Rivers, Wildfires, and You

Future Governor of Colorado

Firefighters are on the front lines, risking life and limb to provide for the safety of the public and wildlife, but the work doesn’t stop there. Firefights are beginning to spend more of their time on fire prevention and education to reduce the impacts of wildfires on forest habitats and the people downstream that depend on the clean, reliable water supplies that they provide. The Colorado Water Plan includes preventative measures to reduce the potential for catastrophic wildfire and the resulting impacts to Colorado’s rivers.

There is no silver bullet to this problem, but we do know a solution we can start with: healthier forests mean less damaging wildfires, flowing rivers, and clean, reliable drinking water. As a warming and drying climate increases the size and severity of wildfires investments in watershed and ecosystem health - like those called for in Colorado’s Water Plan - will help keep Colorado’s communities, wildlife, forests, and water resources safe.

Will you join me in asking Colorado to make sure our Water Plan is getting the investment and support it needs to be successful? Sign your name today >>

– Lydia Zowada

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To: Future Governor of Colorado
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As wildfires increase in size and severity, investments in watershed and ecosystem health - like those called for in Colorado’s Water Plan - will help keep Colorado’s communities, wildlife, forests, and water resources safe.

With the proper implementation and funding of Colorado’s Water Plan in tools such as targeted forest treatments, watershed planning, and stream management planning Colorado can lead the nation in wildfire resiliency.

Please, we can’t delay any longer funding implementation of the Water Plan, especially actions that support rivers, agriculture, and water conservation and efficiency. Healthy rivers and forests are critical to our communities’ livelihoods – that’s why I’m asking our future Colorado Governor to pledge that he will fully fund and implement Colorado’s Water Plan.