Boulder County Forest Health Outreach eNewsletter – July 10, 2013
Today’s forest health outreach update covers the following topics:
*Forestry Tip of the Day: Free Slash Disposal Event West of Jamestown – July 13
*In the News: An Interview with your eNewsletter Editor
*New Event: Free Insurance Workshop: Nederland – July 25
*Northern Front Range Recreational Sport Shooting Management Partnership
*Article of Interest: Saws and Slaws: Mitigation Superstars
*Fire Ban is still in Effect

*Forestry Tip of the Day: Free Slash Disposal Event West of Jamestown – Saturday July 13 
Forestry Tip of the Day: Got slash? We have a chipper and a free location to drop it off on this Saturday, July 13, from 9am to 3pm. We will be collecting slash in the Bar K neighborhood located 6 miles west of Jamestown off of Overland Road. This event is open to everyone!

This is a you haul it, we chip it style event brought to you in partnership by Boulder County, Colorado State Forest Service, Left Hand Fire Protection District and the Bar K Association. We will not accept raked up pine needles at this event. Don’t have a truck/trailer?? Then team up with a neighbor who has one or rent a trailer in Boulder.

Before hauling slash please view our event flier for directions and info on what will and won’t be accepted. We are chipping everything as it is unload so we have specific requirements on what we can accept. Event Flier: http://www.bouldercounty.org/doc/landuse/jamestownbarkchipping201306.pdf

Make sure to double check your directions before heading up. There is no cell signal and it is a bit tricky to find. Here is a google map link: https://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=40.111754,-105.445386&hl=en&sll=40.112936,-105.444288&sspn=0.007532,0.015278&t=h&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=16&z=16

Questions: Call Jim Webster, CWPP Planner with Boulder County at 720-564-2600.

*In the News: An Interview with the eNewsletter Editor
I was recently invited down to Denver for a short interview with 9News. I thought folks might like to hear our wildfire mitigation tips. Watch it here:http://www.9news.com/news/local/article/342481/346/Wildfire-mitigation-in-your-backyard Live interviews with thousands of folks watching is always so much fun… Hope you enjoy it.

*New Event: Free Insurance Workshop in Nederland – July 25
We are offering another one of our popular Insurance workshops in Nederland on July 25. This is a must attend workshop. Did you know that 60% of the homes lost in the Fourmile Fire were underinsured? Learn how to properly insure your home and be prepared in case of natural disasters.

When: Thursday, July 25 – 7-8:30pm.
Where: Nederland Community Center, 750 Highway 72 North
Program Description:

• Hear lessons learned from Fourmile Fire Survivors.
• Receive tips from United Policyholders’ Roadmap to Preparedness Program (www.uphelp.org).
• Understand if your insurance policy accurately reflects the real cost of rebuilding in the mountains west of Boulder.
• Pick up practical ways your family can be prepared in the case of a natural disaster.

To learn more now, check out this insurance video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNtIzlTsbg. Other great insurance resources are available athttp://bouldermountainresources.org/resources/insurance/.

*Northern Front Range Recreational Sport Shooting Management Partnership
Recently Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin and Larimer counties formalized a partnership with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service to develop a landscape-level, multi-jurisdictional strategy for Recreational Sport Shooting (RSS) across northern Colorado’s Front Range. To view complete details about this partnership please visit:http://www.bouldercounty.org/apps/newsroom/templates/bc12.aspx?articleid=3633&zoneid=1

Informational open houses will be held in each county in the coming weeks to update the public and share preliminary criteria to identify potential opportunities for developed shooting areas in each county. Below is the schedule of open houses:

• Larimer County: June 27, 6-8 p.m., Carter Lake & Boyd Lake Meeting Rooms, Larimer County Courthouse Office Building, 200 W. Oak Street, Ft. Collins.
• Gilpin County: July 11, 6-8 p.m., Gilpin County Community Center, 250 Norton Drive, Black Hawk.
• Clear Creek County: July 16, 6-8 p.m., Idaho Springs City Hall, 1711 Miner Street, Idaho Springs.
• Boulder County: July 23, 6-8 p.m., Boulder County Courthouse, Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 3rd Floor, 1325 Pearl Street, Boulder.

*Article of Interest: Saws and Slaws: Mitigation Superstars
Last week’s Mountain Ear newspaper, out of Nederland, had a great article focused on the community driven Saws and Slaws Wildfire Mitigation Program. Read the article here:http://themtnear.com/2013/07/saws-slaws-mitigation-superstars/. To learn more and get involved with the awesome community driven wildfire mitigation effort please visit their website: http://sawsandslaws.com/

*Fire Ban still in Effect
The entire mountain area of Boulder County is under a fire ban. No open fires or fireworks are allowed. See details here:http://www.bouldercounty.org/apps/newsroom/templates/bc12.aspx?articleid=3643&zoneid=2 

In addition, the USFS has also issued a Stage 1 Fire Restrict. For full details on these restrictions please visit: http://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/arp/alerts-notices/?aid=18267 

Cheers,
Ryan

Ryan Ludlow | Forestry Education & Outreach Coordinator 
Boulder County | Land Use Department
P.O. Box 471, Boulder CO 80306
O: 720.564.2641 | F: 303.441.4856
rludlow@nullbouldercounty.org | www.bouldercounty.org/ForestHealth
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