“We are preparing the landscape to receive fire”
Event Description
With over 30 people in attendance, the Gold Hill Fire Department and The Boulder Watershed Collective were thrilled to host this event to introduce Gold Hill residents to the Natural Resources Conservation Services (USDA) and Conservation District foresters working on the wildfire mitigation project. This project will occur on the north and west sides of Gold Hill in summer 2021. At this indoor event, the foresters discussed local forest ecology and linked this with how they are developing their forest restoration plans. Community members then posed questions and comments for the foresters. This event is part of the larger ‘Gold Hill Collaboration on Wildfire & Forest Health’ initiated by the Boulder Watershed Collective.
This was a community focused opportunity to hear more about the technical components that inform which trees are cut where and how/why those choices are made. The Four Mile Mitigation Crew will begin the forest work in July 2021 at the Truth Consciousness Ashram property. The total acreage for the project will be just over 100 acres.
Watch the video from this event
