Your site description goes here ... The Colorado Division of Emergency Management (CDEM) is responsible for the state's comprehensive emergency management program which supports local and state agencies.

An article about research studying links between increased forest fires in Colorado in 2002 and atmospheric carbon increases. ... Forest fires, it was determined, had a significant effect on the

"Mingo fire crews have been assigned to numerous wildfires in our western states such as California, Colorado and Montana," said Wendell "Buddy" Clinton, Mingo Job Corps Work Programs Officer,

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IT STARTED, AS MANY forest fires do, with a bolt of lightning. ... The lightning singed a lone pine on Colorado's Storm King Mountain, and when the flames were first detected on July 3, it was no

Smokey’s enduring mantra is that “Only you can prevent forest fires” and for many years there was nothing in his message that ever suggested forest fires could be beneficial.

Forest fires can have beneficial effects. ... In 2003, the U.S. Forest Service worked with timber companies to cull out smaller trees and dense undergrowth on 18,000 acres of Colorado forest,

Ranking Member Feeney: “While today’s hearing was a bit Colorado-centric, I can tell ... Frank Sapio, Director of the Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team in the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Another environmental issue related to forest fires is air pollution. For example, burning fossil fuels and wood products releases particulate matter into the atmosphere.

The purpose of this website is to inform citizens, government agencies and leaders, and any interested people about current efforts to prevent unwanted damage from wildfire on private and public ...