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Nature Conservancy urges wider use of prescribed fire; highlights state claims fund and smoke monitoring pilot
Summary
The Nature Conservancy told the Colorado Forest Health Council legislative committee on Oct. 17 that expanding prescribed fire — combined with thinning, science‑driven planning and better smoke monitoring — can improve forest resilience, while the state’s recently passed prescribed‑fire claims fund still requires rulemaking before it can be used.
The Nature Conservancy told the Colorado Forest Health Council legislative committee on Oct. 17 that expanding prescribed fire, paired with strategic thinning, can reduce catastrophic fire behavior and improve forest resilience across the Front Range and other Colorado landscapes.
“ We are a nonprofit environmental organization,” Rob Addington said as he introduced TNC’s Colorado team and its work supporting forest and watershed resilience. Addington said TNC’s Colorado program, established in 1966, focuses on land protection, water conservation and forest management to reduce wildfire risk.
Parker Titus, TNC’s Colorado fire program manager, described the organization’s national and statewide prescribed-fire efforts and training networks, including TREX exchanges and fire-learning networks. “We have been engaging in fire management for over 60 years,” Titus said, adding that TNC both conducts burns on its lands and assists partners — notably the U.S. Forest Service — with…
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