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Carbon Sequestration News Items
Study concludes that nature benefits when more women make land management decisions - Mongabay.com4/8/2019 3:00:00 AM
Study concludes that nature benefits when more women make land management decisions Mongabay.com A study led by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) and published in the journal Nature Climate Change last month explored whether ...
Colorado Explores Compost to Cut GHGs, Jump-start Agriculture - waste3603/7/2019 3:00:00 AM
Colorado Explores Compost to Cut GHGs, Jump-start Agriculture waste360 Several years ago, researchers in Marin County, Calif., found that compost applied to soil can sequester carbon from the atmosphere, reducing greenhouse gas ...
Colorado Springs Finishes Tree Canopy Assessment - KRCC2/7/2019 3:00:00 AM
Colorado Springs Finishes Tree Canopy Assessment KRCC Colorado Springs has completed its first ever Tree Canopy Assessment. The city used aerial imagery to map its trees and found that the canopy covers.
Sustainable Cattle Ranching in Colorado | Colorado Ranches - Kiowa County Press1/15/2019 3:00:00 AM
Sustainable Cattle Ranching in Colorado | Colorado Ranches Kiowa County Press What does sustainability really mean in cattle ranching? We discuss sustainable cattle ranching and ranches in Colorado that follow these practices.
When a huge utility company pledges to go carbon free - High Country News12/19/2018 3:00:00 AM
When a huge utility company pledges to go carbon free High Country News In early December, Xcel Energy, a sprawling utility that provides electricity to customers in eight states, including Colorado and New Mexico, announced that it ...
Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest utility, committed to going 100 percent carbon-free by 2050 - Summit Daily News12/6/2018 3:00:00 AM
Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest utility, committed to going 100 percent carbon-free by 2050 Summit Daily News As the world turns its back on promises to curb carbon emissions, one of America's largest utility companies has stepped up and promised to eventually ...
Xcel Energy Vows 100 Percent Carbon Reduction By 2050 - Colorado Public Radio12/4/2018 3:00:00 AM
Xcel Energy Vows 100 Percent Carbon Reduction By 2050 Colorado Public Radio Colorado's largest utility announced ambitious new carbon reduction goals beyond their current target of 60 percent reduction in the state by 2026. Across the ...
Xcel Energy becomes first major U.S. utility to promise to eliminate carbon emissions in Denver announcement - Denver Business Journal12/4/2018 3:00:00 AM
Xcel Energy becomes first major U.S. utility to promise to eliminate carbon emissions in Denver announcement Denver Business Journal Xcel is Colorado's biggest power utility, serving 1.5 million electrical customers.
Colorado company finds "cool" way to boost soil health, yields | 2018-09-04 - Agri-Pulse9/12/2018 3:00:00 AM
Colorado company finds "cool" way to boost soil health, yields | 2018-09-04 Agri-Pulse Soil health is hot. Farmers have always looked for ways to save money on inputs while increasing their crop yields, but research in recent years has increasingly ...
Nonprofit Wants To Help Colorado Farmers Reduce Amount Of Carbon They Create - CBS Denver8/30/2018 3:00:00 AM
Nonprofit Wants To Help Colorado Farmers Reduce Amount Of Carbon They Create CBS Denver By Shawn Chitnis. BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Farmers say raising animals the way nature intended leads to healthier plants, better tasting food and it ...
Two huge wins for Colorado’s conservation future - The Denver Post5/21/2018 3:00:00 AM
Two huge wins for Colorado’s conservation future The Denver Post Colorado's iconic mountain ranges, farms and ranchlands, parks, rivers and open spaces are an undeniable part of our shared identity as Coloradans. We live in ...
Colorado Playwright Digs Deep For Play About 'Dirt' - KUNC4/5/2018 3:00:00 AM
Colorado Playwright Digs Deep For Play About 'Dirt' KUNC When Jeffrey Bigger heard about the subject matter of Bas Bleu Theatre's upcoming show, he wasn't immediately sold. “I thought, 'Really, someone's written a ...
Pine Beetle infestation, shorter winters leading to pollution, fire risk, health issues in Colorado - The Denver Channel3/15/2018 3:00:00 AM
Pine Beetle infestation, shorter winters leading to pollution, fire risk, health issues in Colorado The Denver Channel FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The pine beetle infestation, coupled with warmer/shorter winters and drought, is causing more pollution, fire risk and health concerns ...
