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10.10.2020 Cameron Peak Fire EOC Situation Report
LARIMER COUNTY | OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT P.O. Box 1190, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522-1190, 970.498.7010, Larimer.org LARIMER COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER SITUATION REPORT This report is intended to provide information and status in quickly evolving situations and is subject to change. This report can be shared publicly. INCIDENT INFORMATION: REPORT SUBMITTED BY: Lori R. Hodges, EOC Manager REPORT DATE/TIME: 10/10/2020 1400 MST EOC ACTIVATIONS: Larimer County - Level I (All Hands) (All personnel virtual due to COVID-19) DECLARATIONS/DELEGATIONS: Larimer County signed a local Disaster Declaration on August 18, 2020 which was extended on 9/15/2020 by the Board of Commissioners until October 31, 2020. The Governor verbally declared a Disaster Emergency on August 18, 2020 for multiple fires in Colorado, including the Cameron Peak Fire and signed an Executive Order on September 16, 2020. The Governor signed a second Executive Order on the same day extending the disaster declaration until October 16, 2020. Larimer County received approval from FEMA for an FMAG declaration on 9/7/2020. The Fire was delegated to DFPC as of midnight on 9/6/2020 for the county and state lands. USFS is in charge of federal lands. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued an Air Quality Alert for Larimer County until 1600 hours today (10/10). Periods of moderate to heavy smoke will continue for parts of the Front Range region Friday and Saturday. The heaviest smoke is most likely for Larimer and Weld counties, including Ft. Collins and Greeley, due to smoke transported from the Cameron Peak wildfire in western Larimer County and the Mullen wildfire in south-central Wyoming. -
From the President from the President Chapter Event Calendar Filling up the Calendar Runoff...A Blessing and a Curse for the Fisher- Greenback Cutthroat Man
July 2017 Table of Contents From the President From the President Chapter Event Calendar Filling up the Calendar Runoff...a blessing and a curse for the fisher- Greenback Cutthroat man. It is a blessing in that the snowmelt fills the Report rivers and plunges down to the thirsty popula- July Conservation Notes tion below. The life’s blood for our communities, Poudre Riverfest it fills reservoirs and irrigation ditches. It wash- The Flypaper’s Video of es the riverbeds of silt and promotes healthy the Month streams. We measure snowmelt and hope for July Youth Outreach an abundance each year of pure, clear Rocky Notes Mountain Water. Opportunities Let’s Go Fishing On the other hand, just when the weather is Sustaining Donors perfect the river is blown out. Turbulent, brown water roars through our normal fishing holes Coy Wiley, 2016-2017 President and makes riverbanks dangerous. Sure, fish can Rocky Mountain Flycasters RMF Quick Link still be caught during runoff because they are easy to find, tucked against the banks and the in the softer currents of eddys. But fishing the river in runoff is a challenge. The best part of runoff for me is that it pushes me to leave the streams and Sustaining Donor try something different. In the last few weeks I’ve fished for warm-water species in area lakes and ponds. I’ve landed bluegill, bass, perch and one carp that near broke my little four-weight rod. I’ve fished the Laramie Plains Lakes in my belly boat. I did a high-water float on the North Platte below Grey Reef at 4,000 CFS. -
Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Report
High Park Fire Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Report July 17, 2012 Table of Contents Summary .........................................................................................................................S1-S3 Part I – Type of Request .................................................................................................... 1 A. Type of Report ................................................................................................. 1 B. Type of Action .................................................................................................. 1 Part II – Burned Area Description ...................................................................................... 1 A. Fire Name and Number .................................................................................... 1 B. Location ........................................................................................................... 1 C. Dates ................................................................................................................ 1 D. Costs and Damages Repaired .......................................................................... 1 E. Watershed Numbers ........................................................................................ 2 F. Total Acres Burned ........................................................................................... 2 G. Vegetation types............................................................................................... 3 H. Dominant Soils ................................................................................................ -
ROCKY MOUNTAIN National Park CO LO 1^^.00
