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Douglas County promotes wildfire preparedness, introduces biochar facility proposal

December 22, 2025 | Douglas County, Colorado


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Douglas County promotes wildfire preparedness, introduces biochar facility proposal
County speakers described wildfire risk and environmental steps intended to reduce that threat, including remote detection systems, prescribed burns and a proposed biochar facility to process woody waste into soil amendment.

Speaker 3 referenced the Louviers evacuation and said a recent fire highlighted the need for year-round emergency access. Speaker 2 described Veil systems that "scan the horizon every few seconds" to detect early smoke. Speaker 4 said the county has long identified wildfire as "the number 1 potential threat" and emphasized prescribed burns and expert collaboration.

Speaker 4 introduced a proposed biochar facility, saying residents could convert woody biomass into "productive carbon" and calling biochar "essentially a fertilizer." Speaker 4 added that for high-water-use sites such as golf courses, biochar use "can end up with a 30% reduction in that water use." The transcript records the 30% figure as a speaker claim; no supporting study or source was provided in the recorded remarks.

Next steps: speakers framed the proposal as a county-level service for residents to mitigate fuel loads; the event did not record a vote or specific timeline for building the facility.

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