The Big Thompson Watershed Coalition, in collaboration with the Northern Colorado Fireshed Collaborative, the National Forest Foundation, Peaks to People Water Fund, and the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, and with support from event sponsor Xcel Energy, is offering a film screening of "Fire Lives Here". This powerful documentary explores Colorado’s evolving relationship with wildfire and the growing movement to return planned fire to the landscape as a strategy to reduce the risk of destructive fires and create more resilient forests.

Filmed over two years across Colorado’s Front Range, Fire Lives Here goes beyond the flames to showcase the year-round work of firefighters, scientists, land managers, and local communities working to return controlled fire back to Colorado’s forests. Directed by Aaron Colussi and Left of Frame, the film showcases the coordinated planning, implementation, and preparation involved in prescribed fire—and examines the effects of the Alexander Mountain Fire as it moved through areas that had undergone forest treatments.

The film will be followed by a brief discussion by a panel of local experts, including foresters and emergency responders.