Wildfire

State may rent firefighting aircraft

Unclear where $22 million to cover cost will be found

Keep your eyes peeled for fires

keeping burn ban in place through today

Brush fire hits north Animas Valley

Districts battle flames from woman’s burning IRS forms escaping pit ring

Wildfire funding change in the works

President’s budget to allow disaster money for fighting ‘mega-fires’

City gets early blaze

Firefighters worried about lack of moisture

Roberts wants emergency radios fixed

chiefs: Upgrade top priority

Building code reform fails to ignite

Wildfire state standard loses Legislature support

Colo. legislation would help with fire mitigation

money would help with prevention

Forest fire ideas kindle at Colorado Capitol

Roberts calls some proposals heavy-handed

Fee for fire-prone forest homes?

It’s one of governor’s task force’s many recommendations

Radio system troubles top safety issues, Roberts says

Firefighters sometimes need 2 or 3 communicators

Full return may be centuries away

Today, it is all pink, black and green, with the burned sticks of the spruce trees hanging above a carpet…

Standing up, backing down

concerns prevent fast attack on two Southwest Colorado blazes

West Fork fires caught in time-lapse video

In the West, an unkind budget cut for overgrown forests

of funding makes strange bedfellows in U.S. Congress

All West Fork Fire-related closures are lifted

some areas may still be dangerous

Lessons in the debris

Front Range fires show the benefits, limits of forest thinning

Mandated statewide fire code proves controversial

But local governments and homebuilders are fighting the effort. Hickenlooper created a task force on wildfire and insurance issues at…

Can’t see the forest for the homes

wildfire comes to town, home values trump forest values

Firefighters see changing climate

Wildland firefighters usually cite three main reasons for the recent increase in large, costly fires. In addition to the buildup…

Losing the war on wildfire

National attitude toward fire creates indefensible space

Rangers tread tricky path when deciding to let fires burn

But it’s not always a simple choice between two options. Often, the crew that first responds to a lightning strike…

U.S. Forest Service bans exploding targets

fires in Rocky Mountains blamed on devices

Tipton’s healthy-forest bill makes it through House panel

Democratic foes predict measure’s doom in Senate