by Web Editor | Jun 7, 2013 | News, News/PR
Private landowners and public land managers soon will be able to use a novel type of straw made from beetle-kill Colorado pines to help reduce erosion and flooding after wildfires. Rogue Resources Inc., a Steamboat Springs-based forest products business, is now...
by Web Editor | Jul 27, 2012 | News, News/PR
Land experts say the acres charred by the High Park fire need $24 million in treatments to protect homes, trails, roads and water supplies from potential flooding, rockslides and runoff of ash and debris. The recommended work includes mulch dropped from helicopters on...
by Web Editor | Jun 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
As crews continue to face off against a fast-moving wildfire in northern Colorado, some in the timber industry say the area’s fire danger has been heightened by U.S. Forest Service policies and an economy that discourages them from harvesting millions of acres of dead...