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News Release
USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Region
San Juan National Forest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 10, 2004
New Video on Wildfire Protection Available
A new video, First Line of Defense: Homeowners Stand Up to Wildfire, is now available at the San Juan Public Lands Center. The video is a locally produced 30-minute documentary about how southwest Colorado residents worked to lessen the risk of losing their homes to wildfire.
The video highlights an actual “defensible space” project conducted near Durango at one woman’s home in a ponderosa pine forest. The forest was partially burned during the Missionary Ridge Fire in 2002. The camera follows her, a forester, and a mitigation crew as they determine the risks, needs, and choices they face, then taking it step-by-step to thin and trim brush and trees around the home, ultimately making it safer from wildfire.
The film is a partnership production of the Office of Community Services at Fort Lewis College and Durango Community Access Television, Cable Channel 22. It was funded and supported by the San Juan Public Lands Center and the Colorado State Forest Service.
The video, available in both DVD and VHS format, is available at local libraries and fire stations and Forest Service/BLM offices in Dolores, Durango, Bayfield, and Pagosa.
USDA Forest Service, San Juan National Forest
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