Dear Editor,

The Watershed Center will be having a public St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership All Hands meeting at Highlands Camp on July 31st.

The St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership, coordinated by The Watershed Center, brings together diverse stakeholders and community members to prepare the landscape and community to receive wildland fire as a natural part of the ecosystem. Working across the 625,000 acre St. Vrain Watershed, we collaboratively plan and implement cross-jurisdictional forest management, conduct adaptive management, integrate the best available science into management, and facilitate community engagement.

At this event, members of the St.Vrain Forest Health Partnership will provide updates on the work they are planning and conducting across the watershed, followed by roundtable discussions where community members can have direct conversations with forest and fire management entities. Prior to the meeting, we will also have an optional tour of the forestry work currently being conducted by the Boulder Valley and Longmont Conservation Districts at Highlands Camp.

Feel free to pick and choose between sections of this event, or attend them all. We can’t wait to connect with you!

What: St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership All-Hands Meeting

Where: Highlands Camp and Retreat Center, Allenspark CO

When: July 31st – pre-meeting forestry project tour 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., meeting from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Audience: Residents of the St. Vrain watershed – open to the public

See event details at: https://watershed. center/event/st-vrainforest-health-partnership-all-handsmeeting/.

Chiara Forrester

The Watershed Center