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Posted on: March 12, 2020
Twentieth-century forest management practices of fire exclusion have caused a buildup of forest fuels that, combined with current weather patterns, threaten the ecological health of the Colorado Front Range. The year 2002 clearly demonstrated the potential for catastrophic wildfire in the area. During that year's fire season, the Hayman fire moved across 13 8,000 acres of the Pike National Forest, located south and west of Denver.