Colorado Company converts shredded trees to carbon product - The Coloradoan6/24/2017 3:00:00 AM
Colorado Company converts shredded trees to carbon product The Coloradoan BERTHOUD — James Gaspard points to a pile of charred logs, burned in the 2013 Black Forest fire, and says, "What else were they going to do with it?".
Experts Spar Over How To Get To A 100 Percent Renewable Energy Profile In The US - Colorado Public Radio6/22/2017 3:00:00 AM
Experts Spar Over How To Get To A 100 Percent Renewable Energy Profile In The US Colorado Public Radio The authors of a new paper in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences say that to get to zero emissions, the country should look beyond wind, ...
Carbon Dioxide Has Been Naturally Stored For A Million Years In Colorado And Rocky Mountains - Science Daily (press release)2/23/2008 3:00:00 AM
Carbon Dioxide Has Been Naturally Stored For A Million Years In Colorado And Rocky Mountains Science Daily (press release) Earth scientists have found that carbon dioxide has been naturally stored for more than a million years in several gas fields in the Colorado Plateau and Rocky ...
Fire Management News Items
Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of 'good fire' isn't easy - WTOP4/25/2019 7:05:30 AM
Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of 'good fire' isn't easy WTOP The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Courtney Schultz, Colorado State ...
Harrison Raine '19 Named Watson Fellow - Colorado College News4/23/2019 1:10:25 PM
Harrison Raine '19 Named Watson Fellow Colorado College News By Laurie Laker '12. Colorado College student Harrison Raine '19 has been named a member of the 51st Class of Thomas J. Watson Fellows. His research and ...
Prescribed fire planned south of Silt Saturday - Glenwood Springs Post Independent4/19/2019 7:55:48 PM
Prescribed fire planned south of Silt Saturday Glenwood Springs Post Independent Fire managers with the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit are planning to burn up to 727 acres of Bureau of Land ...
Avalanche Creek prescribed burn on tap this week - Aspen Daily News4/18/2019 5:00:00 AM
Avalanche Creek prescribed burn on tap this week Aspen Daily News Pending weather and favorable conditions, firefighters from the Upper Colorado Interagency Fire Management Unit will begin prescribed burn operations within ...
High fire danger, blizzard warnings on same day in Colorado - KRDO4/9/2019 3:00:00 AM
High fire danger, blizzard warnings on same day in Colorado KRDO Only in Colorado can you get a blizzard warning in the weather forecast, on the same day part of the state experienced record high temperatures.
Prescribed burn planned in Avalanche Creek, 9 miles south of Carbondale - Glenwood Springs Post Independent4/9/2019 3:00:00 AM
Prescribed burn planned in Avalanche Creek, 9 miles south of Carbondale Glenwood Springs Post Independent The U.S. Forest *Service*, Pitkin County and Colorado Parks and Wildlife have a multi-year project underway to target areas in the Crystal Valley with prescribed ...
Trail runner attacked by a mountain lion defended himself by suffocating the lion - Wildfire Today2/5/2019 3:00:00 AM
Trail runner attacked by a mountain lion defended himself by suffocating the lion Wildfire Today A man who went for a run alone yesterday on a trail at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space (map) just west of Fort Collins, Colorado was attacked by a mountain ...
Gov't Shutdown Takes A Toll On A Wildfire Fight That Hasn't Started Yet - Colorado Public Radio1/17/2019 3:00:00 AM
Gov't Shutdown Takes A Toll On A Wildfire Fight That Hasn't Started Yet Colorado Public Radio Just two months after a wildfire wiped out Paradise, California, officials are gearing up for this year's fire season and fear the government shutdown could make it ...
Shutdown hampers preparations for wildfire season - The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel1/16/2019 3:00:00 AM
Shutdown hampers preparations for wildfire season The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel In the thick of cold and snowy January, last summer's numerous Colorado wildfires that darkened skies with smoke, consumed wildlands and threatened and ...
Better forest management won't end wildfires, but it can reduce the risks – here's how - SOURCE - Source11/20/2018 3:00:00 AM
Better forest management won't end wildfires, but it can reduce the risks – here's how - SOURCE Source Editor's note: Courtney Schultz, associate professor of forest and natural resource policy at Colorado State University, and Cassandra Moseley, senior associate ...