ROCKY MOUNTAIN National Park CO LO 1^^.00 UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL PARK. SERIES Copyright by WiswaU The Village of Estes Park nestles in a quiet little valley, surrounded by mountains Page two An Appreciation of Rocky Mountain National Park By ENOS A. MILLS, Author of "Wild Life on the Rockies," "The Rocky Mountain Wonderland," etc. Written Especially fer the United States Railroad Administration j]HE Rocky Mountain National Park is a marvelous grouping of gentle ness and grandeur; an eloquent, wordless hymn, sung in silent, poetic pictures; a wilderness mountain world of groves and grass plots, crags and canyons, rounded lakes with shadow-matted shores that rest in peace within the purple forest. There are wild flowers of every color, and many a silken meadow edged with ferns. Brokenness and beauty, terrace upon terrace, a magnificent hanging wild garden. Over these terraces waters rush and pour. From ice-sculptured, snow-piled peaks, young and eager streams leap in white cascades between crowding cliffs and pines. Through this wildness winds the trail, with its secrets of the centuries, where adventures come and go and where the magic camp fire blossoms in the night. In these primeval scenes the grizzly bear gives to the wilderness its master spell; the mountain ram poses on the cliff; the laughing, varied voice of the coyote echoes when the afterglow falls; the home-loving beaver builds his willow-fringed hut; the birds sing; the cheerful chipmunk frolics and never grows up; and here the world stays young. The Rocky Mountain National Park holds adventure for every visitor. -
A Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Rocky Mountain National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center A Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Rocky Mountain National Park Natural Resource Report NPS/NRPC/WRD/NRR—2010/228 ON THE COVER Rocky Mountain National Park Photograph by: Billy Schweiger A Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Rocky Mountain National Park Natural Resource Report NPS/NRPC/WRD/NRR—2010/228 David M. Theobald1,2 Jill S. Baron2,3 Peter Newman1 Barry Noon4 John B. Norman III1,2 Ian Leinwand1 Sophia E. Linn1 Richard Sherer4 Katherine E. Williams2,5 Melannie Hartman2 1Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1480 2Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499 3U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO 80523 4Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1474 5Current address: Department of Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 This report was prepared under Task Order J2380060103 (Cooperative Agreement #H1200040001) July 2010 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Program Center Fort Collins, Colorado The Natural Resource Publication series addresses natural resource topics that are of interest and applicability to a broad readership in the National Park Service and to others in the management of natural resources, including the scientific community, the public, and the NPS conservation and environmental constituencies. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed to ensure that the information is scientifically credible, technically accurate, appropriately written for the intended audience, and is designed and published in a professional manner. Natural Resource Reports are the designated medium for disseminating high priority, current natural resource management information with managerial application. -
Rocky Mountain National Park Lawn Lake Flood Interpretive Area (Elevation 8,640 Ft)
1 NCSS Conference 2001 Field Tour -- Colorado Rocky Mountains Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:00 AM Depart Ft. Collins Marriott 8:30 Arrive Rocky Mountain National Park Lawn Lake Flood Interpretive Area (elevation 8,640 ft) 8:45 "Soil Survey of Rocky Mountain National Park" - Lee Neve, Soil Survey Project Leader, Natural Resources Conservation Service 9:00 "Correlation and Classification of the Soils" - Thomas Hahn, Soil Data Quality Specialist, MLRA Office 6, Natural Resources Conservation Service 9:15-9:30 "Interpretive Story of the Lawn Lake Flood" - Rocky Mountain National Park Interpretive Staff, National Park Service 10:00 Depart 10:45 Arrive Alpine Visitors Center (elevation 11,796 ft) 11:00 "Research Needs in the National Parks" - Pete Biggam, Soil Scientist, National Park Service 11:05 "Pedology and Biogeochemistry Research in Rocky Mountain National Park" - Dr. Eugene Kelly, Colorado State University 11:25 - 11:40 "Soil Features and Geologic Processes in the Alpine Tundra"- Mike Petersen and Tim Wheeler, Soil Scientists, Natural Resources Conservation Service Box Lunch 12:30 PM Depart 1:00 Arrive Many Parks Curve Interpretive Area (elevation 9,620 ft.) View of Valleys and Glacial Moraines, Photo Opportunity 1:30 Depart 3:00 Arrive Bobcat Gulch Fire Area, Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest 3:10 "Fire History and Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation Efforts" - Carl Chambers, U. S. Forest Service 3:40 "Involvement and Interaction With the Private Sector"- Todd Boldt; District Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service 4:10 "Current Research on the Fire" - Colorado State University 4:45 Depart 6:00 Arrive Ft. Collins Marriott 2 3 Navigator’s Narrative Tim Wheeler Between the Fall River Visitors Center and the Lawn Lake Alluvial Debris Fan: This Park, or open grassy area, is called Horseshoe Park and is the tail end of the Park’s largest valley glacier. -
Download the Poudre Canyon Bouldering Guide Here!
