Event Description

Join us on July 9th as we gather with the Boulder Office of Emergency Management, City of Boulder Fire Rescue Risk Reduction Program, and United Policy Holders to 1) discuss specific ways your own neighborhood can be more wildfire prepared, including building emergency preparedness, community connections, and addressing insurance needs, and 2) walk through a City of Boulder neighborhood together to identify strengths and opportunities of homes for fire resistance based on the City's curbside assessment tool. This will be an opportunity to have casual conversations with other residents, homeowners, and wildfire and emergency professionals. Bring your walking shoes, water, and questions for this 2 hour event!

Join us! RSVP to cat@boulderwatershedcollective.org or via Eventbrite.

This is the third event of a part three of a three part learning series. After the recent Marshall Fire, The Boulder Watershed Collective in partnership with The Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative and The Center for Sustainable Landscapes and Communities wants to be responsive to the voices and concerns we have heard from local communities. In this learning series, we hope to shine a light on potential impacts and adaptations moving forward from this devastating fire. Connect via email to learn about what you can do to adapt to living in fire prone grassland and forested ecosystems.

If your HOA is interested in having this tour in your area, please reach out to: cat@boulderwatershedcollective.org.

Event Description

Many urban residents are wondering “what can I do to better protect my home from wildfire, and what are city and county officials considering in terms of wildfire survivability of our built environment?" In this discussion, local and national wildfire professionals like Wildfire Partners, Community Wildfire Planning Center, and researchers out of UC Davis and Oregon State touched on the factors that best protect structures in wildland urban environments, and innovative engineering and building materials we can all consider.

Webinar Recording

Additional Webinar Resources:

• Wildfire Partners

• Dr. Fischer's Website

• Dr. Barbato's Website

• Community Wildfire Planning Center

• Wildfire Resistant Structures Conference in 2023

• Planning the Wildland Urban Interface paper

• Land Use Planning Approaches in the Wildland-Urban Interface report

• National Fire Protection Association website - explore best mitigation strategies for your home and neighborhood layout

For questions or comments, email Erin Fried: erin@boulderwatershedcollective.org

This webinar is part two of a three part learning series. After the recent Marshall Fire, The Boulder Watershed Collective in partnership with The Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative and The Center for Sustainable Landscapes and Communities wants to be responsive to the voices and concerns we have heard from local communities. In this learning series, we hope to shine a light on potential impacts and adaptations moving forward from this devastating fire. Sign up for the last of these three events to learn about what you can do to adapt to living in fire prone grassland and forested ecosystems.

Event Description

During this event, local Boulder scientists from the University of Colorado and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discussed initials findings to understand both short and long term contaminants to water, and indoor and ambient air quality from the affected Marshall Fire area and beyond. We want to thank all of our guest speakers and attendees for their participation in this event, and for sharing their thoughtful questions, comments, and suggestions. We learned a lot from the insightful questions our community member’s posed and we are grateful for all the engagement. 

Webinar Video

Other Resources from this Webinar:

• How to make your own DIY Air Purifier 

• The City of Louisville’s soil testing results

• Dr. Fierer & Dr. Hinckley’s Marshall Fire soil study

• Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus

• The Town of Superior Public Works and Utilities’ drinking water quality monitoring 

• Purple Air - Real-time Air Quality Sensors

• CIRES ‘How to Mitigate Post-Fire Smoke Impacts in Your Home’ fact sheet

This webinar is part one of a three part learning series. After the recent Marshall Fire, The Boulder Watershed Collective in partnership with The Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative and The Center for Sustainable Landscapes and Communities wants to be responsive to the voices and concerns we have heard from local communities. In this learning series, we hope to shine a light on potential impacts and adaptations moving forward from this devastating fire. Sign up for one or all three of these events to learn about what you can do to adapt to living in fire prone grassland and forested ecosystems.

For questions or comments, email Erin Fried: erin@boulderwatershedcollective.org

About the Speakers:

Dr. Julie Korak (Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering, CU Boulder) studies drinking water treatment processes from the watershed to the kitchen tap with a specific focus on natural organic matter and inorganic contaminants.

Dr. Cresten Mansfeldt (Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering, CU Boulder) studies the interaction between humans and microbial processes on multiple scales (industrial, municipal, riverine).

Dr. Joost de Gouw (Professor of Chemistry, CU Boulder) and his group uses state-of-the-art instruments to measure Volatile Organic Compounds in the atmosphere, aiming at quantitatively understanding the emissions, chemical transformations and ultimate fate of VOCs, as well as how these processes contribute to the formation of ozone and aerosols in the atmosphere.

Dr. Steven Brown (Research Chemist, Chemical Science Laboratory, NOAA). His major research theme has been the chemistry and impacts of nitrogen oxides in the Earth's atmosphere. His other main research interest has been the development of high sensitivity optical instrumentation for laboratory and field studies of atmospheric trace gases and aerosols.

Event Description

We want to extend our gratitude and appreciation to all our panelists at this webinar: Christina Conquering Bear, Clint Carroll, Deniss Martinez, Shannon Francis, and Renee Millard-Chacon. We cannot thank them enough for sharing pivotal information about local and regional views on climate change and colonialisms, environmental, social and restorative justice, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and cultural fire, tribal governance and material, spiritual, and political ties with the lands.

The panel was hosted in partnership with the University of Colorado Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies, Boulder Climbing Community and Spirit of the Sun.

Video from this event

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