SPAWP Collaborative Efforts Address Wildfire Risk
FACO network members, the Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection (SPAWP) hosted a Summer Community Education and Training Program, including a community-wide meeting on August 27th, at [...]
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 [...]
Full Circle: From Nine Year Old Tree Hugger to Creating Opportunities to Coexist with Wildfires
A full circle autobiographical story by Fire Adapted Colorado's Executive Director encourages support for FACO's Opportunity Fund.
By TJ Zark
In Fire Adapted Communities, Forest Health, Members, Prescribed Fire, Success Stories, Uncategorized
Posted 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.
Routt County: Organizing Colorado’s Newest Effort at Community Fire Adaptation
View from the Colorado Multi-Mission Aircraft of the Silver Creek Fire plume, Sept. 2018 In 2018, the Silver Creek Fire, northwest of Kremmling had ignited and been burning within [...]
A STATEWIDE COHESIVE STRATEGY CONVENING
This is the story of a Colorado Cohesive Strategy convening, and how it came together in three months.
Professionals Launch and Grow Their Neighborhood Volunteer Approaches
Last week, twenty-three participants attended the first ever Fire Adapted Communities Ambassador Approach workshop in Durango. This workshop was co-hosted by Fire Adapted Colorado and Widlfire [...]
Holiday Spirit and Wildfire Risk Reduction Go Saw-in-Hand
2018/12/Christmas- This tag adorned a pinyon pine tree donated through the West Region Wildfire Council Christmas Tree program. Photo courtesy of WRWC As wildfire preparedness professionals we [...]
Opportunity Fund Supports FACO Members
Fire Adapted Colorado has a wide range of members, from organizations dedicated entirely to helping their ‘whole community‘ prepare for wildfire to agencies and businesses for which [...]
Member Spotlight – Todd Holzwarth
Colorado Loses a Dear Friend
Fire and Water – Colorado State Forest Service Releases the 2016 Forest Health Report
The 16th annual report on the health of Colorado’s forests, prepared for the Colorado General Assembly, citizens and others, provides credible, scientifically based information to encourage [...]
