Community Forestry Sort Yards to open in May

“Spring is a great time of year to get out on your land and begin preparing your property for wildfires.”

Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Forest Health Initiative is pleased to announce the Community Forestry Sort Yard operating schedule for 2013. Two sort yard locations are open each summer to provide residents a free of charge location to dispose of logs and slash cut from their land.

The sort yards do not accept yard clippings, raked up pine needles, root balls, construction materials, dirt, furniture, household trash or wood with metal in it. Sort yard staff will refuse loads that contain unacceptable items.

Allenspark/Meeker Park Sort Yard

8200 Hwy 7, Allenspark

• Spring hours: Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 24^th thru June 15^th
• Summer/Fall hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 30^th thru Oct. 19^th

Nederland Area Sort Yard

291 Ridge Road, Nederland

• Spring hours: Tuesday thru Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 1^st thru July 6^th (closed July 4^th)
• Summer/Fall hours: Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20^th thru Oct. 12^th (these dates are tentative)

The Community Forestry Sort Yards may have additional closures during the open season due to weather, staff training or other administrative requirements. To check the operational status of a sort yard please call 303-678-6368.

Boulder County encourages all of its residents to be good stewards of their backyard forest and to implement effective wildfire mitigation on their land.

“The spring is a great time of year to get out on your land and begin preparing your property for wildfires,” said Ryan Ludlow outreach forester with the county’s Land Use Department. “Simple actions like picking up downed branches, raking away all pine needles within 5 feet of your structures, cutting tall dead grass and moving leftover winter firewood piles off of porches and placing them at least 30 feet away from the home can really help improve the chances of your home surviving the next wildfire.”

If you want to learn more about how to implement effective wildfire mitigation on your land join us at the Nederland Community Center on May 11 for a half day workshop focused on “Firewise Landscaping.” Learn how to transform your home’s perimeter into an area that you can not only use, but also looks good and helps protect your home from wildfire.

For more information about the sort yard program or how to implement proactive wildfire mitigation on your land, contact Ryan Ludlow, Boulder County Forest Health Initiative’s outreach forester, at 720-564-2641 orrludlow@bouldercounty.org.

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