Forestry Demo Site for Decision Making in Drake, CO
Activity
Forest Management
Primary Organization
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition
Funders
Big Thompson Watershed Coalition, Coalitions & Collaboratives, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Northern Water, Peaks to People Water Fund, Private Landowners
Other Organizations
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, United States Forest Service, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
Project Primary Contact
Will Davis (will.davis@bigthompson.co)
Project Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2021 - 2022
Estimated Total Cost
$108,426.00
Secured Funding
$68,622.00
Unfunded Need
$0.00
Targeted Funding
$39,804.00
Forest Management
This project will initiate Cedar Park landowner participation in community-wide forest health and wildfire response planning while implementing voluntary demonstration sites that landowners can visit to inform decision making of appropriate forest management practices for their own properties.
1) Organize partners and community leaders to develop a CWPP foundation that identifies fuel mitigation needs, community capacity, and emergency preparedness.
2) Work with 7 landowners in the Cedar Park area near Drake Colorado to complete forest mgmt. demonstration sites to help inform landowner decision-making and increase landowner skill sets in fuel management.
1) Organize partners and community leaders to develop a CWPP foundation that identifies fuel mitigation needs, community capacity, and emergency preparedness.
2) Work with 7 landowners in the Cedar Park area near Drake Colorado to complete forest mgmt. demonstration sites to help inform landowner decision-making and increase landowner skill sets in fuel management.
Targeted Performance Measure
- Fuels Reduction/Forest Restoration: 20.00 acres
- Homes within influence zone of treatments (homes): 8
- Conditional Reduction in Home Loss Value: $0.00
- Conditional reduction in home loss (homes): 8
Project Themes
- Wildfire
- Community Protection and Fire Response
- Forest Health and Resilience
Project Area
Credit: Big Thompson Watershed Coalition
Location
Budget
$49,972.00 Secured Funding: COCO AIM (COCO)
$3,650.00 Secured Funding: Colorado Water Conservation B... (CWCB)
$5,000.00 Secured Funding: Northern Water (Northern Water)
$10,000.00 Secured Funding: Peaks to People Wa... (Peaks to People)
$18,100.00 Targeted Funding: Big Thompson Watershed Coalit... (BTWC)
$21,704.00 Targeted Funding: Private Landown... (Private Landowners)
Photos
Before
Site Visits
Credit: Big Thompson Watershed Coalition
Community Planning
Credit: Big Thompson Watershed Coalition
Accomplishments are modeled through Peaks to People’s Watershed Investment Tool and Co-benefits Module. Conditional metrics do not account for the probability of fire. Expected metrics account for the probability the treated area is burned by wildfire. For more information, please visit https://peakstopeople.org/our-solutions/
Project last updated 1/18/2022