By Katie Fiegenbaum, Cortez Journal Staff Writer
“It is very encouraging to see these initiatives, especially with the emphasis on watershed and water quality as they relate to forest health,” said Aaron Kimple, program coordinator for the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership. The partnership is a community group of stakeholders focused on improving forest health in the San Juan Mountains.
The Colorado Sun released an article this week about the influx of funds for wildfire mitigation work in Colorado. More importantly, the article highlights the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership, as well as our very own Dana Guinn who discusses the “invisible success” of the mitigation work in 2021 that helped Pagosa Springs prepare…
14 August 2020 “As innovators work on creative solutions to deal with fires, others stress that one key to mitigating risk is more cultural: can humans learn to better coexist with fire?” Read more from this article HERE. This is the last installment of a 4-part series about fire published in the Summit Daily News.
A rural inter-mountain west community is one step closer to healthy forests, being preemptive to beetle attacks and producing renewable energy. These great opportunities can become reality now that Pagosa Cattle Company has been awarded the Pagosa Long Term Stewardship (PLTS) contract. This is a 10 year contract that focuses on restoring the area’s forests…
From the Pagosa Daily Post “The project will build on the ongoing partnership effort that has already reduced fuels in the same area through a Colorado State Forest Service grant and federal match from the USFS. The project has been made possible with help from many partners, including the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership,…
The San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership, in collaboration with the Forest Health Company, is offering bulk mulch purchases. Money from all sales will be donated the the San Juan Headwaters Group. Mulch comes in 100 pound “super sacks” and interested folks will need a truck to transport them. The cost is $20 per sack with a…
News Release DURANGO, Colorado – December 13, 2017 – San Juan National Forest fire officials are warning that continued dry conditions in Southwestern Colorado mean that fire danger is a concern. In late November, a man target shooting with incendiary ammunition on private property adjacent to National Forest lands started a fire north of Durango…