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U.S.D.A. FOREST SERVICE
The
U.S. Forest Service, a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
oversees the management of approximately 10,000 acres or 26% of the
Winiger Ridge landscape. Overall forest
health, wildfire mitigation, recreation management, noxious weed monitoring
and control and wildlife habitat improvement are the key issues being
addressed on National Forest Lands within the project area. This
project received special stewardship contracting authorities and funding
in 1998 and is one of 28 reinvention pilot projects funded nationally.
The new Forest Service office is located at U.S. Highway 36 at Yarmouth just north of Boulder. Christine Walsh is the Boulder district ranger. Amy Krommes is the district's Winiger project leader.
Boulder
Ranger Station Virtual Visitor Center
U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Main 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.
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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. |
