Slash Site & Burn Pile Program

SPAWP’s slash site program provides a safe, coordinated location for residents to dispose of wildfire fuels and supports USFS-led training burns to reduce fire risk and strengthen community preparedness.
Highway 12 Shaded Fuel Break Project
A 17-mile shaded fuel break along Hwy 12 is protecting Cuchara Valley’s only evacuation route through forest thinning, defensible space, and strategic fuels reduction.
Cuchara Valley & Navajo Ranch Mitigation Project
SPAWP is reducing wildfire risk across 556 acres in Huerfano County through fuels mitigation and defensible space work—part of a three-year, landscape-scale project supported by CSFS.