The Blue Mountain Forest Stewardship Initiative (FSI) fosters community collaboration through land stewardship, forest health and fire mitigation efforts.
Neighbors helping neighbors for the benefit of all.
Events are are community funded through donations to the FSI. Residents are asked to pay for services received by making a donation.
FSI Events & Project Signup
Spring 26' Kickoff
Saturday May 9, 2026
The Blue Mountain Forest Stewardship Initiative (FSI) invites you to our annual educational brunch at the barn of Cork and Bill Rech (8856 Blue Mountain Drive).
Tentative topics:
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The value of home hardening and lessons learned from the LA wildfires
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Community objectives and 2026 projects to improve wildfire resilience
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Insurance updates in 80403
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Beetle spread moving in from the west
What to expect
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Great brunch (on us!)
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Helpful, timely information for homeowners
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Raffle prizes — bring cash!
$5 per ticket or 5 for $20
Spring Slash Event
Saturday June 6, 2026
8:30-Noon
Time to start planning your fuels mitigation efforts leading up to the FSI Community Slash Event.
To avoid "calling" the pests, plan your tree dropping and/or trimming so the slash doesn't lay on the ground for more than a couple of weeks prior to the FSI Slash event. Cutting up to one month prior to our events would be optimal. If you are planning large scale thinning, we can help you with project planning, sawyer/vendor recommendations and put your property on our list for FSI volunteers to load and haul your slash at one of our twice yearly community slash events.
Home Ignition Zone (HIZ) Assessment & Training
Assessments and private training sessions for homeowners are offered throughout the season (April - October) upon request. The Home Ignition Zone includes your home and Zones 1 (first 5 feet around home), Zone 2 (5 to 30 feet) and Zone 3 (30 to 100 feet). Residents will get experienced advice and learn how to give their home a fighting chance to survive a wildfire, by "hardening" their home against an ember storm and completing vegetative fuel mitigation around the structure. Schedule a training for your family and learn to "Think Like an Ember!"
Bugs-N-Crud
The Bugs-N-Crud team is in transition and needs to re-establish its team of volunteer beetle inspections. Please confirm your continued participation with Loretta Simms.
Our forestry consultant, Bruce Benninghoff, has led the training of the team and is commonly and tirelessly on hand to help diagnose sick trees. Look for more detailed information on findings and check out the Education Materials tab for additional information what what the team has found through their site visits to some properties in the community.