Poudre Canyon ROCK CLIMBING GUIDE SECOND EDITION By Bennett Scott & Cameron Cross ONLINE VERSION: Selected boulder problems in the upper Poudre Canyon. Laramie, WY WYOMING COLORADO N W E S HWY-287 I-25 Red Feather Lakes CO-14 POUDRE CANYON Mulberry Ave. CO-14 Fort Collins 34 34 Estes Park Loveland HWY-287 Longmont 36 119 Boulder I-25 36 Denver I-70 = AREA COVERED IN THIS GUIDE 2 POUDRE CANYON BOULDERING ! WARNING! Climbing is an inherently dangerous activity responsibility for the safety of those who use that may result in serious injury or death. this guidebook. If you are not an experienced Read this before you use this guide. and proficient climber seek instruction before climbing. The authors and publisher cannot verify the accuracy of information presented Do not attempt climbing without proper in this guide including, but not limited to equipment and training. In addition, this approach or descent routes, problem/route guide should not be used as an instructional descriptions and/or ratings, maps, directions, manual. Information presented in this guide access information, property boundaries, or is based on opinions and should not be management regulations. relied on for personal safety. The authors and publisher assume no responsibility in This guide is a compilation of information the event of injury or death. Do not use this from a variety of sources. Although we guidebook if you are unwilling to assume painstakingly research the information we total responsibility for your safety. provide, it is impossible for us to give first hand knowledge of all the routes presented. -
Case Studies for Stream Restoration
Flood Potential in the Southern Rocky Mountains Region Steven Yochum, PhD, PE Big Thompson River & US-34 Hydrologist U.S. Forest Service National Stream and Aquatic Ecology Center Fort Collins, Colorado Flood Potential in the Southern Rocky Mountains Region Collaborators: Drake, Colorado Julian A. Scott (Image source: NRCS exigent EWP) U.S. Forest Service National Stream and Aquatic Ecology Center Fort Collins, Colorado David H. Levinson, PhD U.S. Forest Service National Stream and Aquatic Ecology Center Fort Collins, Colorado Overview of Problem • Common flood analysis procedures do not facilitate a number of needs, such as: • Verification of at-a-station flood-frequency and regional regression analyses results • Quantifiable procedure for identifying and ranking extreme floods • Clear comparisons of how flood magnitudes and hazards vary across regions • Simple language for communicating expected flood hazards with the public and land managers Estes Park, Colorado Potential Solution • A space-for-time substitution can be utilized to address these needs. Procedure: • Regressions of record peak discharges at long-term streamgages used to predict the expected flood potential (across zones of similar flood response) • Upper 90% prediction limit provides the maximum likely flood potential (floods greater than this limit defined as extreme) • Paleoflood data and shorter streamgage records can be utilized • Flood hazards can easily be compared between zones (using developed indices) • Seasonality and trend analyses can be performed (currently -
Brochure 2015.PUB
Since 1982 our team of professional staff has offered thrilling whitewater adventures on Colorado’s only National Wild & Scenic River. Less crowded than other rivers in the state, the Poudre offers World Class rapids for beginners and experts alike! The spectacular scenery in the Poudre Canyon provides a perfect habitat for an abundance of wildlife often seen on our trips. Here at A Wanderlust Adventure we hand pick our staff to make sure that your rafting experience is first class. We care about each and every one of our guests and hope to make this the rafting trip of a lifetime for you! Our convenient location at Vern’s Restaurant in LaPorte, Colorado, allows the closest rafting to Estes Park, Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver. Our goal is to enrich your life with fun filled memories that you will treasure forever! It is unbelievable how much fun, excitement and constant action define this trip. Rapids like Liquid Thunder, Tunnel Slam, Mishawaka Falls, Twin Pin, Big Drop, Cardiac Corner and the Incredible Pine View Falls will keep the adrenaline pumping. Paddle hard and have a Blast! Season – May 15 to early August Difficulty – Class III and IV, Intermediate to Advanced. High water is from late May to late June. No experience is needed but adults need to be active and strong enough to paddle hard through rapids. Fleece and splash jackets are free. Wetsuit rentals available & recommended in May and June. Minimum Age – 14 to18 depending on water level Check In Times – 9:30 am & 2:00 pm Time On The River – 2.5 to 3 hours Create fun and exciting memories with family Total Time – 4 hours Price $69.00 and friends. -
Rocky Mountain National Park Geologic Resource Evaluation Report
