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PRIVATE LANDOWNERS
More
than 11,000 acres, or roughly 29 percent of the Winiger Ridge Project
area, is held by private landowners. Ownership includes mountain subdivisions
of various lot sizes, small ranchettes of 60 acres or less and patented
mining claims for a total human population of about 2,500 people.
With so much of the land held in private ownership, a landscape-based project simply cannot be successful without the continued and expanded cooperation of these private citizens. Already, there has been significant work done on private lands with the assistance of land-management agencies, including:
- CSFS has provided technical assistance to 38 landowners, completed five stewardship plans and completed thinning and wildfire mitigation on 27 acres of private lands.
- Cherryvale Fire District has conducted defensible space work on around 37 homes.
We hope this web site will help serve private landowners interested in the ecosystem restoration process. In addition, we would appreciate hearing about activities aiding indigenous (native) species or wildfire hazard reduction efforts. Please use the links below and visit us often for updates on our progress and upcoming events.
 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. |
