In partnership with the Boulder Watershed Collective, and Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), regional government agencies, and neighboring landowners, the project aims to manage 43 acres in Arapaho Forest, in the Colorado Rockies. The project will maintain an area that has a high potential for fire danger, in order to prevent a forest fire the area will thin out tree density. Thinning out tree density and overgrown underbrush will create a healthier and more diverse ecosystem. This work protects critical drinking water sources and is in an area particularly vulnerable to drought, wildfires, and land development.
MAJOR BASIN: Mississippi-Missouri
Minor Basin: St. Vrain River
Arapaho Ranch Forest Resilience
Old growth ponderosa pine in the Arapaho Ranch forest area
Project Partner(s): Boulder Watershed Collective