Summer of fire: 2018 wildfire season breaks records in Northwest Colorado - Craig Daily Press11/11/2018 3:00:00 AM
Summer of fire: 2018 wildfire season breaks records in Northwest Colorado Craig Daily Press Like much of the West, Northwest Colorado saw one its most epic and most expensive wildfire seasons to date in 2018. The region is accustomed to dealing with ...
Wildfires in Colorado cost $130 million in 2018. Here are the details, down to the $40 daily rate on portable toilets. - The Colorado Sun11/1/2018 3:00:00 AM
Wildfires in Colorado cost $130 million in 2018. Here are the details, down to the $40 daily rate on portable toilets. The Colorado Sun The drought-ravaged summer of 2018 was an expensive one for firefighting in Colorado, with costs reaching an estimated $130 million for 18 fires. Of that, the ...
Forest Service takes advantage of new snow to conduct prescribed burns - Colorado Springs Gazette10/31/2018 3:00:00 AM
Forest Service takes advantage of new snow to conduct prescribed burns Colorado Springs Gazette For many, Tuesday's snow meant throwing on an extra layer for trick-or-treating. For wildfire managers with the Pike National Forest, the *fresh* flakes signaled a ...
Officials plan slash pile burning in Dillon Ranger District - Summit Daily News10/24/2018 3:00:00 AM
Officials plan slash pile burning in Dillon Ranger District Summit Daily News Fire managers from the Upper Colorado Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit are taking advantage of the changing weather this season to burn ...
Officials: Two Elk Fire human caused, 100 percent containment expected - FOX 31 Denver10/1/2018 3:00:00 AM
Officials: Two Elk Fire human caused, 100 percent containment expected FOX 31 Denver MINTURN, Colo. -- The Two Elk Fire burning on the hillsides above Minturn has not grown in two days, the Upper Colorado River Fire Management Unit said ...
New Colorado Fire Crosses Into Wyoming, Forces Evacuations - K2 Radio9/16/2018 3:00:00 AM
New Colorado Fire Crosses Into Wyoming, Forces Evacuations K2 Radio Hunters and campers in southern Wyoming and Colorado have been forced to evacuate due to intense activity from a new wildfire that began just south of the ...
Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit now managing Boone Draw Fire; BLM temporarily closes public lands in vicinity - Craig Daily Press9/14/2018 3:00:00 AM
Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit now managing Boone Draw Fire; BLM temporarily closes public lands in vicinity Craig Daily Press MAYBELL — Fire officials with the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit are now managing the more-than 6000 acre Boone Draw Fire, which is burning in ...
Seaman Fire updates: Blaze grows to 231 acres, 35 percent contained - The Coloradoan9/13/2018 3:00:00 AM
Seaman Fire updates: Blaze grows to 231 acres, 35 percent contained The Coloradoan A note to readers: Due to public safety concerns with the Seaman Fire, this *content* is free for everyone to view. To support the local journalists who produced this ...
Seaman Fire: 150-acre blaze prompts voluntary evacuations, threatens homes, Poudre River - The Coloradoan9/12/2018 3:00:00 AM
Seaman Fire: 150-acre blaze prompts voluntary evacuations, threatens homes, Poudre River The Coloradoan The Seaman Fire was about 150 acres and 25 percent contained as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to the U.S. Forest *Service*.
Profit-driven land management fuels Colorado wildfires |... - Liberation9/7/2018 3:00:00 AM
Profit-driven land management fuels Colorado wildfires |... Liberation In April, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper briefed the public on the potential fire danger for the coming summer. Colorado's Division of Fire Prevention and ...
Colorado\'s 2018 Wildfire Season is One of the Worst on Record, and it\'s Not Over Yet - Government Technology8/19/2018 3:00:00 AM
Colorado\'s 2018 Wildfire Season is One of the Worst on Record, and it\'s Not Over Yet Government Technology The only larger wildfire season in Colorado in terms of acres burned was in 2002, when 926502 acres were destroyed.
Colorado Fire Map: Fires Near Me Right Now [August 9] - Heavy.com8/9/2018 3:00:00 AM
Colorado Fire Map: Fires Near Me Right Now [August 9] Heavy.com The hot, dry summer months continue to fuel fires in Colorado. Here are where all the current fires are located on August 9, along with maps and evacuation ...
