Forest fire

Camille Stevens-Rumann, Assistant Professor of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship and Assistant Director of the CFRI, does research on the burn scar from the Cameron Peak Fire. July 20, 2021. Her research looks at better ways to ensure successful replanting of forests after wild fire.

Could this bold new strategy for replanting trees after a wildfire help save Colorado鈥檚 forests?

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Western forests are taking longer to grow back after wildfires. That鈥檚 partly because climate change has made it harder for new trees to survive where the old trees would have thrived. One researcher at CSU wants to address the problem by planting entirely different species of trees after a wildfire. You can learn more on today鈥檚 In the NoCo.

Smoke billows from a forest fire in one part of the state.

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Wildfire burning in northern Larimer County was sparked on private property and human-caused, officials say

Olivia Prentzel, The Colorado Sun

The Pearl fire started Monday near Crystal Lakes, and evacuations extended to the Wyoming border as the fire grew to more than 130 acres by the afternoon. Olivia Prentzel reports for The Colorado Sun.

NIST researcher Amy Mensch puts one gloved hand on a large device with a bright light emanating from it. She wears a white lab coat and protective glasses.

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Listen closely: The sound of soot could lead to better wildfire safety

Emma VandenEinde

Researchers have found the sound that soot makes under bright light can be used to assess the impact of wildfires.

Trees inside the Valles Caldera National Preserve near Joaquin Mesa in Los Alamos, N.M. on June 21, 2023. The USDA report predicts that over time, forests will not be able to hold onto as much carbon and that absorption ability will continue to plateau.

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Trees are not the carbon bank they used to be, report finds

Emma VandenEinde

New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that trees are losing their ability to absorb carbon, which could worsen global warming in the future.

Colorado's new Firehawk helicopter. It can fly faster than 150 mph and quickly slurp up and deploy up to 1,000 gallons of water. This version will be flying for Colorado this summer, and Gov. Polis has signed a bill purchasing a second one for $26 million.

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暗黑爆料 brief with The Colorado Sun: New Firehawk helicopter, and a museum addresses 'colonizer's gaze'

Nikole Robinson Carroll

The Colorado Sun Environment and Health Writer Michael Booth joined us to discuss the state鈥檚 new firefighting helicopter and Denver Art Museum鈥檚 efforts to take cultural awareness and historical context into account when curating exhibits.

Carmen Villaruel, a graduate student at the Colorado School of Mines, holds up one of the test tubes she is using for DNA analysis of soil that's been charred by wildfires. After it has been put in a centrifuge, the liquid and solid parts separate.

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Colorado researchers examine how soil rebuilds itself after wildfires

Emma VandenEinde

As wildfire seasons stretch longer and fires burn hotter, researchers are digging into the resiliency of soil microbes critical to forest recovery.

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3 Arrested For Allegedly Starting Chateau Fire

Associated Press

Three people have been arrested for allegedly starting a Colorado wildfire by leaving an unauthorized campfire unattended.The Teller County Sheriff's鈥