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NRCS in Colorado 2012 Fire Rehabilitation AssistanceCollage of NRCS employees in forest

All Colorado private landowners impacted by Colorado’s 2012 fire season now asking, “What About My Land,” NRCS may be able to provide you with some assistance.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides private landowners relief from imminent hazard to life and property causes by a natural disasters (e.g., fire, hurricane, floods, windstorms, blizzards, etc.) through the installation of conservation measures that will promote the grass growth in areas to stabilize soil and slow runoff as well as help lessen the impacts of water flow, debris runoff and erosion from rain/flood events on lands downstream and down slope from certain burned areas.

NRCS Support includes providing technical assistance through its Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA) Program as well as helping coordinate resources through its Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program for measures such as:

2012 Concrete Barrier Wall Fact Sheet
2012 Contour Sandbags Fact Sheet
2012 Contour Wattles Fact Sheet
2012 Dike Fact Sheet
2012 Diversion Fact Sheet
2012 Erosion Control Mats Fact Sheet
2012 Grade Stabilizers Fact Sheet
2012 Hand Raking Fact Sheet
2012 Hillside Home Drainage Fact Sheet
2012 Hydromulching Fact Sheet
2012 Log Erosion Barrier Fact Sheet
2012 Mechanical Scarification Fact Sheet
2012 Rock Check Fact Sheet
2012 Rock Outlet Protection Fact Sheet
2012 Sandbag Barrier Fact Sheet
2012 Sediment Basin Fact Sheet
2012 Seeding Fact Sheet
2012 Straw Bale Check Dam Fact Sheet
2012 Straw Bale Dike Fact Sheet
2012 Wire Fabric Gabion Fact Sheet

More detailed information:

Other Wildfire Rehabilitation Assistance and Information

EWP Questions and Answers
Waldo Canyon Fire (BAER) UPDATE: July 17, 2012
Colorado Geological Survey Post Fire Mudslide Brochure
City of Greeley
CSFS Post-Fire Rehabilitation
CSFS Wildfire Information
El Paso County
Larimer County
USDA Farm Service Agency
USFS Incident Information System (InciWeb)

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