Purpose: Forest Health Watershed Protection Wildlife Habitat Improved Home Protection from Wildfire Reasons: Given that: the area of the Forsythe II project is all above 7600′, in the northern half of Colorado, and falls into the upper montane zone, with a historical fire rotation of 100+ years, fire exclusion has probably had little effect on Read More
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Forsythe II Proposal – Does It Pass Muster?
Fire in the WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) is a threat. The question is how to best address it and minimize the risk. I think most of us want it all: a safe place to live, a vibrant ecosystem with varied wildlife, and a place to find joy. The question is whether that is possible. It Read More
The Problem – (Original)
Mitigation or Misguided? (Updated) The US Forest Service has issued a new proposal in Boulder County for “forest restoration” and watershed protection (Forsythe II Project). They are cutting patches of forest using both clearcuts and aggressive thinning. Will these cuts actually help, or is this activity misguided? The USFS would have us believe that they Read More
Our Mission
Magnolia Forest Group, NFP is a citizen group working towards sensible forest management in the Arapaho/Roosevelt National Forests, utilizing the best, current scientific information and educating the public. Read More
FEATURED: Don’t Get Burned by the Forest Service
(Excerpt) by Derek Lee Laws that protect public lands from destructive activities have reduced most commercial logging in our national forests, but the Forest Service has a loophole to log our trees: fire. Worse, they do it on our dime. Congress always lets the Forest Service take money from the General Treasury to pay for Read More