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in November.
Community groups, homeowner associations, utilities and non-profit organizations are just some of the groups eligible to apply for grants from the $7.2 million funding pool.
Coloradans can take simple, practical, relatively low-cost actions to prepare their homes and property for wildlife.
The Colorado State Forest Service awarded $300,000 to 12 organizations through a new grant program.
The Colorado State Forest Service is now accepting applications for the new Wildfire Mitigation Outreach grant program. Local governments, Tribal agencies or programs, or nonprofit organizations may apply for a grant to support outreach among landowners in high wildfire hazard
