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POINTS OF INTEREST
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Fire Resiliency
Here is a picture from the U.S. Forest Service showing how proper mitigation helps foster resilient landscapes. Resiliency plays a big role in surviving and recovering from wildfires. |
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Fireforest: When Forest Fire Met Forest Restoration
In August of 2020, the Cameron Peak Fire was racing uncontrollably towards communities in northern Colorado. As it reached the footprint of a past U.S. Forest Service prescribed burn and the Drala Mountain Center (formerly Shambhala Mountain Center), a near-miracle occurred. The prescribed burn, combined with forest restoration treatments at Drala, gave firefighters a foothold to halt a portion of the fire and avert disaster for the communities downslope. This film tells the story of what happened there through the accounts of a U.S. Forest Service fire specialist, a Larimer Conservation District forester, and the Drala land manager. Together, they urge us to see fire and forest management as natural and essential parts of the landscape. By shifting the way we perceive fire and actively preparing forests to receive it, we can create hope for living with wildfires. |
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Some survivors of the 2018 Camp Fire moved across the U.S. to start over.
