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 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
Dry conditions are dangerous in this season of devastating wildfires. Twenty-one large fires are burning across the West. None are as bad as the recent Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado, which left two people dead and burned 346 homes. Fires this destructive, or so fierce...
by Web Editor | Jul 2, 2012 | News, News/PR
Firefighters made progress last week in fighting a blaze that has devoured more than 18,000 acres in Colorado, but their sense of accomplishment was tempered by the news that nearly 350 homes in Colorado Springs had been destroyed by the flames. Mayor Steve Bach,...
by Web Editor | Jun 25, 2012 | News, News/PR
A rapidly expanding wildfire in Colorado forced the evacuation of more than 11,000 people in communities near Pikes Peak on Sunday, as crews struggled to contain several large blazes around the state amid 100-degree temperatures and strong winds. The fast-moving Waldo...