Fire mitigation in Keystone
Homeowners in Keystone can sigh a bit of relief knowing that workers will begin removing dead lodge-pole pines on national forest around Keystone.
It will take three years and $1.4 million to thin the 1,000 acres planned, which is the second largest mitigation project in the nation.
It will take down trees in the forest, all the way down to the south side of Highway 6 near Frey Gulch and around Summit Cove and Swan Moutain Road, up to Sapphire Point. That will diminish the possibility of wildfires breaking out and destroying surrounding homes, because thinning makes it easier for firefighters to stop any fire before it spreads to residences.
Meanwhile, Keystone property owners are also taking care of dead trees on their lots.
