How You Can Help

We all benefit from healthy forests, and we all have a part to play. Whether you live in the forest or just admire them from a distance, there are things you can do to help the collective forest restoration effort. Here are just a few. If you would like to submit a resource for this page, please send it to fireforestphoto@gmail.com.

Manage Your Forest

If you own or manage forested land, the following organizations can help you evaluate its health and improve it:

Colorado

Larimer County

• Larimer Conservation District

• Poudre River Watershed Coalition

• Peaks to People Water Fund

  • Red Feather Lakes Area Wildfire Defense Project

• Big Thompson Watershed Coalition

• Estes Valley Fire Protection District

Boulder County

• The Watershed Center

Statewide

• Colorado Pile Burn Cooperatives

Nationwide

• State forestry agencies

• State cooperative extension offices

• Prescribed burn associations

• National Forest Foundation

Support Forest Organizations

Donate to, volunteer with, or get involved with these forest restoration organizations:

• Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed

• Estes Valley Watershed Coalition

• Big Thompson Watershed Coalition

• Peaks to People Water Fund

• The Ember Alliance

• Colorado Forest Restoration Institute

• The Watershed Center

• Wildlands Restoration Volunteers

• Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado

• Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative

• Restoring Colorado’s Forests Fund

Educate Yourself and Others

Many people have an understandable, but incorrect idea that good management means leaving nature alone. However our forests require management and care and have depended on people’s stewardship for millennia. Understanding what caring for the land looks like is a great first step to supporting good forest management and health.

• Fire: A Brief History, by Stephen Pyne

• Ologies podcast episode, Indigenous Fire Ecology

• Good Fire podcast

• Fire Severity StoryMap

• Forest type infographic

Prepare for Wildfire

Readying your property for wildfire reduces the demands placed on firefighters, which aids overall firefighting efforts.

Colorado

Larimer County

• Estes Valley Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Boulder County

• Wildfire Partners

Statewide

• Live Wildfire Ready Campaign

• Colorado State Forest Service wildfire mitigation

• Fire Adapted Colorado

Nationwide

• Wildfire Risk to Communities

• Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network

Become a Volunteer Firefighter

• Colorado Foothills and Rescue

• Volunteerfirefighter.org