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More than a decade after it was approved, a forest health and wildfire fuels mitigation project near Breckenridge and Blue River is turning some heads.
The White River National Forest gave final approval to the Breckenridge Forest Health and Fuels Project in 2011, but the most recent phase of clearcutting to establish fuel breaks has raised some questions from residents.
“I’m hearing all about it,” Blue River Town Manager Michelle Eddy said. “It’s definitely a bit more visible. But it’s one of those things — we know it will all grow in. It all comes back.”
Over the past several months, residents have reached out several times with questions about the fuels project, Eddy said. The project has been phased over several years and one of the most recent phases, the Blue River West Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project, in particular has brought questions from residents, she said.
The Blue River West Hazardous Fuels Project is a 121-acre fuel break located near Blue River, just west of and paralleling Colorado Highway 9. The project went under contract in July 2022 and is expected to be completed by this October, according to the National Forest Service. It is part of the larger 5,700-acre Breckenridge Forest Health and Fuels Project being phased in over more than a decade.
