Fall 2024 Newsletter

Fall 2024 Newsletter This summer has been a whirlwind of creative collaboration and meaningful partnerships with so many incredible organizations across Northern Colorado. Together, we've worked to tackle some of our region’s most pressing challenges. Like many of you, we felt the impact of wildfires again this year, and we remain committed to supporting our [...]

Fire-Ready: Crafting a Wildfire Ready Action Plan for the Big Thompson Watershed

Even after the last embers are extinguished and firefighters depart, the repercussions of wildfires persist. In the wake of such disasters, the effects on water supplies, infrastructure, and human safety can endure for years. Following a blaze, the combination of soil erosion and intensified rainfall runoff often escalates dramatically—sometimes by several orders of magnitude compared [...]

The Dawn of a New Era: The Reality of Year-Round Wildfires

The combination of climate change and population growth in the western United States has brought on a seismic shift in the way we view wildfire. Once thought to be mostly contained to forested mountain landscapes during the summer months we have learned fire is not limited to or contained within natural areas but can move […]