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…
By Aaron Kimple, in the Pagosa Sun Forest health is a term we hear a lot about these days. We hear it in relation to bugs and wildfire and water quality. But what does it mean to have a healthy forest and how do we know if a forest is healthy? San Juan Headwaters Forest…
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…
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…