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Last week s mudslides that closed Colorado Highway 14 through the Poudre Canyon are evidence that the impacts of last year s Cameron Peak Fire will be long lasting.
Nowhere is that damage more critical than the Poudre and Big Thompson watersheds. Both were heavily damaged by the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires, the largest and second-largest wildfires, respectively, in Colorado history. Combined they scorched more than 400,000 acres.
In response to the devastation, the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado s NoCoFires Fund grant committee awarded $670,000 to three nonprofits working to mitigate damage to the watersheds through protecting the rivers health, the area s water supply and public safety.
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FORT COLLINS New Belgium Brewing Co. Inc. has contributed $100,000 to the NoCoFires Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado in an effort to create a funding resource to protect and restore the watershed damaged by the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires.
The massive fires the largest in Colorado recorded history burned more than 400,000 acres in the summer of 2020 in the Cache la Poudre and Big Thompson watersheds. The rivers and related streams provide drinking water to more than 1 million people in addition to being the basis for recreation, to helping sustain agriculture and to providing habitat for wildlife.