The plan guides Boulder County in a collaborative community effort to reduce the risks and negative impacts of wildfire

Key Points

• Boulder County has completed the 2024 Community Wildfire Protection Plan update, which was collaboratively developed with agency partners and significant community engagement and input.
• The plan addresses the new era of more intense climate-driven wildfires that have expanded beyond the mountains and foothills and also threaten communities in the eastern plains of Boulder County.
• View the new Boulder County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (PDF) or interactive CWPP story map.

Boulder County, Colo. - The 2024 Boulder County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is now available to view and download on the county’s CWPP website. The CWPP Story Map offers an interactive tour of the CWPP’s highlights, maps, and graphics.

The 2024 Boulder County CWPP is a strategic planning document developed through months of agency collaboration with significant community engagement and input. It provides a countywide wildfire risk and hazard assessment and identifies management recommendations and actions. A county-level CWPP is used as an umbrella for community plans and supports local level planning efforts.

The 2024 plan is an update of the county’s 2011 CWPP. Since then, we have entered a new era of climate-driven wildfires. The threats and impacts from these more intense wildfires have expanded beyond the mountains and foothills, and also threaten our communities in the eastern plains of Boulder County. Wildfire planning, mitigation, and response must be addressed on a larger scale and at a faster pace to match current fire activity, climate change, and population growth in the wildland-urban interface.

The updated CWPP reflects this changing landscape and will be monitored and updated as changes occur, and management recommendations and actions are implemented.

Contact Staff and More Information

For more information, contact Meg Halford, Wildfire Team Forest and Grasslands Project Coordinator, at mhalford@bouldercounty.gov or 720-564-2843. View wildfire mitigation resources and information on the Boulder County Wildfire Mitigation webpage or visit WildfirePartners.org.