Thank you for your interest in Building Boulder County's Fire Resilient Future co-hosted by the Left Hand Watershed Center and Community Foundation Boulder County. 

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Links to Film Screening and Panel Discussion

1.Introduction click here (3 minutes) Greg Aplet, Ph.D. Senior Science Advisor at the Wilderness Society has a primary role in the film and introduces themes relating directly to our wildfire and landscape-scale restoration work in Boulder County. 2.The West Is Burning - click here (56 minutes) This feature documentary examines the history of forest management and the urgent need to act now to protect forests, rivers, and communities in the face of catastrophic wildfire. 3.Building Boulder County's Fire Resilient Future - click here (just under two hours, packed with important content) Get the urgent inside story on building fire resiliency from our local experts.

Resources from the Panel Discussion

Lisa Moreno's presentation about the Community Foundation's 2020 Fires Relief Fund Email and website listing for our presenters for following up and additional questions From Scott Heffernan: Forest Restoration in Action (photos immediate below)

Giving and Engagement Opportunities

Giving Cal-Wood Education Center, see the bench project collaboration between Cal-Wood and Chautauqua. Left Hand Watershed Center Community Foundation Boulder County Your Fire Protection District, "Don't let anyone tell you can't make a tax-deductible donation to a fire-protection district - Lisa Moreno Engagement Left Hand Watershed Center gatherings Boulder Watershed Collective gatherings Northern Colorado Fireshed events Wildfire Partners - mitigation program to help home owners prepare for wildfire. 

Relevant Reading, Listening, Viewing

***Longmont Leader - TODAY - September 17th - Local Agencies Push For Fire-Resilient Future (article and photo to the left by Matt Maenpaa) Our Burning Planet: Why We Must Learn to Live With Fire, Yale Environment 360 Colorado Arrives at the Dawn of Megafires, Colorado Newswire “The Daily” podcast: The Heat Wave That Hit the Pacific Northwest Reveal News podcast: Fighting Fire with Fire The Hidden Toll of Wildfires, Scientific American Dispatches from a World Aflame, Nature

Local Maps

St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership map (with NEPA boundary)

Photos from our Cal-Wood Visit (thank you Sarah Wegert and Randy Snodgrass for your photos)

Thank You

Thank you to our Planning Committee for this event:  Steve Emmett-Mattox Lisa Moreno, CFBC Jessie Olson, Left Hand Watershed Center Randy Snodgrass Mark Stevens Sarah Wegert, Left Hand Watershed Center with a special thanks to Paul Orbuch for guidance and to our expert participants from all components of the event. If you are interested in learning more about the Community Foundation, our EAG Steering Committee or gatherings, please email Peggy.

Don't forget to let us know what you learned and what you think!

Brief Post-Event Survey