Leadville/Lake County Fire Rescue Conducted County’s First Ever Pile Burning

Dec 20, 2024 | ARWC News

December 17, 2024 – In a monumental step for Lake County’s wildfire mitigation efforts, Leadville/Lake County Fire Rescue burned 50 piles of slash that had been collected over a couple years of fire mitigation work in Lake County. Pile burning is a type of prescribed...

ARWC Secures Funding from CWCB to Develop WRAP for Twin Lakes

Nov 25, 2024 | ARWC News

Big news for Twin Lakes! This September, the Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative (ARWC) received $155,000 from the Colorado Water Conservation Board’s (CWCB) Wildfire Ready Watersheds program to help create a Wildfire Ready Action Plan (WRAP) for the Twin...

Recreating Meanders in the East Fork of the Arkansas River

Aug 26, 2024 | Active Projects, Restoration Projects

The Challenge A 2,000-foot stretch of the East Fork of the Arkansas River has been drastically altered, with its natural winding path straightened into a simpler, less complex channel. This modification has split the river into two parallel paths: the original,...

Lake County Fuels Mitigation

Aug 22, 2024 | Active Projects, Wildfire Projects

Lake County recognizes the severe impacts of wildfires and has updated its approach through the Community Wildfire Protection Planning (CWPP) process. This new CWPP uses a data-driven strategy to prioritize areas for fuel treatment and forest health initiatives. Over...

Lake County Road 9 at Tennessee Creek

Aug 16, 2024 | Active Projects, Restoration Projects

The culvert located at Lake County Road 9 at Tennessee Creek is currently above the base water level, preventing fish and other aquatic organism passage. Additionally, beaver ponding upstream of the inlet is causing debris and sediment to pile up, increasing the need...