Tag: fire mitigation
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Prescribed burn near Monument residential area causes ‘a little bit of anxiety,’ but going as planned
The smoke of what is set to become a thousand-acre forest fire wafted over Kari Martin’s house as she stood in its driveway on Wednesday, just one strip of asphalt away from the blaze. In an unusual turn of events for a resident in an extreme-risk zone for wildfires, she had no reason to evacuate.…
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Woodland Park’s mayoral, city council candidates share vision for the city
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the final votes are tallied in the Woodland Park mayoral election April 2, the city will have a new leader. Mayor pro tem Kellie Case and former planning commissioner Jerry Penland are hoping to replace the term-limited Hilary LaBarre. In addition to two years…
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Woodland Park’s mayoral, city council candidates share vision for the city
When the final votes are tallied in the Woodland Park mayoral election April 2, the city will have a new leader. Mayor pro tem Kellie Case and former planning commissioner Jerry Penland are hoping to replace the term-limited Hilary LaBarre. In addition to two years as Mayor Pro Tem, Case has spent 17 years as…
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LIFE | Goats help Colorado Springs property owners with fire mitigation
Goat Mowers LLC in El Paso County will bring goats to your property to do fire mitigation. Goats are an ideal fire mitigators because they can get in places that equipment can’t, and they don’t reseed in their manure, unlike other ruminant animals such as cows, which do drop their seed. (Video by Skyler Ballard/…