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 for the Plumtaw Fire in 2022. Read the article here.
From Mary Jo Coulehan, Sun Columnist Membership We also welcome the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership. The members of this group are individuals and groups representing business interests, conservation organizations, local, state and federal government agencies, recreational interests, ranchers, property owners associations, scientists and interested citizens. The group is interested in sharing and strengthening…
Written by: Bill Trimarco, Archuleta County Coordinator, FireWise of Southwest Colorado Published in the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network Two years later (After the West Fork Fire), the social, economic and environmental impacts of that fire are still a concern to stakeholders who are working to improve watershed, forest and community health in the region. This…
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…
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 Dana Hayward, Staff Writer for the Pagosa Sun The San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership (SJHFHP) group met last Friday, Jan. 17, to discuss projects in 2014 and budget matters. Group members dedicated a great deal of time to an ongoing watershed assessment project funded mainly by the Southwest Water Conservation District (SWCD). Due to setbacks associated…
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…