Today’s Forest Health Outreach update covers the following:
*Join us Thursday at our Wildfire Mitigation Home Retrofit Workshop
*Public Meeting Scheduled for Jan. 29 to Review Heil Valley Ranch Prescribed Burn

*Join us Thursday at our Wildfire Mitigation Home Retrofit Workshop 
Join us for a wildfire home retrofit workshop on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 2pm. Unlike some of our past trainings, this workshop is designed specifically for handymen and contractors.

We need your help! Do you have handymen/contractors that are your go to for home repairs? If yes, please contact them and let them know about this workshop (or send us their contact info and we will call them).

Workshop Description:
Many of the 9,000 homes in western Boulder County are in need of minor retrofits to reduce their vulnerability to wildfire. Homeowners and Wildfire Partners are actively soliciting contractors to perform this work and fill the current void in the marketplace.

Workshop participants will learn about ignition-resistant retrofit work, explore future changes to Boulder County building codes, and discuss best practices for building or retrofitting at-risk homes. Ignition-resistant retrofit work often consists of simple and inexpensive changes to help a home survive a wildfire.

What:  Wildfire Mitigation Home Retrofit Workshop
When:  2 to 4 p.m., Thursday, January 22, 2015
Where:  Boulder County Clerk & Recorder, 1750 33rd St., Boulder

For complete workshop details see the attached flier or visit us here: http://www.wildfirepartners.org/

*Public Meeting Scheduled for Jan. 29 to Review Heil Valley Ranch Prescribed Burn
Staff from Boulder County Parks and Open Space and the Sheriff’s Office Wildland Fire Management Program are hosting an After Action Review to discuss the outcome of the recent prescribed burn at Heil Valley Ranch.

What: Heil Valley Ranch Prescribed Burn After-Action Review Meeting
When: Thursday, Jan. 29, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Boulder County Parks and Open Space, 5201 St. Vrain Road, Longmont

In October and November 2014, Boulder County conducted a prescribed fire at Heil Valley Ranch. The 150-acre project was completed in early November after five days of ignitions.

Members of the public are invited to join the fire command staff for a presentation and question-and-answer session. This meeting is open to public comment, as well as input from fire personnel involved in the burn.

For more information, please contact Erin Hartnett, at 303-678-6211 or ehartnett@nullbouldercounty.org.

Cheers,
Ryan

Ryan Ludlow | Forestry Education & Outreach Coordinator 
Boulder County | Land Use Department
2045 13^th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
720-564-2641 | rludlow@nullbouldercounty.org
www.BoulderCounty.org/ForestHealth
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