Stories of Impact clone

Common Ground supports creation of community fuel breaks

Forest mitigation work creates areas to fight wildfires, support resident and visitor evacuation, and improve forest health and wildlife habitat.

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Protecting our best views

Chaffee Common Ground investments will help protect 2,400 acres of rural lands through a package of conservation easements announced by the Central Colorado Conservancy.

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Recreation impacts a hot topic

Citizens, business owners, user-group reps, land management agency personnel and many others are working to map and monitor the county’s recreation system and create a plan to manage it sustainably in the future.

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Community wildfire preparedness supported by Common Ground

Common Ground invested nearly $260K to help implement Chaffee County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The plan maps where to treat public and private lands to improve wildfire resiliency as local forests have declined into poor health and contributed to increased wildfire incidents in recent years.

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Mini-grant supports mighty Wilderness stewardship effort

Healthy Horn Fork project eyes new management tactics for Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and beyond as recreation impacts mount in popular basin used by Fourteener hikers, lake anglers and many others.

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Chaffee Chips helps landowners prep for wildfire, improve forest health

Originally developed by Chaffee County Fire Rescue, the slash haul away and chipping service expanded in 2020 with Common Ground funding to increase the number of acres treated in Chaffee County.

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Local youth help fix camping areas

Local high school students are helping to address the impacts of growing recreation in camping areas like Fourmile and Raspberry Gulch, as Chaffee Common Ground invests in a Southwest Conservation Corps project with youth and young adult conservation crews this summer.

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Education in sharper focus at popular Fourmile recreation area

More than a dozen new entry-point kiosks and information panels will be added in the Fourmile Recreation Area in 2020 to help improve visitor behavior on roads and trails.

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Backpacking outfitter Chuck Chicowitz completes a campsite assessment in Horn Fork Basin in 2019.
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