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Colorado Awards $8.5M For Wildfire Mitigation
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (395+ words) Colorado is investing $8.5 million in wildfire mitigation and forest restoration projects statewide, with Northern Colorado communities among those set to benefit as fire risk continues to rise. Governor Jared Polis announced the funding through the Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk…...
Lightning Detection System Hides in Plain Sight
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (424+ words) FORT COLLINS, Colo. " It's not a rare system " it's just one of the few places where the public actually hears it. As spring storms return to Northern Colorado, a loud 30-second horn near the Colorado State University campus has many…...
Fort Collins Launches Pilot Program to Reduce Wind Along Front Range
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (478+ words) FORT COLLINS, Colo. " After decades of gusty spring days and red flag warnings, Fort Collins officials announced Tuesday the launch of a first-of-its-kind pilot program designed to reduce wind along the Front Range. The initiative, developed in partnership with researchers…...
Fourteen Days Signal Fire Season
1+ week, 3+ day ago (412+ words) by Blaine Howerton | NorthFortyNews.com Over the past fourteen days, something has been building across Northern Colorado. Not one event. Not one fire. Fire restrictions across the region'from Fort Collins to Estes Valley. Fires near Livermore, Wellington, and along Highway…...
Fort Collins Joins Regional Fire Restrictions
1+ week, 4+ day ago (555+ words) by Blaine Howerton | NorthFortyNews.com Fire restrictions are expanding across Northern Colorado, with Larimer County and the City of Fort Collins enacting new Stage 1 measures as dry, windy conditions increase wildfire risk across the region. The new restrictions took effect…...
Stateline Fire Near Livermore Nears Full Containment
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (232+ words) Locally owned. Community Supported.Free to read. Fire crews near Livermore are working toward full containment of the Stateline Fire after a coordinated overnight effort held the fire in check, preventing what officials say could have become a catastrophic wildfire…...
The Beetles and the Connection to Larimer County
2+ week, 2+ day ago (228+ words) Locally owned. Community Supported.Free to read. By Jody Shadduck-McNally | Larimer County Commissioner I was appointed to the Colorado Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak Task Force, which is co-chaired by the Colorado Department of Natural Resources Executive Director, the State Forester,…...
Stateline Fire Draws Bi-State Air And Ground Response
2+ week, 2+ day ago (271+ words) Locally owned. Community Supported.Free to read. A fast-moving wildfire in northern Larimer County is drawing a large, coordinated response from agencies in both Colorado and Wyoming, underscoring the seriousness of fire conditions across the region. Emergency crews were dispatched…...
Warm, Windy Weekend Before Sharp Sunday Cooldown
2+ week, 3+ day ago (226+ words) Locally owned. Community Supported.Free to read. by Blaine Howerton | NorthFortyNews.com It's shaping up to be a classic early spring swing across Northern Colorado'warm, dry, and breezy to start, followed by a noticeable cool-down by Sunday. Friday looks like…...
Colorado Activates Drought Task Force Statewide
2+ week, 5+ day ago (411+ words) Locally owned. Community Supported.Free to read. Low snowpack and record warmth raise concerns for water, agriculture, and wildfire risk across Northern Colorado Colorado is facing one of its warmest and driest starts to a year on record, prompting Governor…...