Rebecca Samulski, Executive Director: I created this collage and story to inspire support for Fire Adapted Colorado through my Colorado Gives Day fundraiser page. Fire Adapted Colorado is [...]
Early October, in beautiful Snowmass, participants and enthusiasts of Colorado’s Wildfire Resilience Network, gathered to garner strategies that can make our state more resilient to [...]
This Wildfire Awareness Month, we are encouraged by our on-the-ground Wildfire Community Preparedness Day projects, through a $10,000 award from the National Fire Protection Association® [...]
Byline: Poudre Canyon FPD contributor, Maya Daurio As wildfires increase in size, severity, and frequency, more and more communities across Colorado will experience wildfire, smoke from [...]
Ellis Thompson Grand Junction Fire & Two Rivers Wildfire Coalition This Annual Report highlights 2023 as a year of growth and service by Fire Adapted Colorado. In this report: Learn how [...]
Byline: FACO Training & Network Specialist Lara Thomas I found myself amid the bustling Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference poster session amongst a myriad of engaging presentations on [...]
It’s an understatement to simply say that social dynamics are a critical part of fire management, and one aspect critical to improving outcomes is understanding how internal organizational [...]
“Community resilience is the sustainability of a community to use available resources to respond to, withstand and recover from adverse situations.” (Wikipedia) “To withstand” [...]
Exemplary Commitment to Community Wildfire Risk Reduction Eagle County, Colorado The IAFC Wildfire Mitigation Awards committee has named one individual and one organization to receive it’s [...]
Fire Adapted Colorado and our membership of wildfire resilience leaders in Colorado are growing in tandem. In the past several years, wildfire collaborative groups have coalesced around the [...]
BY REBECCAFIREADAPTEDCOORG ON DECEMBER 14, 2022 It’s been nearly a year since the Marshall fire caused unprecedented wildfire destruction in Boulder County. Only two years ago the East [...]
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.
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.
FACO’s Opportunity Fund supported six FACO member projects including three community events, one countywide planning project, branding materials for a collaborative effort, and a regional [...]
