Forest Stewardship Tip of the Day: Attend a FREE Wildfire Mitigation Community Training

Forestry Tip of the Day: We highly recommend you attend one of upcoming community FREE trainings focused on wildfire mitigation. The program is titled “The Keys to Creating and Maintaining Effective Defensible Space” and the next training dates are being offered this week at 6:30 p.m., Wed. May 2 in Nederland and next week at 6:30 p.m., Wed. May 9 in Coal Creek Canyon. Above normal temperature and below normal precipitation over the past two months has created dangerous wildfire conditions in the County with the potential for a long and active wildfire season. Join us and learn how to improve the chances of your home surviving the next wildfire.  Complete training online:http://www.bouldercounty.org/property/forest/pages/foresthealthevents.aspx  

Why is this important??  These wildfire mitigation trainings focus on action oriented steps that all landowners can take to dramatically improve the chances of their homes surviving the next fire. We have already offered three of these trainings (Gold Hill, Pine Brook Hills and Sugarloaf areas) in this series with well over 100 landowners in attendance. Many attendees have provided very positive feedback about the information they learned at the training! Folks leave the trainings feeling motivated and empowered to take action on their land. One landowner mentioned that he has lived off of Sugarloaf Mtn Road for over 40 years, is a former Sugarloaf Fire Protection District Chief, and has attended many wildfire mitigation trainings throughout his time spent in the community. After attending the training he said, “I was actually a bit surprised that I left the training with new science based recommendations for my land. I am excited to take action and improve the chances of my home surviving the next wildfire”. After the training he was so motivated to take action that he invited Ryan Ludlow, Boulder County’s Outreach Forester up to his home for a free wildfire mitigation site assessment.

Here is a Daily Camera article about the series of community trainings: http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_20477322/boulder-county-hosts-wildfire-mitigation-trainings-mountain-communities

Nederland Area Training Date
When: Wednesday, May 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: Nederland Community Center, 750 Highway 72 North
Sponsors: Nederland Fire Protection District, Town of Nederland, Nederland Parks Recreation and Open Space Advisory Board (PROSAB)

Coal Creek Canyon Area Training Date
When: Wednesday, May 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: Coal Creek Canyon Improvement Association, 31528 Highway 72, Golden
Sponsor: The Environmental Group

Allenspark Area Training Date
When: Wednesday, May 23, 6-7:30 p.m.
Where: Outside at the Allenspark Community Forestry Sort Yard, 8170 Highway 7

Announcement: The Allenspark Sort Yard Opened Today!

The Allenspark area sort yard is now open for drop off. Bring us your trees and logs! Now is a great time to be out in the woods cutting and hauling slash and logs up to the free disposal site. The Nederland sort yard site opens in two weeks on Friday May 18. For more information on sort yards including locations, hours, schedule of operation and materials accepted please visit: http://www.bouldercounty.org/property/forest/pages/fhsortyards.aspx

Here is a Daily Camera article about our sort yard openings: http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_20477310/boulder-countys-forestry-sort-yards-set-open-summer

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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