Wildfire activity increases in Colorado - Wildfire Today7/31/2018 3:00:00 AM
Wildfire activity increases in Colorado Wildfire Today After having received some monsoonal moisture, Western Colorado apparently is drying a bit, and has quite a few active fires. Below is information provided by ...
Colorado wildfire update: Two largest wildfires largely contained, smaller fires continue to blaze - The Denver Post7/31/2018 3:00:00 AM
Colorado wildfire update: Two largest wildfires largely contained, smaller fires continue to blaze The Denver Post Smaller fires continue to blaze across the state, as Colorado's larger fires have been largely contained. Fire officials removed the state's two largest fires from the ...
Wildfire Air Support Is More Than Choppers And Tankers. Colorado Has Smokejumpers Too - Colorado Public Radio7/26/2018 3:00:00 AM
Wildfire Air Support Is More Than Choppers And Tankers. Colorado Has Smokejumpers Too Colorado Public Radio Air crews say that this fire season started a lot faster and harder than expected.
Colorado wildfire update: Cooler, cloudy, wetter weather calms fires; lightning, floods raise dangers - The Denver Post7/23/2018 3:00:00 AM
Colorado wildfire update: Cooler, cloudy, wetter weather calms fires; lightning, floods raise dangers The Denver Post Showers and thunderstorms, some with periods of heavy rain and hail, swept over the mountains and onto the Eastern Plains of Colorado on Monday, helping ...
Northwest Colorado firefighters fighting new starts as containment reached on other fires - Craig Daily Press7/9/2018 3:00:00 AM
Northwest Colorado firefighters fighting new starts as containment reached on other fires Craig Daily Press CRAIG — Firefighters in northwestern Colorado continue to battle new starts, even as they secure existing fires. More than 100 firefighters worked with two ...
Spring Creek fire in southern Colorado at 70 percent containment - Colorado Springs Gazette7/9/2018 3:00:00 AM
Spring Creek fire in southern Colorado at 70 percent containment Colorado Springs Gazette The 107627-acre Spring Creek fire in southern Colorado was 70 percent contained Monday but poised to become Colorado's second-biggest fire, potentially ...
Colorado's 416 Fire raises wildfire uncertainties - Yale Climate Connections7/6/2018 3:00:00 AM
Colorado's 416 Fire raises wildfire uncertainties Yale Climate Connections The flames still raging in Colorado's 416 fire are raising questions and increasing concerns as firefighters weigh options ahead in a warming climate.
Evacuations ordered for Lake Christine Fire at Basalt, Colorado - Wildfire Today7/4/2018 3:00:00 AM
Evacuations ordered for Lake Christine Fire at Basalt, Colorado Wildfire Today Above: The Lake Christine Fire, Wednesday night. Photo: Katie Baum Hueth, Eagle County Sheriff's Office. (UPDATED at 8:19 a.m. MDT July 5, 2018).
Spring Creek Fire spreads closer to La Veta, Colorado - Wildfire Today6/30/2018 3:00:00 AM
Spring Creek Fire spreads closer to La Veta, Colorado Wildfire Today Above: The Spring Creek Fire, based on data from 1 p.m. MDT June 30, 2018. (Cropped by Wildfire Today from a map prepared by the Incident Management ...
Verify: Should Colorado firefighters be using the 747 Supertanker to fight wildfires? - 9News.com KUSA6/29/2018 3:00:00 AM
Verify: Should Colorado firefighters be using the 747 Supertanker to fight wildfires? 9News.com KUSA One of the most frequently asked questions we get - right after "Why haven't pot taxes fixed all of Colorado's problems?" - is "Why isn't the 747 Supertanker used ...
Colorado 416 Fire Map Update: Massive Durango Fire 37 Percent Contained - Newsweek6/22/2018 3:00:00 AM
Colorado 416 Fire Map Update: Massive Durango Fire 37 Percent Contained Newsweek More than 500 Colorado fire personnel are working to contain the 416 fire outside of Durango, Colorado. Management of the destructive fire shifted from the ...
Update: People return to homes, businesses as 416 Fire slows - Farmington Daily Times6/21/2018 3:00:00 AM
Update: People return to homes, businesses as 416 Fire slows Farmington Daily Times The 416 fire near Durango, Colorado, will start showing more activity now that things are drying out. San Juan National Forest reopens this afternoon.
