Fire Adapted Colorado

BLM-CO COMMUNITY FIRE ASSISTANCE

THIS PROJECT IS A CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE COLORADO RESIDENTS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES IN SMOKE BETWEEN A PRESCRIBED FIRE AND A WILDLAND FIRE THAT WILL BRAND SMOKE FROM PRESCRIBED FIRE AS GOOD OR SAFE SMOKE AND CREATE A POSITIVE ASSOCIATION WITH THIS RISK REDUCTION EFFORT.

FIRE ADAPTED COLORADO (FACO) PROJECT IS TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THEIR ROLE AS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION WHOLLY DEDICATED TO THE SUCCESS OF COLORADO S WILDFIRE RESILIENCE PROFESSIONALS. THESE MEMBERS LEAD PROACTIVE WILDFIRE PLANNING, MITIGATION, MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY MEASURES THAT CONSIDER WHOLE LANDSCAPES AND COMMUNITIES IN COLORADO S RURAL AND URBAN LANDSCAPES. FACO HAS BECOME AN ESTABLISHED AND TRUSTED SOURCE OF INFORMATION STATEWIDE, INCLUDING DELIVERY OF THE COLORADO WILDLAND FIRE CONFERENCE, A COLORADO TRADITION SINCE 1997. SINCE FACO ADOPTED FISCAL SPONSORSHIP IN 2015, THE CONFERENCE HAS EXPANDED IN SCOPE TO FOCUS ON THE COHESIVE STRATEGY, AND INCLUDES NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, SHOWCASES THE LATEST SCIENCE AND PRACTICES, AND OFFERS FACILITATED PROFESSIONAL STRATEGY SESSIONS. THE APRIL 2023 CONFERENCE, ACCELERATING ADAPTATION AND MANAGING EXPECTATIONS WILL BE HELD IN FORT COLLINS WITH AN EXPECTATION OF OVER 200 WILDFIRE RESILIENCE LEADERS ATTENDING. THIS REQUEST SUPPORTS CONFERENCE COORDINATION AND NEEDS-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY ENABLED STUDENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES TO ATTEND THIS IMPORTANT EVENT.PAST PROJECT EXAMPLES INCLUDE FUELS REDUCTION PROJECTS, WILDFIRE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, PURCHASING CRITICAL FIELD SUPPLIES, OUTREACH MATERIALS INCLUDING CALLS TO ACTION, SURVEY WORK TO FILL THE PLANNING GAP FOR AN OTHERWISE FUNDED ROADSIDE VEGETATION THINNING PROJECT, AND AN OPEN SOURCE PHOTO LIBRARY OF STRUCTURE HARDENING TECHNIQUES BUILT BY BOULDER WILDFIRE PARTNERS.