Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative

10/14/2026

Zach Miller makes a living doing hard things for a very long time. His philosophy is pretty simple: do the work before you need it.

He thinks about wildfire the same way.

“It's just a lot easier to do some work on the front end and be anticipating things, as opposed to waiting for problems and then reacting.”

Thinning crowded stands, clearing hazardous fuels, taking care of the place now so it is better prepared later. For Zach, it is not that different from training.

His full story is live. Watch at bit.ly/PWM_Zach on our YouTube page.

10/09/2026

Grab a friend and join us for films on tap! We’re excited to partner with Green Drinks NoCo for a night of environmental short films at Odell Brewing in Fort Collins.

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Tuesday, October 13
Odell Brewing Company, Fort Collins
6–8 p.m.

10/07/2026

Rafael Salgado stood on a ridge and watched his outdoor classroom burn. Then he went back to work.

Cal-Wood has been getting kids into the mountains since 1982. In 2020, fire burned roughly 600 acres of the property. What came next is the part people do not always see: clearing hazardous fuels, thinning where needed, helping the forest recover and preparing for the next fire instead of waiting for it.

“My legacy will be to leave Cal-Wood ready for the next 40, 50 years.”

Rafael's full story is live. Watch it at bit.ly/PWM_Rafael on our YouTube page.

10/07/2026

Wild spaces. Clean rivers. Family adventures. A thriving economy. A legacy for the next generation.
We all have different reasons for caring for Colorado’s forests. Watch Protect What Matters and tell us yours:
What matters to me is ______.
Learn more at www.protectwhatmatters.us

10/07/2026

10/01/2026

Wild spaces. Clean rivers. Family adventures. A thriving economy. A legacy for the next generation.
We all have different reasons for caring for Colorado’s forests. Watch Protect What Matters and tell us yours:
What matters to me is ______.
Learn more at www.protectwhatmatters.us

09/29/2026

This month, we led a hike with Bird Conservancy of the Rockies to explore how forest management can provide a variety of habitat for birds. And, the birds showed up for the occasion: we spotted a Nuthatch, Say’s phoebe, Lewis’s Woodpecker, American Kestrel, Downy Woodpecker, and Northern Flicker!

Birds need different kinds of spaces to nest, feed, and thrive. Thoughtful thinning can create a mix of older and younger trees, while standing dead trees provide nesting spots for woodpeckers and other birds. Both wildfire and planned fire can create openings and a variety of habitats across the forest.

Thanks to Bird Conservancy of the Rockies for helping us look up, listen closely, and see forest management from a bird’s-eye view! Learn what kind of birds you might find in a Ponderosa Forest:https://www.birdconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Forest_birds_1-pager_PDF-1.pdf

09/28/2026

Bill Van Horn has been on MacGregor Ranch longer than most of the trees around it. Over the years, he’s watched the landscape change and the forest around the ranch grow thicker.

“What matters to me is the natural environment that we have. And hopefully we turn it back better than we found it.”

Bill is one of the Coloradans featured in Protect What Matters, our new film about the places people depend on and the work it takes to care for them. It launches October 1.

What’s one place that feels like home to you?

09/04/2026

How do we make prescribed fire more feasible across private lands in Northern Colorado?

That was the question forest and fire managers set out to answer during a recent two-day workshop hosted by the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative and the Fire Learning Network in the Poudre River Watershed.

The group came away with a goal that may sound small: successfully broadcast burn 0.5 acres of private land by 2028 in Northern Colorado.

But the acreage isn't really the point. The goal is to learn what it takes to get there.

Big thank you to Larimer Conservation District for inspiring us to take the first steps.

Read more: https://nocofireshed.org/news/starting-small-learning-big-building-a-path-for-prescribed-fire-on-private-lands