Envision Forest Health Council partners will treat the overgrown forest above the Arkansas River north of Buena Vista to improve wildlife habitat and reduce risk of wildfire and its potential effects on area residents and infrastructure.
Railroad Bridge is the third forest treatment project to be prioritized and funded under the Council, which formed last year to implement the Chafee County Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
The project is in the wildfire planâs top priority areas that identifies where to treat forests for the highest cost efficiency and community benefit. Treatments involve thinning by hand and machine, and then burning slash piles when conditions allow.