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"I speak for the trees!" said the Lorax. Though it can often seem we're the anti-Lorax, in fact wildfire mitigation can make the forest that surrounds your home much healthier. Depending on the location, you can often retain healthy conifers around your home by low limbing ... read more →

"It's gone. Our house is gone." I could hear the sadness and despair in their voice. My heart went out to my friends who lost their home in a recent wildfire. What could be more gut wrenching than losing your home, your personal belongings? It's the worst kind of heartache.... read more →

If your neighborhood is anything like mine, you've been seeing a lot of sawing, splitting and stacking going on the last few weeks. As we enter the month of September, everyone's assembling their wood pile for the winter. If you are entirely dependent on wood stoves for heat, that pile... read more →

Maybe it's that pesky address marker. Or it's that tree that you're feeling sentimental about. Or it's something on your report that you haven't the slightest idea of how to do. Maybe it's money. Whatever it is, we are here to help you. Our goal for each homeowner is to... read more →

We all knew it was coming. After a year and a half of hanging out in sweat pants, vacuuming a little less often, dust accumulating on window sills, and ignoring the pet fur accumulating on the couch, it's here. "Hey Leslie, we got vaccinated and we were thinking we'd come... read more →

It's so easy to do. We had just finished putting new decking on our deck and had some extra pieces left over. Where to put it? Under the deck! The area under the deck is easy to use as a catch-all for stuff. Stuff that you can't fit into your... read more →

I remember the day we got our Wildfire Partners certificate. After working diligently for months, we finally completed all our Required Items. I sort of held my breath as our mitigation specialist walked around checking off the items. "Congratulations, you passed!" Whew.  We planted our Wildfire Partners sign out by... read more →

I remember the day we moved into our home in Nederland. For years, I’d dreamed of living in the mountains of Colorado. Cool summers, and views of snow capped peaks. Nirvana! Six weeks later, my husband burst into our house shouting “Get our stuff together – there’s a wildfire a... read more →

Have you ever evacuated in the middle of a firestorm?... read more →

How low can it go? It doesn't look like a lake anymore. The image that comes to mind is a dried up mud puddle, thirsting for water. Lines mark the parched banks showing where water used to be just a mere eight months ago. In all my time in Nederland,... read more →