A Wild Watershed - a Podcast for the Boulder Creek Watershed

Listen to our newest episode on Abandoned Mine Restoration on the Boulder Creek Watershed. Learn about the different types of mining, the effects of mining and milling, and ways you can get involved to help invest in healthy watersheds and water systems. You can always learn more at:

https://www.boulderwatershedcollective.com/

https://www.tu.org/

Source: https://bouldercountyopenspace.org/hard-rock-mine-tour/geology.html

This episode allows the user the ability to listen to this podcast while hiking trails with a geo-referenced map with stops that are referenced during the episode. The content covered in this episode is based on real world areas on trail, but still has information that is representative of the Western United States. While this specific podcast episode was created to be downloaded and listened to while you hike along a free geo-referenced guided map at Mud Lake in Colorado, we welcome you to listen anywhere you are.  For those wishing to listen while you hike along the guided map, you can download this podcast episode and free map on our website at www.boulderwatershedcollective.com/take-a-hike-mudlake. It’s best to download this podcast episode and map before you get to the trailhead, as there is little internet service there.

Special thanks to Erin Fried with script development!

Hey Folks, 

Take a listen to our newest episode Watershed 101. We will be building off of this episode in upcoming episodes. Feel free to browse our website and links for more information and a deeper dive. Make sure to like, follow, subscribe and share! Thanks! 

Boulder Watershed Collective: https://www.boulderwatershedcollective.com/

Notes:

Watersheds: https://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html

HUC codes: https://nas.er.usgs.gov/hucs.aspx

Benefits of Watersheds: https://www.epa.gov/hwp/benefits-healthy-watersheds

Dead Zones: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/deadzone.html

South Platte River: https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/south-platte-river

Other resources:

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/divide/

https://sites.dartmouth.edu/dujs/2012/03/11/eutrophication-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-how-midwestern-farming-practices-are-creating-a-dead-zone/

https://www.epa.gov/ms-htf/northern-gulf-mexico-hypoxic-zone

Listen to learn more about actions and steps home and landowners can take to be better prepared for wildfires in the city and county of Boulder. Thank you to Danielle and Jamie for joining the show. Remember to check out the show notes below as well as the CSLC May 26th webinar "Home Wildfire Preparedness Workshop + Discussion," Wednesday, May 26, 2021 - 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM. 

May 26th Webinar: 

Emergency preparedness:

Boulder Office of Emergency Management: Boulderoem.com/preparedness

FEMA Emergency Preparedness: Ready.gov/plan

Defensible space: 

City of Boulder Fire-Rescue Wildfire Preparedness Guide: https://www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/Boulder_Fire-Rescue_Wildland_FIre_Prepardness_Guide-1-201602241609.pdf?_ga=2.208371665.275503305.1618582141-1839450495.1598994582

City of Boulder Fire-Rescue Detailed Wildfire Home Assessment Request https://bouldercolorado.gov/fire-rescue/wildfire-mitigation-assistance-request · Wildfire Partners Application: https://wildfirepartners.org/application-form/ 

IBHS Ember House Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvbNOPSYyss&t=33s 

CO State Forest Service Firewise Plant List: https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/firewise-plant-materials-6-305/

National Fire Protection Association Wildfire Website: https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire

Other sources:

https://co-co.org/mitigation-best-practices-toolbox/

https://wildfirepartners.org/

https://sawsandslaws.org/

Balch, J., Schoennagel, T., Williams, A., Abatzoglou, J., Cattau, M., Mietkiewicz, N., & St. Denis, L. (2018, June 05). Switching on the Big Burn of 2017. Retrieved November 02, 2020, from https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/1/1/17/htm

Schoennagel, T., Balch, J. K., Brenkert-Smith, H., Dennison, P. E., Harvey, B. J., Krawchuk, M. A., Whitlock, C. (2017, May 2). Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes. Retrieved from https://www.pnas.org/content/114/18/4582

Join Sue Cass and myself while we learn more about the history of mining in Boulder County and the old mining town of Gold Hill. Sue is a member of the Ingram family, who have a rich history in mining in Boulder County's mountains. Remember to like, follow and subscribe to our channel! Thanks! 

https://www.boulderwatershedcollective.com/

In this first episode (please excuse our audio), we interview Boulder County Senior Forestry Resource Specialist Stefan Reinold about his experience responding to the Calwood Fire, specifically at Heil Valley Ranch Open Space. Stefan details the fire behavior that was seen, the response to the fire, and the restoration and recovery process ahead. To learn more about this fire, click on the links below! Thanks!

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7245/

https://www.bouldercounty.org/open-space/parks-and-trails/heil-valley-ranch/

https://www.dailycamera.com/2021/02/10/boulder-county-sheriffs-office-calwood-fires-cause-unknown/

The cover picture of Calwood Fire: Nathaniel Goeckner