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Preventing
Wildfires and Damage from Wildfires
 Colorado
State Forest Service
The
CSFS website has many good resources for protecting your home
and for recovery and rehabilitation of land damaged by wildfires.
See
their page on Protecting
Your Home and Online
Fact Sheets for more articles on fire prevention, rehab and
recovery.
Especially good from the CSFS is Creating
Wildfire Defensible Zones.
Also see Slash Treatment Options
and a list of local Slash Disposal
Sites (PDF).
The CSFS also provides this
Contractor's List (PDF Format, 24K) of local companies that
provide defensible space and slash removal services. The list
is updated on a regular basis.
Firewise Southwest Colorado
Firewise
Southwest Colorado is a grassroots group made up of homeowners,
planners, fire fighters, public lands managers, businesses, non
profits, utility companies and homeowner associations. Firewise
Southwest Colorado is making our communities safer through education,
projects and advocacy.
Brochures from Firewise Southwest Colorado
These brochures have been prepared by Firewise in Southwest Colorado and cover a variety of topics that will be of interest to homeowners in the wildland-urban interface, looking to improve their property through the use of fire mitigation techniques.
County
Fire Plans for the 5 counties of Region 9
These
detailed reports have been created through the Office of Community
Services at Fort Lewis College.
CSU
Cooperative Extension
Creating
Wildfire-Defensible Zones, forest Home Safety, Vegetative Recovery
after Wildfire, Soil Erosion Control after Wildfire
Firewise
Website
Defensible
space info from Firewise:
Step 1: Choose a firewise location
Step 2: Design and build firewise structures
Step 3: Stay on guard with firewise
landscaping and maintenance
National Fire Plan Success Stories
These regional reports detail fuels reduction and prevention projects. This page is maintained by the San Juan Public Lands Center
BLM Snapshots
BLM snapshots details successful BLM projects in support of the National fire Plan. The stories are national, but include some regional projects.
National
Fire Plan Page
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