CalWood Fire

By Dillon ThomasJune 10, 2021 at 6:27 pm BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Nearly a year after the Calwood Fire burned more than 10,000 acres, charring many homes, Boulder County is working to preserve what remains of the landscape. Scorched trees are now being cut down, chipped and dispersed through what used to be the forest as mulch. “These large massive fires aren’t leaving any trees behind.

By Danielle ChaviraFebruary 9, 2021 at 4:51 pm BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Boulder County commissioners approved a grant application from Parks and Open Space to tackle recovery efforts at the CalWood burn scar. The fire charred more than 10,000 acres and destroyed 20 homes last October. The fire was contained on Nov. 14. The grant application sought $4.3 million federal funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Services’ Emergency Watershed Protection program to help restore the area.

By Jeff ToddOctober 30, 2020 at 9:00 pm BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A Boulder photographer believes he captured a rare phenomenon on Monday evening when he was inspecting the burn area of the CalWood Fire. The display of light is known as light pillars or ice pillars. “At first we thought it was just a glint of light in our periphery. We noticed this hovering light source wasn’t moving at all. It was just this constant ray of light floating in space,” said Willie Cunningham.