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Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative

Partnering to make forests more resilient, communities safer & keep our our water supplies reliable.

We are partnering to make our forests more resilient, our communities safer, and keep our water supplies reliable. We are working across land ownerships to increase the scale and pace of forest restoration by bringing fire back into our watershed management toolbox.

05/19/2026

Fire has always belonged here. 🔥🌲

Join us on May 27 at the historic Rialto Theater in Loveland for a special screening of Fire Lives Here — a powerful exploration of fire’s essential role in shaping and restoring Colorado’s forests, protecting watersheds, and building wildfire resilience across our communities.

This film brings together the people, stories, and science behind living with fire in the West — and the collaborative work happening right here in Northern Colorado.

We’re proud to partner with the National Forest Foundation, Big Thompson Watershed Coalition, and Peaks to People Water Fund for this important community conversation.

📍 Rialto Theater | Loveland, CO
🗓 May 27
⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM

Grab you tickets today: https://bigthompson.co/event/fire-lives-here-film-screening/

U.S. Forest Service-Arapaho & Roosevelt Natl Forests Pawnee Natl Grassland

05/15/2026

At NoCo Fireshed’s first Cultural Burning Workshop with Trees, Water & People, participants were reminded that fire is not simply a management tool — it is a living cultural practice rooted in generations of Indigenous stewardship, healing, and ecological balance.

A powerful takeaway from the workshop was the need to shift from leading to listening. Building healthier, more resilient landscapes requires more than technical solutions — it requires humility, relationship-building, and a willingness to follow Indigenous leadership from the very beginning.

This workshop marks an important first step in developing a longer-term program grounded in collaboration, shared learning, and the recognition that Indigenous perspectives are essential to the future of wildfire resilience.

Read the blog: https://nocofireshed.org/noco-fireshed-launches-first-cultural-burning-workshop-with-indigenous-partners/

Photos: TWP

05/12/2026

What if the best way to save taxpayer dollars wasn’t fighting bigger wildfires — but preventing them in the first place?

New research shows that every $1 invested in fuel reduction and prescribed fire can prevent nearly $4 in wildfire-related damages, from smoke impacts to property loss. Controlled burns reduced burned area by 36% across studied fires in the West — proving proactive forest management works.

At NoCo Fireshed, we know prescribed fire is more than a tool — it’s an investment in healthier forests, safer communities, cleaner air, and long-term resilience. The choice isn’t between fire or no fire. It’s between planned fire now or more severe fires later.

Learn more: https://grist.org/solutions/how-controlled-burns-can-help-save-taxpayers-billions/

05/05/2026

THIS SATURDAY. May is Wildfire Awareness Month and what a better way to learn about the fire forecast than with experts in the field. Join the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative and the Estes Valley Watershed Coalition for EVWC’s annual symposium. This year’s event will focus on Fire: Past, Present, and Future with presentations from NoCo Fireshed Partners including Colorado Forest Restoration Institutute, Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Research, Rocky Mountain National Park, and more. RSVP here: https://www.evwatershed.org/events/ev-watershed-presents-living-with-fire-the-past-present-and-future-of-fire-in-colorado

Rocky Mountain National Park Estes Valley Fire Protection District Estes Valley Watershed Coalition Colorado Forest Restoration Institute

04/30/2026

Two of Colorado's former governors submitted a timely perspective on forest thinning and wildfire management in Colorado, underscoring the balance between reducing wildfire risk and protecting forest ecosystems. At its core, the Fireshed mission supports proactive forest management, recognizing that thoughtful action today leads to stronger, healthier forests over time.

04/29/2026

Have you applied yet? Join the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative and the U.S. Forest Service-Arapaho & Roosevelt Natl Forests Pawnee Natl Grassland for our innagural artist in residence program. Four lucky artists will receive a $1,000 stipend and a residency in a secluded forest cabin, offering time and space to be inspired by the powerful role fire plays in shaping our landscape. Know someone who may be a good fit? Apply now: https://nocofireshed.org/noco-fireshed-artist-in-residence-program/

04/28/2026

Fireshed partners are working to create conditions where our forests can recieve fire by using tools like selective thinning and prescribed fire. These proactive efforts help our forests better withstand and even benefit from wildfire.

In ponderosa pine ecosystems, creating these conditions is already making a difference—reducing fire severity and supporting more resilient landscapes for the future. Read more at the link in bio.

04/23/2026

Join the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative and the Estes Valley Watershed Coalition for EVWC’s annual symposium. This year’s event will focus on Fire: Past, Present, and Future with presentations from NoCo Fireshed Partners including Colorado Forest Restoration Institutute, Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Research, Rocky Mountain National Park, and more. RSVP: https://www.estesparknews.com/events/article_03ed9517-7c17-45ba-b997-97808555b0b3.html

04/07/2026

Calling all artists! 🎨

Are you inspired by landscape, ecology, and the stories our forests hold? The Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative in partnership with U.S. Forest Service-Arapaho & Roosevelt Natl Forests Pawnee Natl Grassland is launching its inaugural Artist-in-Residence program—and you’re invited to be part of it.

Spend a week immersed in the Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests, exploring wildfire, resilience, and our relationship with the land. This is a chance to step into a dynamic, fire-adapted landscape and create work that connects people to place in powerful, unexpected ways.

Selected artists will receive a stipend and the opportunity to develop new, place-based work rooted in Northern Colorado.

Apply now: https://nocofireshed.org/northern-colorado-fireshed-collaborative-opens-inaugural-artist-in-residence-program/

04/03/2026

For generations, Indigenous peoples have stewarded these landscapes with intention, knowledge, and fire—managing forests for time immemorial.

The NoCo Fireshed is working to honor and learn from that legacy by taking meaningful steps to bring cultural burning back to our landscape.

We were grateful to partner with Trees, Water & People and The Colorado Nature Conservancy to host a two-day cultural burning workshop, bringing together partners from across the Fireshed. Through a small, discussion-based session and a field visit to Boulder County’s Reynolds Ranch, participants engaged in thoughtful conversations and shared knowledge rooted in both science and tradition.

A huge thank you to all who joined us, and especially to Trees, Water & People, The Nature Conservancy, and Boulder County Parks and Open Space.

This is just one step forward—toward restoring balance, building relationships, and reintroducing fire in a way that respects both people and place.

U.S. Forest Service-Arapaho & Roosevelt Natl Forests Pawnee Natl Grassland

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