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New Arapahoe-Roosevelt Forest Supervisor urges partnership on wildfire mitigation, cites recreation and budget limits
Summary
Chris Stubbs, forest supervisor for the Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forest and the Pawnee National Grassland, told Larimer County commissioners on Sept. 9 that the forests draw about 5 million annual visitors and that protecting communities will require more mechanical thinning and prescribed fire paired with stronger local partnerships.
Chris Stubbs, forest supervisor for the Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forest and the Pawnee National Grassland, told Larimer County commissioners on Sept. 9 that the national forests in the county draw heavy recreation use and that preventing catastrophic wildfires will require increased thinning and prescribed fire alongside local partnerships.
Stubbs said the Arapahoe-Roosevelt-Pawnee unit draws about 5 million recreation visits annually and generates roughly $180,000,000 in visitor spending that benefits Larimer County businesses. “Our national forests are America’s backyard,” he said. “We get 5,000,000 annual recreation visits.”
Why it matters: Stubbs framed forests as an economic as well as ecological asset and warned that a warming climate, denser fuels and expanding…
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