CANCELED: Fireforest Film Screening + Panel Discussion In-Person
This event has been canceled by the community event organizer.
Join filmmaker Evan Barrientos and local fire leaders for a Fireforest film screening and panel discussion about forest restoration and fire mitigation initiatives on the Front Range.
Representatives from the Boulder County Fire Management Program, the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests (U.S. Forest Service), and other local collaborators will offer insight into the complexity and comprehensiveness of planning and implementing fire mitigation efforts.
This event is organized by a community partner and hosted by the Boulder Public Library.
Parking is available in both the Canyon and Arapahoe lots. To reach the theater from the Arapahoe lot, you can cross the creek using the exterior bridge.
- Date:
- Wednesday, Jul 23 2025
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location:
- Canyon Theater, Main Library, Theater
- Audience:
- Ages 12 to 18 Ages 18+
- Categories:
- Film Presented by Community
In August 2020, the Cameron Peak Fire was racing uncontrollably towards communities in northern Colorado. As it reached the footprint of a past U.S. Forest Service prescribed burn and the Drala Mountain Center (formerly Shambhala Mountain Center), a near-miracle occurred. The prescribed burn, combined with forest restoration treatments at Drala, gave firefighters a foothold to halt a portion of the fire and avert disaster for the communities downslope.
This 16-minute film tells the story of what happened there through the accounts of a U.S. Forest Service fire specialist, a Larimer Conservation District forester, and the Drala land manager. Together, they urge us to see fire and forest management as natural and essential parts of the landscape. By shifting the way we perceive fire and actively preparing forests to receive it, we can create hope for living with wildfires.