Logging opponent describes “complete shock and horror” at the sight of felled trees in Jefferson County. Here's a look at what's going on and why residents are so upset by the wildfire mitigation efforts.
It doesn’t help, he said, that decades of fire suppression have helped make forests more combustible.
Aside from Elk Meadow and Flying J Ranch, Jefferson County has been felling trees in Meyer Ranch Park and Reynolds Park. Evergreen resident JoAnn Hackos, who also serves as a board member with the Evergreen Audubon chapter, said Jefferson County is targeting too many mature trees. Environmental activists Josh Schlossberg stands near recently cut trees in Elk Meadow Park in Jefferson County on Feb. 28, 2023. Schlossberg, other activists and some residents are concerned that the county’s fire mitigation strategy, which calls for thinning trees near populated areas, are harming the forest.
By removing big trees, Hanson said, more ground is exposed to Colorado’s generous sunshine, with desiccation — or drying — of grasses and ground cover the result. And the buffering effect on the wind that trees provide is reduced., whipping flames from the fire’s point of origin along Colorado 93 all the way into Superior and Louisville, where more than 1,000 homes were destroyed and two people died.
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