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COLORADO STATE FOREST SERVICE
The
Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) provides technical forestry assistance
to private landowners and plays a key role in the interagency administration
of the Winiger Ridge project. As division of Colorado State University,
the State Forest Service is also providing forest management assistance
to Eldorado Canyon State Park and Denver Water (Gross Reservoir Property).
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Colorado State Forest Service Main Site
CSFS Boulder District Site
 Eldorado
Canyon State Park is currently conducting
wildfire mitigation and noxious weed control activities. The state
park just south of Boulder is a popular recreation and climbing area. |
 The
Colorado State Forest Service
provides technical assistance to private landowners throughout the
state. Craig Jones of the CSFS Boulder District serves as Interagency
Project Coordinator. |
 The
U.S. Forest Service manages approximately
10,000 acres of public land across the project area. Ecosystem health,
wildlife habitat improvement, wildfire mitigation and responsible
recreation use are of primary concern to this land management agency. |
 Boulder
County is a key partner is the ecosystem
management effort, with extensive and ongoing efforts on its Walker
Ranch and Reynolds Ranch open space properties. |
 The
City of Boulder provides significant
support to this overall effort. The newly formed Open Space and Mt.
Parks Department and the Wildland Fire Division are conducting thinning,
prescribed burns and noxious weed control activities on the nearly
4,400 acres of land within the project boundaries. |
 Denver
Water owns and manages nearly
1,200 acres of property, including Gross Reservoir and the surrounding
land. Primary areas of focus for Denver Water here is wildfire
mitigation and watershed health and improvement. |
| The Boulder County Ecosystem Cooperative (BCEC) -- the parent organization of the Winiger Ridge Project -- was established to identify and promote innovative ecosystem restoration management opportunities. A consortium of environmental groups, private and public land owners collaborated to form goals for the BCEC. | Fire
Protection Districts (FPD's)  There
are five Fire Protection Districts in the Winiger Ridge Project area.
These FPD's provide operational support and assist with education
activities involving wildfire mitigation. The Cherryvale FPD has been
involved with the project since the formation of the Boulder County
Ecosystem Cooperative and is actively involved in this partnership
effort. |
Private landowners are a key constituent to the project. In order to implement “stewardship across boundaries," landowners and homeowner associations are encouraged to work with public land management agencies to improve ecosystem health and reduce wildfire hazard. |