Living in the mountains means learning to be prepared for wildfires. Though this spring has been wet thus far and fire risk has been low, heading into summer, local officials are preparing for the worst..
Living where we do, a major wildfire is nearly inevitable at some point. The Eagle County Wildfire Collaborative’s job is to avoid as much damage and disruption as possible. Collaborative representatives recently provided the Eagle.
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Protecting our homes and communities from wildfires is a year-round responsibility, and we can expect to see winter fire mitigation work underway with controlled pile burns across Eagle County as soon as snow settles onto.
Improvement work was completed this summer on Forest Service Road 779, a 4-mile stretch that connects the Wildridge neighborhood in Avon to a network of Forest Service roads that run from Muddy Pass to Piney.