Colorado wildfire agencies uproot trees to protect Fort Collins water
… [I]n the past decade-plus, wildfire, and its effects on the area’s water supply, has become an increasing concern for city and state officials. … Enter the multiagency partnership and cost-share funding collaborative created to assess the impacts of post-wildfire hazards on critical water infrastructure and to identify strategies to minimize these impacts before and after fires. … Weston Toll, watershed program specialist for the Colorado State Forest Service, said after the partners had “treated a lot of low-hanging fruit, we needed to start treating the right acre in the right location.”