by Web Editor | Jul 25, 2018 | News, News/PR
Returning more of the San Juan National Forest to a healthy and resilient state will require more proactive thinning and managed fires. “When we have a resilient ecosystem, it reduces the potential for catastrophic wildfire, it reduces the risk for disease and for...
by Web Editor | Mar 15, 2017 | News, News/PR
The Colorado State Forest Service and Northwest Colorado District of the Bureau of Land Management have entered into an agreement to address beetle-killed timber on BLM-managed public lands in Grand County, which are adjacent to state and/or private lands where...
by Web Editor | Nov 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
Colorado’s U.S. Senator Mark Udall, a strong voice for proactively reducing wildfire risk throughout Colorado, led a bipartisan and bicameral letter pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to partner with the timber industry to reduce wildfire risks in...
by Web Editor | Jun 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado’s most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park. Investigators believed Colorado’s Black Forest...
by Web Editor | Jun 17, 2013 | News, News/PR
At least two people have been killed so far in the Black Forest fire, El Paso County, Colorado Sheriff Terry Maketa said Thursday. They were the first confirmed fatalities in the fire, which began Tuesday and pushed toward densely populated subdivisions of Colorado...