San Juan Headwaters Shown as example
San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership has been included in a document discussing collaboration between scientists and communities. Read the document.
San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership has been included in a document discussing collaboration between scientists and communities. Read the document.
Here is a report from the folks at the Rocky Mountain Climate Change Organization. ” . . . the forests of the Rocky Mountains are facing a triple assault: tree-killing insects, wildfires, and heat and drought. If allowed to continue unchecked, these stresses and their impacts could fundamentally alter these forests as we know them.”…
Mountain Studies Institute, The Rio Grande Watershed Emergency Action Coordination Team (RWEACT-Win), San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership, Southwest Firewise, Southern Rockies Fire Science Network, and the Rio Grande and San Juan National Forests are offering communities affected by the West Fork Fire an opportunity to discuss the history of the fire, current conditions, and…
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…
Join the San Juan Headwaters at the upcoming events. March 21 – The Future of Spruce-Fir Forests? – 6:00 to 8:00, Vallecito Room, Fort Lewis College March 23 – Community and Forest Collaboration – 6:30 to 8:30, Student Union Ballroom, Fort Lewis College Check the Outreach and Education page for more events.
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 San Juan National Forest Public Affairs Specialist – Ann Bond FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 9, 2016 WINTER HILLS FIRE SOUTHEAST OF PAGOSA SPRINGS 75% CONTAINED PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. — Ground crews report 75% containment today of the Winter Hills Fire at 4.1 acres. The small wildfire was reported yesterday morning as the result…