Firefighters remove ‘fuel’ from the forest in Clear Creek - Clear Creek Courant

Firefighters remove ‘fuel’ from the forest in Clear Creek - Clear Creek Courant

A team of wildfire firefighters with chainsaws and an industrial wood chipper headed up a mountain in Idaho Springs near the Forest Service building. In front of them were thousands of dead and dying trees, along with the broken slash that covered the ground. Their mission that day was to “get it out,” Clear Creek Fire Wildland Coordinator Chad Martin said. “This area has suffered from an infestation of mortality,” Martin said. Members of the Cl…