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Opposition to forest thinning heats up in Jeffco mountain parks as wildfire threat looms

County plans to remove trees across 10% of its forested open space properties to mitigate fire risk

Darrell Luebbe and his wife Ruthe Hannigan walk past piles of limbs near the Alderfer/Three Sisters trail on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Evergreen, Colorado. Some foothills residents believe Jeffco Open Space’s tree thinning is only making the issue around wildfire safety worse. (Rebecca Slezak, Special to The Denver Post)
Darrell Luebbe and his wife Ruthe Hannigan walk past piles of limbs near the Alderfer/Three Sisters trail on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Evergreen, Colorado. Some foothills residents believe Jeffco Open Space’s tree thinning is only making the issue around wildfire safety worse. (Rebecca Slezak, Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2: Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | jaguilar@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Wildfire mitigation is a hot topic in Colorado, with the fire season now stretching well beyond the sweltering summer months as the climate warms and a megadrought continues to dry out the American West.
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