By Melissa Stedman, Pagosa Sun staff The San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership (SJHFHP) is beginning an assessment and prioritization of risks from wildfire on watersheds, such as on water supplies and facilities, in order to asses their vulnerability to wildfire and highlight areas in need of mitigation or treatment to reduce the impact of…
Join San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership (SJHFHP), Firewise Communities of Southwest Colorado (Firewise), San Juan National Forest Pagosa District, Colorado State Forest Service, Southern Rockies Fire Science Network, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, and Mountain Studies Institute (MSI) for a chance to discuss the management and impacts of the Little Sand Fire and tour the…
By Melissa Stedman, Pagosa Sun staff On June 18 and 19, the community will have the chance to discuss the management and impacts of last year’s Little Sand Fire, as well as tour the burn area. On June 18, community organizations such as the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership, Firewise Communities of Southwest Colorado…
By Melissa Stedman and Randi Pierce, Pagosa Sun Staff Writers Just over one year ago, on May 13, 2012, a lightning strike ignited a fire in the Piedra area northwest of Pagosa Springs. At first, U.S. Forest Service personnel let the blaze continue burning for the benefit of the natural resources, with the area previously…
By Aaron Kimple, Special to The Pagosa SUN San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership, Firewise Communities of Southwest Colorado, Pagosa Ranger District/San Juan National Forest, Certified Family Forest and Mountain Studies Institute (MSI) are pleased to offer a guided tour of local forests on May 22. This is a free event. Private landowners with trees, people who love our forests,…
By Melissa Stedman, Pagosa Sun Staff Writer The San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership (SJHFHP) is partnering with organizations including Firewise Southwest Colorado, the Mountain Studies Institute, and the U.S. Forest Service to offer a guided tour of the forest in the San Juan Forest Pagosa Ranger District on May 22. According to the SJHFHP,…
By Melissa Stedman, Pagosa Sun Staff Writer The San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership (SJHFHP), Western Water Assessment (WWA) and the USDA Forest Service made a presentation Tuesday, April 9, dealing with the bark beetle infestation and epidemic. WWA is a resource group located in Boulder, Colo., that serves not just the state of Colorado,…
By Melissa Stedman, Pagosa Sun Staff Writer On Tuesday, April 9, the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership (SJHFHP) (previously the Mixed Conifer Working Group), Firewise Communities of Southwest Colorado (Firewise), and the Mountain Studies Institute (MSI), will offer presentations by Western Water Assessment discussing the effects of beetle infestations on water supply and water…
By Melissa Stedman, Pagosa Sun Staff Writer The San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership (SJHFHP) met Friday, March 15, to discuss updates from the group’s education and outreach committee. During the meeting, members focused on how to create a community interest in the forest. The full version of this story is available in the print…
By Lindsey Bright, Pagosa Sun Staff Writer The Upper San Juan Mixed-Conifer Working Group has been going through some changes as it moves into Phase 2 — increasing education and outreach as well as starting up monitoring programs and seeking the grants to enable that. One change involves a change in name to San Juan…