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BOULDER COUNTY
Boulder
County has provided significant technical and administrative support to
this partnership effort. With Walker Ranch and the Reynolds Ranch/Roger’s
properties in the project area, county resource managers are implementing
numerous projects including thinning, prescribed burns and noxious weed
control. These practices were particularly instrumental in helping firefighters
control the 1,000-acre Eldorado/Walker Ranch fire in September 2000. The
Parks and Open Space Department will continue to implement fire rehabilitation
activities this winter to prevent erosion and water quality problems in
the South Boulder Creek watershed.
The principal contact in the Winiger Ridge Project area for Boulder County is Randy Coombs. Randy is a senior resource specialist and forester with the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department. Randy has represented Boulder County’s interest in the Winiger Ridge Project since its inception. He is responsible for overseeing the management activities on the Walker Ranch and Reynolds Ranch properties. Randy has been instrumental in the accomplishment of forest management and prescribed fire projects and works closely with the other partners of the Boulder County Ecosystem Cooperative. He can be reached at 303-441-3964.
Links
 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.
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 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.
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 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. |
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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. |
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. |
