Following the devastation from the Spring Creek Fire in 2018, Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection, a non-profit Colorado corporation with 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt status, was created, with the mission to collaboratively protect the Spanish Peaks area and wildlife from the impact of destructive events.
SPAWP facilitated the transition of a team of interested and concerned citizens, various governmental agencies and organizations as we took the early work done by the USFS Community Mitigation Assistance Teams (CMAT) from a concept to a functioning organization.
It was clear to SPAWP that fire mitigation should not just be left to the individual property owners, and that a concerted effort to minimize the impact of wildfires and flooding had to be established.
Our mission is to collaboratively protect the Spanish Peaks area and wildlife from the impact of destructive events.
Our Objectives
To formulate, update and use the master plan generated for the Spanish Peaks region to identify critical areas for reduction of high-density fuels in surrounding forests, protection of high value watersheds and creation of wildfire defensible spaces around dwellings, property and infrastructure.
To educate the public on the need and benefit of wildfire mitigation activities on both private and public lands.
To support Firewise Communities through outreach, funding for their activities, training and professional expertise and to encourage formation of additional Firewise Communities.
To secure matching grants for property and home owners to encourage reduction of ground fuels and creation of wildfire defensible spaces on their properties.
To secure funding and coordinate with relevant agencies to mitigate wildfire risks to evacuation routes to permit safe and timely evacuation in case of wildfire.
To coordinate and collaborate with county, state and federal agencies to obtain funding to mitigate wildfire risks, protect watersheds, infrastructure, wildlife and communities, and create healthy forests and landscapes.
Organization name
Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection
other names
SPAWP
2018
Tax id (EIN)
83-3584908
Category
Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief, Environment
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
PO BOX 421Huerfano County, CO, US
Las Animas County, CO, US
Pueblo County, CO, US
Custer County, CO, US
Costilla County, CO, US