This NPR article features Fire Adapted Colorado’s Board Chair and Eagle County, Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Coordinator, Eric Lovgren, sharing about their RealFire Program
Wildfire risk not disclosed in most home sales
An Ambassador by Any Name Doth Broaden Wildfire Resilience: re-post from FAC Net Blog by FACO Director
This story highlights the efforts to leverage neighborhood volunteers to lead wildfire preparedness. Wildfire Mitigation Professionals and neighborhood leaders across Colorado and the country are building upon the model of Wildfire Adapted Partnership Neighborhood Ambassadors (southwest CO).
Community Adaptation, Landscape Resilience, and Safe & Effective Response for COVID-19
This story shares how adapting to COVID-19 resembles the strategy for adapting to wildfire.
Reflections on 2019 from Vail and Beyond
Vail Fire’s Paul Cada shares about his 2019 FAC experience and gives a salute to the year ahead. Paul is on the board of Fire Adapted Colorado.
Non-profit Funding Blues: Lessons Learned in Funding Wildfire Resilience in southwest Colorado: FAC Learning Network re-post
This is an excellent national FAC Learning Network blog post from Bill Trimarco, Fire Adapted Colorado member with Wildfire Adapted Partnership in Archuleta County, CO. Do you have the wildfire resilience funding […]
Fulfilling The Burning Need To Engage More People In Prescribed Fire
Wildfire Adapted Partnership’s, Alex Graf, shares his experience with cross-boundary education, implementing Prescribed Fire Tours in 2019 in partnership with the San Juan National Forest.
Boulder Wildfire Partners Conducted their 2,000th Wildfire Mitigation Assessment!
Fire Adapted Colorado wishes to congratulate Boulder Wildfire Partners on their 2,000th in-depth wildfire mitigation assessment with residents in their county. There may be others in the state who have done more […]
Fire Adapted Colorado’s Opportunity Fund:
Fire Adapted Colorado’s Opportunity Fund grants go along way to supporting community fire adaptation around the state. This post shares a little about recently funded projects.
A STATEWIDE COHESIVE STRATEGY CONVENING
This is the story of a Colorado Cohesive Strategy convening, and how it came together in three months.
FACO Members take WMA Honors
March 22, 2022 FACO Members take WMA Honors The 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Award (WMA) winners were announced this week and included two of our own: Fire Adapted Colorado members – Paul Cada […]
Agreement establishes shared vision for forestry efforts across Boulder County
For Immediate Release Aug. 13, 2020 Media ContactVivienne Jannatpour, Boulder CountyParks & Open Space, 303-678-6277 Reid Armstrong, USDA Forest Service, 970-222-7607 Federal, state, and local governments joined with non-profit entities in Boulder County today […]