Colorado has seen some of its most severe wildfires over the past several years, including 2020's Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon, whose effects were felt by residents even a year later in the form of mudslides caused by burn scars.
The severity of recent wildfires has spurred agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service to take a more proactive approach to controlling them, including on White River National Forest Land. One way to do that is by using prescribed fires.
Courtesy David Boyd
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U.S. Forest Service
Aspen Public Radio reporter Caroline Llanes spoke with David Boyd of the U.S. Forest Service about the prescribed burns that the agency hopes to complete in the Roaring Fork Valley in coming weeks.
