Event Description
Thank you for those who joined us for a walk with Ben Pfohl, a forester with the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS). Ben led the group through the wildfire mitigation project site north of Gold Hill. Hikers walked through these dense Lodgepole Pine forests, and learned how to view these landscapes from a forester’s perspective aiming to restore and reduce intense wildfire potential in this ecosystem. This included learning about 1) scale, 2) diversity impacting structure-function components of forested ecosystems, and 3) the changing dynamics of forests. This hike was also an opportunity to ask Ben Pfohl questions about the project process, plan, impacts to residents, and their forest restoration long term visions.