Tag: Fire Mitigation
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DougCo offering homeowners $25,000 fire mitigation grants
Douglas County’s Wildfire Mitigation Cost-Share program is returning this year to help residents reduce wildfire risk. The program provides grants to homeowners, homeowners associations and communities seeking to reduce hazardous conditions and reduce wildfire fuels. The county will provide a 50% financial match to homeowners, up to $25,000, for projects that focus on creating defensible…
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Lee fire becomes fourth largest in Colorado history despite continuing monsoonal weather
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lee fire became the fourth-largest wildfire in Colorado history as updated infrared estimates increased its acreage total Monday night. The Lee fire in Rio Blanco County ballooned from a 700-acre fire at the start of August to one that’s nearing 140,000 acres, according to…
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100-year underground coal fire mitigated at Marshall Mesa, trailhead construction to begin
State reclamation officials handed off the Marshall Mesa Trailhead project to the city of Boulder on Thursday morning, marking the next step in an effort to mitigate subsurface coal fires and rebuild the popular trailhead. Marshall Mesa Trailhead sits on the southern end of Boulder and connects trail users to a system of hiking, cycling…
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Xcel seeking $1.82 billion wildfire mitigation program expansion
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Xcel Energy is proposing a $1.85 billion program to continue and expand its wildfire mitigation program through 2027. It will ultimately cost the average residential customer about $8.88 per month by January 1, 2025. The bill increases will be incremental based on the progress Xcel…
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Colorado boosts funding to bolster fire investigation, identify cause of more fires across the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Investigators have never found the causes of some of the largest and most destructive fires in Colorado history, including the Black Forest fire, a trend state officials hope to change with more staff. Finding the cigarettes, shell casings or other telltale signs of a fire’s…
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LIFE | Goats help Colorado Springs property owners with fire mitigation
Goat Mowers LLC in El Paso County will bring goats to your property to do fire mitigation. Goats are an ideal fire mitigators because they can get in places that equipment can’t, and they don’t reseed in their manure, unlike other ruminant animals such as cows, which do drop their seed. (Video by Skyler Ballard/…
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Colorado wildfires blaze through $130 million while mitigation efforts lag
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s three largest wildfires this year have burned through about 300,000 acres and about $130 million. The Cameron Peak, Grizzly Creek and Pine Gulch fires also took a toll on tourism, transportation, and air quality — all carrying costs that are hard to quantify. Bill Mart…