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Building a One-Woman (or Man) Defensible Space by Carol Rawle See how one woman with a vision and a whole lot of hard work turned her property into a parkland, and created defensible space. Read Article |
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New Cost Share Opportunity The Santa Fe Trail Ranch Firewise Action Group has secured $25,000 funding from the 2007 round of Wildland Urban Interface grants. The monies are for completion of zone #1 defensible space projects around existing or soon to be built structures, and expansion of existing defensible space projects into zone # 2 & # 3. Read More and Apply Now |
| Name Change and Expanded Mission
The SFTR Forest Health and Fire Mitigation Committee is now known as the Santa Fe Trail Ranch Firewise Action Group, and has received 501 c 3 charitable non-profit status. While continuing education and seeking out cost share funding for the SFTR community, the SFTRFWAG will be expanding its mission throughout Las Animas and Huerfano counties. |
| Vermejo Shaded Fuel Break
Over the summer, Vermejo has extended the shaded fuel break along their border with SFTR The Hydro Axes have now moved to contiue work along their northern border with SFTR. Vermejo is committed to ongoing Forest Management practices that result in benefits for not only SFTR, but Trinidad at large. |
We Need Your Hours!!Have you been doing a lot of mitigation work this year? If so, you have already accumulated many "In-Kind" hours that can be donated to the FWAG. The FWAG can submit those hours toward matching funds Federal grants. That means money coming to YOUR community for MORE forest health projects. You can also record volunteer time on group projects. Download a log sheet and Learn More Here |
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CWPP Update
The SFTR CWPP is available for download here. |
A Great Day for Me and Santa Fe Trail Ranchby Ed Hocket“WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!”, I exclaimed as I pulled my car on to Alpine Meadows. I was headed for a rendezvous with the other property owners who would be doing the first-ever Firewise tour of Ranch properties. The rising sun was peeking over Raton Mesa enough to illuminate the trees on the crests of the surrounding hills...... |
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Wildland Fire PreparednessAs a property owner, the responsibility for wildland fire preparation is yours and yours alone. It is not the federal government’s responsibility (FEMA or the United States Forest Service). It is not the state or local governments’ responsibility. Learn how you can be prepared. Read More |
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| A Tour of Bosque del Oso --NOW with PHOTOS
Joyce and Walt Wolf recount the tour led by Colorado Division of Wildlife District Manager Bob Holder Read More |
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| Vermejo Tour
SFTR property owners toured Vermejo's Shaded Fuel Break Project. The tour was led by Vermejo's head forester, Scott Chase, and CK Morey, who was instramental in obtaining grant money to help with the project. Ranch residents got to see first hand how the forest density is being thinned to promote a healthy forest and to help contain the spread of potential fires. |
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We hope to inspire and promote your stewardship for this beautiful country we love, live in and must protect. We encourage you to take advantage of the many resources offered here. This Web site will:
·INFORM property owners of forest management activities and events in and around Las Animas and Huerfano Counties. These events will include seminars, meetings and field trips offered by not only the FWAG but by the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) and the Culebra Range Community Coalition (CRCC) and others. ·EDUCATE you in the exciting new ideas and methods in Forest Restoration. We will keep you abreast of progress in the bigger picture and provide many resources for learning what to do to keep your property and home safe from wildfire and how to do it. |
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