Methodist Front is focus of Forest Health Council info session Wednesday, Dec. 16
Envision Forest Health Council partners will host a community information session to share details...
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Tag: Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Upcoming Chaffee County wildfire meetings seen as critical for “a county that lives with fire”
Envision Chaffee County is hosting a pair of Community Wildfire Readiness meetings October 2 and 3. These sessions will provide the opportunity to view and comment on computer-generated GIS maps that depict fire risk levels across the county and model where forest treatments will be most effective and economical. The risk modeling was developed as a pilot project by the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at CSU in conjunction with development of our Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
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‘Ground-breaking approach’ building community-centered Community Wildfire Protection Plan
“The biggest threat to our community is complacency. My job is to prepare the community, but we need your help in that you need to prepare yourselves … It’s important that you know how you’re going to get yourself out of a situation.”
Phil Graham
Director of the Chaffee County Office of Emergency Management
Envision kicks off Chaffee County Fire and Healthy Landscapes Partnership
A meeting that was delayed a few weeks by the federal government shutdown finally pulled together...
Read MoreCounty Commissioners hear Community Wildfire Protection Update
The most extensive discussion during the Sept. 18 Chaffee County Commissioners meeting focused on development of a community wildfire protection plan. The cash ask from the county is estimated to be $29,980, with $81,000 in-kind...
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