Understanding forest history is important for mitigation efforts

Changes in land use and well intended, but misguided, forest suppression policies drastically altered our forests. Understanding what forests looked like before these changes is important for making forest management decisions as we work to proactively restore forest health and reduce the risks of catastrophic fire.

Read the Colorado Springs Gazette’s article – Mitigation by Forest Service, other entities looks to reduce fuels that lead to mass wildfires – to further explore this issue.