Durango, Summit County Fires Deliver Same Message About the \'New Norm\' in Colorado - Government Technology6/18/2018 3:00:00 AM
Durango, Summit County Fires Deliver Same Message About the \'New Norm\' in Colorado Government Technology (TNS) - On the morning of June 12, the sky over Summit County filled with glowing clouds of black smoke in just minutes. Summit County Fire & EMS received ...
Drought And Fire Threat Lead To Forest Closings - NPR6/17/2018 3:00:00 AM
Drought And Fire Threat Lead To Forest Closings NPR Forest officials closed the San Juan National Forest in southwest Colorado because of "historic levels" of fire danger. The closure will affect local tourism ...
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Start Friday For Several Colorado Counties - KUNC6/13/2018 3:00:00 AM
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Start Friday For Several Colorado Counties KUNC Fire season is underway in Colorado. Fire restrictions are in place in several counties, with more going into effect at the end of the week – including.
Possible fire burn south of Silt issued for Thursday or Friday - Glenwood Springs Post Independent4/25/2018 3:00:00 AM
Possible fire burn south of Silt issued for Thursday or Friday Glenwood Springs Post Independent The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit, via a news release, informed the public of a prescribed burn beginning either ...
Firewise Communities News Items
Teller County residents organize April 13 Community Wildfire Preparedness Fair - Colorado Springs Gazette3/27/2019 3:00:00 AM
Teller County residents organize April 13 Community Wildfire Preparedness Fair Colorado Springs Gazette In a county that has suffered the effects of three catastrophic fires in less than two decades, the Community Wildlife Preparedness Fair comes at a critical time.
7Everyday Hero John Van Doren works to cut wildfire risk in Bailey, Colorado - The Denver Channel2/22/2019 3:00:00 AM
7Everyday Hero John Van Doren works to cut wildfire risk in Bailey, Colorado The Denver Channel BAILEY, Colo. — For people living in Bailey, Colorado, images of Paradise, California are never far from their minds. "It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of where ...
As wildfire risk increases in Colorado and the West, home insurance grows harder to find - Boulder Daily Camera1/5/2019 3:00:00 AM
As wildfire risk increases in Colorado and the West, home insurance grows harder to find Boulder Daily Camera As more and deadlier fires sweep through Western states, it's becoming harder to get home insurance on a property surrounded by forest, reachable only by ...
Perry Park residents mitigating wildfire danger - The Denver Channel6/16/2018 3:00:00 AM
Perry Park residents mitigating wildfire danger The Denver Channel As firefighters continue to battle wildfires burning in Colorado, communities are doing their part to get ahead of the dry season and lower the fire risk around their ...
Forest health survey: 834 million standing dead trees in Colorado - SOURCE - Colorado State University News2/15/2017 3:00:00 AM
Forest health survey: 834 million standing dead trees in Colorado - SOURCE Colorado State University News Over the last seven years, the number of dead trees standing in Colorado forests increased almost 30 percent, to an estimated 834 million trees – or nearly one ...
CSU resources help people prepare for and recover from wildfires - SOURCE - Colorado State University News7/13/2016 3:00:00 AM
CSU resources help people prepare for and recover from wildfires - SOURCE Colorado State University News When wildfire strikes, it can occur with little warning and spread very quickly. Firefighters always do their best to protect rural residents, but ultimately it is ...
Black Forest Fire recovery process has been long and diverse - Colorado Springs Gazette11/30/2014 3:00:00 AM
Black Forest Fire recovery process has been long and diverse Colorado Springs Gazette There are 154 new homes in the Black Forest neighborhood, and nearly 18 months after the devastating fire more than half of the hundreds of houses destroyed ...
Colorado third state to achieve 100 Firewise Communities - SOURCE - Source11/6/2014 3:00:00 AM
Colorado third state to achieve 100 Firewise Communities - SOURCE Source More than 100 Colorado communities have now earned Firewise Communities/USA recognition – an accomplishment achieved by only three states – for taking ...
Forestry Resources News Items
CSU confers degrees on Ram grads May 15-16 - SOURCE - Source5/11/2015 3:00:00 AM
CSU confers degrees on Ram grads May 15-16 - SOURCE Source Colorado State University will confer degrees on more than 4,000 graduates at the spring 2015 commencement ceremonies May 15-16. College ceremonies ...
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