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Geologic Resources Division Denver, Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park Geologic Resource Evaluation Report Rocky Mountain National Park Geologic Resource Evaluation Geologic Resources Division Denver, Colorado U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, DC Table of Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................... 1 Dedication and Acknowledgements............................................................................ 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3 Purpose of the Geologic Resource Evaluation Program ............................................................................................3 Geologic Setting .........................................................................................................................................................3 Geologic Issues............................................................................................................. 5 Alpine Environments...................................................................................................................................................5 Flooding......................................................................................................................................................................5 Hydrogeology .............................................................................................................................................................6 -
Cache La Poudre River Management Plan
CACHE LA POUDRE WILD AND SCENIC RIVER FINAL MANAGEMENT PLAN MARCH 1990 United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests Estes-Poudre Ranger District Larimer County, Colorado For Information Contact: Michael D. Lloyd, District Ranger 148 Remington Street Fort Collins, CO 80525 (303) 482-3822 CACHE LA POUDRE WILD AND SCENIC RIVER MANAGEMENT PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION A. PURPOSE 1 B. LOCATION AND MAPS 1-3 C. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY 4 D. AREA DESCRIPTION 5 E. VISION FOR THE FUTURE 8 II RECREATIONAL RIVER MANAGEMENT A. RECREATION 1. Overnight camping 11 2. picnicking, Fishing and River Access 11 3. Kayaking and Non-commercial Rafting 13 4. Commercial Rafting 14 5. Trails 16 6. Information and Interpretation 17 B. CULTURAL RESOURCES 18 C. SCENIC QUALITY 19 D. VEGETATION 20 E. ROADS 21 F. WATER 22 G. FISHERIES 24 H. WILDLIFE 25 I. FIRE 26 J. OTHER LAND USES 27 III. WILD RIVER MANAGEMENT A. RECREATION 29 B. WATER 30 C. WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES 31 D. FIRE, INSECTS AND DISEASE 31 E. OTHER LAND USES 31 IV. SUMMARY OF PROJECTS AND COSTS 32 V. APPENDIX A. BOUNDARY MAPS 37 B. SITE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS 46 C. WATER QUANTITY 54 D. RECREATION CAPACITY 56 E. COOPERATION WITH LARIMER COUNTY 63 F. COOPERATION WITH STATE AGENCIES 67 G. LAWS, FOREST PLAN, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES 71 H. CONSULTATION WITH OTHERS 76 I. BIBLIOGRAPHY 79 I. INTRODUCTION A. PURPOSE The purpose of this plan is to identify Forest Service actions needed to manage and protect the Cache La Poudre Wild and Scenic River and adjacent lands. -
Rocky Mountain National Park Geologic Resources Evaluation
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center Rocky Mountain National Park Geologic Resource Evaluation Report Natural Resource Report NPS/NRPC/GRD/NRR—2004/004 THIS PAGE: Ypsilon Mountain, Rocky Mountain NP. ON THE COVER: Alpine Tundra looking west to the Never Summer Range, Rocky Mountain NP Photos by: NPS and Josh Heise Rocky Mountain National Park Geologic Resource Evaluation Report Natural Resource Report NPS/NRPC/GRD/NRR—2004/004 Geologic Resources Division Natural Resource Program Center P.O. Box 25287 Denver, Colorado 80225 September 2004 U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. The Natural Resource Publication series addresses natural resource topics that are of interest and applicability to a broad readership in the National Park Service and to others in the management of natural resources, including the scientific community, the public, and the NPS conservation and environmental constituencies. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed to ensure that the information is scientifically credible, technically accurate, appropriately written for the intended audience, and is designed and published in a professional manner. Natural Resource Reports are the designated medium for disseminating high priority, current natural resource management information with managerial application. The series targets a general, diverse audience, and may contain NPS policy considerations or address sensitive issues of management applicability. Examples of the diverse array of reports published in this series include vital signs monitoring plans; "how to" resource management papers; proceedings of resource management workshops or conferences; annual reports of resource programs or divisions of the Natural Resource Program Center; resource action plans; fact sheets; and regularly-published newsletters.