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Between August 13-December 2, 2020, the Cameron Peak Fire burned over 208,000 acres in the Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forests. It was the largest fire in Colorado history, and impacted 122 trails, 350 miles of roads, and one campground (Jack’s Gulch) in the areas we patrol. In this presentation, Matt Cowan, Wilderness and Trails Program Manager for the Canyon Lakes Ranger District, reviews the history of wildfires in the U.S., their impacts, and current recovery strategies, with special emphasis on Cameron Peak Fire areas. You will learn about the ecology of wildfires and how the USFS is managing them. This is a Zoom presentation for PWV members recorded on June 21, 2022.
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CBS KCNC-TV Denver recently aired a documentary entitled Scarred: Lessons Learned from The Cameron Peak Fire. It included several 
vignettes, one of which was about the work PWV is doing. As part of promoting the documentary, they individually aired the vignettes prior to the actual show. In developing the PWV story, CBS used several video clips produced by our Photo/Video team and the producers were very complimentary of the content and video quality we provided.
Recently, the Heartland Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced their nominees for their 2022 Emmy® Awards. PWV is involved in two nominations, within this Regional group.
CBS individually submitted each of the vignettes and PWV was nominated for an Emmy! You can find the vignette for PWV here.
In addition, CBS also was nominated for the entire 30-minute Scarred CBS documentary that you can find here. The awards ceremony is July 17.
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PWV member, Pete R., shares his experiences as a graduate student live-trapping wolverines in the Flathead National Forest south of Glacier National Park during the winters of 1975-76 and 1976-77. The wolverine study headed by Dr. Maurice G. Hornocker was the first research study of live wolverines using radio telemetry. In his presentation, Pete discusses the logistics of live trapping and radio-collaring wolverines, winter life in the backcountry, the results of Dr. Hornocker’s five-year research study, and current threats to wolverines. Pete spent three-and-a-half months each winter season living in the backcountry live-trapping wolverines. Presented as a Zoom presentation February 2022.