Today’s forest health outreach update covers the following topics:
***Fire Ban Enacted June 12, 2013 at Noon***

*Forestry Tip of the Day: What a Difference a Day Makes
*Free Insurance Workshop: Is Your Mountain Home Properly Insured?

*Free Community Chipping Event: Jamestown – June 15

*Community Meeting: Learn about Community Driven Fire Mitigation…

*Nederland and Allenspark Sort Yards are Both Open for Slash and Log Disposal

*** Sheriff Joe Pelle will Enact a Fire Ban Beginning June 12, 2013 at Noon ***

Today, June 12 at noon, Sheriff Joe Pelle will enact a fire ban for the central mountain corridor of Boulder County. For further details on the boundary of the fire ban, specific banned activities and other useful info please visit: http://bit.ly/18x41mb.

*Forestry Tip of the Day: What a Difference a Day Makes 
Forestry Tip of the Day: Low humidity, strong winds, hot temps and an ignition are all it takes to start major wildfires in Colorado. As most of you are aware, several large wildfires erupted throughout the state yesterday.

If you are regular reader of this eNewsletter, then you know that days like yesterday are what we have been preparing for. We know that many of you reading this have been working nearly day and night to prepare your homes for future wildfires. Today, we wanted to applaud your hard work. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed, and we are continually amazed by your efforts to create effective wildfire mitigation on your land. Keep up the great work; you are setting an example for your neighbors, friends and the larger community! Thank you for all your efforts!!

Hopefully, we can use these fires as motivation to make sure our homes are ready. We need your help in our efforts to prepare all Boulder County residents for the next big fire. Help us spread the message of proactive wildfire mitigation. Talk with your neighbors, talk with your friends and encourage everyone you interact with to create effective wildfire mitigation on their land. We still have too many folks who live in the mountains who haven’t taken action. You can be the person to help deliver this important message and encourage your neighbors to better prepare for wildfires.

*Free Insurance Workshop: Is Your Mountain Home Properly Insured?
Did you know that 60% of the homes lost in the Fourmile Fire were underinsured? Mark your calendars and plan to attend this training and learn how to properly insure your home and be prepared in case of natural disasters.

When: Tuesday, June 25 – 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Where: Coal Creek Community Center, 31528 Highway 72, Golden, CO
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/.

*Free Community Chipping Event: Jamestown – June 15
Got Slash or pine needles?? Then don’t forget to put it in a truck, or your neighbor’s truck or the back of your Subaru and haul it to our free-of-charge, community chipping event. Don’t have a truck? Then, rent a big trailer in Boulder for cheap!

This is a “you haul it, we chip it” style event and is first come first served. Once dumpsters are full, we won’t be able to accept additional material. Make sure to keep your pine needles separated from slash. We recommend putting pine needles in big garbage cans so they can be dumped directly into the dumpster.

View our event flier for complete details on location, hours and what we will and won’t accept.

• Event Flier: http://www.bouldercounty.org/doc/landuse/jamestownbarkchipping201306.pdf

* Community Meeting: Learn about Community Driven Fire Mitigation Projects that are being Planned for the Big Springs Neighborhood in Nederland – Thurs, June 13
Saws and Slaws is a volunteer-based group helping neighborhoods implement fire mitigation.  We bring neighbors and volunteers together for a morning of work doing fire mitigation (Saws) and then have a potluck in the afternoon (Slaws).  It’s a great way to work with your neighbors to reduce the danger of wildland fire at your home and in your community.    We are planning four events this summer in the Big Springs Neighborhood – roughly one per month.  We have support from the Town of Nederland and Boulder County to provide free chipping for these events.

We will have an informational/planning meeting Thursday, June 13th from 7-8:30pm at the Nederland Community Center, 750 Highway 72 North.   At the meeting, we will introduce the Saws and Slaws program and then discuss the best way to group homes together to hold the four events.  We already have over 15 property owners interested. If you are interested in having Saws and Slaws help you organize an event in your part of Big Springs or you are just interested in the Saws and Slaws program, please join us!

Questions?  Please email Alan Brewer at nedforesthealth@nullgmail.com and check out www.sawsandslaws.com or sawsandslaws on facebook.
This message was posted on Behalf of Nederland Saws and Slaws Community Volunteers: Alan Brewer and Kris Hess

*Nederland and Allenspark Sort Yards are Both Open for Slash and Log Disposal

• Nederland Sort Yard: Now open 5 days per week thru July 6. This south county site will reopen in the Fall on a limited 8 day Friday/Saturday schedule.
• Allenspark Sort Yard: Open now for a limited spring operation on Fridays and Saturdays only. We are only open two more days this spring so make sure to haul material now! Open June 14, 15 only. This North County slash site reopens on its main five day per week schedule on July 30 thru Oct. 19.

For complete details about our sort yard program including hours of operation, location and operational schedule visit:http://www.bouldercounty.org/property/forest/pages/fhsortyards.aspx

Cheers,
Ryan

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