Tag: pathfinding

The Pathfinding Partnerships Award from CO-LABS recognizes impactful, collaborative research projects organized by four or more research entities, including federal labs, in Colorado. This year, the Wildfire Research (WiRē) team received this award for their support of evidence-based community wildfire education to help communities live with wildfire.  As wildfire frequency and severity increases worldwide and urban populations expand further into wildlands, communities will face increasing risk of interaction with wildfire. Scientific research has established effective practices for reducing wildfire risk to homes and communities, like improving fire department access to land parcels, removing flammable materials or vegetation near buildings, and