If you were anywhere on the Northern Front Range last summer and fall you know the wildfire smoke was bad. Just how bad was it? And […]
Cutting Your Own Christmas Tree Can Help Prevent Wildfires
Cutting Christmas trees in a National Forest is a tradition for many but the practice actually helps thin the forest by removing excess fuel, therefore reducing […]
Megafire: The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
Update: This interview was originally broadcast on August 31, 2017. The book won the Colorado National Book Award in 2018 in the general non fiction category. […]
Inmates Fighting Wildfires – for $6 a Day
A group of about 25 prisoners in Colorado are fighting wildfires in the state as part of the State Wildland Inmate Fire Team (SWIFT), a 16-year-old […]
Dot Org: Gold Hill Gold Run
The historic mining town of Gold Hill is located about 10 miles northwest of Boulder. It will be celebrating it’s 157th year with the Gold Hill […]
Cold Springs Fire Burning North of Nederland
Update – Monday July 11, 1:00 pm: Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle, Marshal Carrill, and the incident commander for the Type 2 Incident Management Team held a […]
Cold Springs Fire prompts almost 2000 evacuations
A total of approximately 1,991 people have been evacuated as a result of the Cold Springs Fire which started north of Nederland on Saturday July 9th. […]