Wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities (residences intermingle with or are adjacent to wildland vegetation) in the western US have experienced rapid population growth and destructive wildfires in recent years. In Boulder County, the 2021 Marshall Fire tragically illustrated the need for policies and investments to mitigate wildfire risk and help communities adapt to wildfire. However, Boulder County’s WUI communities are not homogeneous, and the principle of social equity must be embedded into wildfire mitigation and adaptation. Working with community partners, we will examine how two dimensions of social equity – procedural equity and recognitional equity – played out in the recent process of updating Boulder County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). We focus on western Boulder County due to its heightened wildfire vulnerability.

• Community Workshop

  Additional Info

  Public workshop where we share the results of our survey and interviews, validate our results through feedback from community members, and facilitate a discussion as to how our findings can inform the implementation of Boulder County’s new CWPP and allocation of funds for wildfire mitigation and adaptation.

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  Location

  on campus

  Dates

  Ongoing

  Public or Private

  Public Program (open to the public)

  Program Fee

  No charge to attend/participate in activity or program