Colorado Public Radio

Massive wildfire reduction projects coming to Colorado forests, which could include logging

The Lower North-South and Pikes Peak Vegetation Management plans could subject more than 300,000 acres to thinning, logging ...
The Durango Herald

Fire and ice: Mitigation and burn piles help fortify against wildfires

Sometimes the job of a fire department is to start a blaze rather than put one out. Counterintuitive? Not according to ...
The Aspen Times

Bennet, Hickenlooper concerned over analysis finding 38% decline in U.S. Forest Service wildfire mitigation work this year

Federal legislators are raising concerns that cuts to the U.S. Forest Service staffing under President Donald Trump’s administration have stymied progress on fuels mitigation work nationwide. U.S.
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Turkey Tracks Shooting Range in Colorado’s high country keeps causing fires, residents want accountability

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — On April 12 this year, a human-caused wildfire ignited at the Turkey Tracks Shooting Range in Colorado’s high country, eventually burning 128 acres of grass, dead and ...