Black Mule Forestry

05/21/2026

Fun work today!

05/21/2026

When you ask ChatGPT “Fire mitigation, but make it adorable”

05/20/2026

Pedro the Black Mule wants to know if you have considered fire 🔥 mitigation for your property?! He may be cute but he is still judging you on all your ladder fuels. A ladder fuel is vegetation that allows fire to climb from the ground into trees and spread more intensely—and we don’t want that!
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05/20/2026

Started a new job today in Fruita, Colorado!

05/17/2026

Here is the beast! mulching head

05/17/2026

Wildfire preparedness starts with community. We joined Plateau Valley residents in Collbran, Molina, and Mesa to share practical steps for defensible space, home hardening, and coordinated response. Events like this bring homeowners, firefighters, utilities, and forestry pros together — the collaboration rural Colorado needs. Read more about what we covered and how you can get involved:

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Recently, Black Mule Forestry had the opportunity to attend a wildfire preparedness event serving the Plateau Valley communities of Collbran, Molina, and Mesa. Events like this are incredibly important for rural Colorado communities, where wildfire is not a matter of if, but when. Bringing together....

05/16/2026

Join us in Collbran for a Fire Preparedness Event hosted by Plateau Valley Fire Department — Saturday, May 16, 2:00–3:30 PM. Learn practical wildfire awareness and preparedness tips to protect your home and community. Every Colorado season brings risks — be informed, be ready. Read more: https://wix.to/xZWyCpJ

Event Details📍 Plateau Valley Fire Department 2004 Elm Ave, Collbran, Colorado📅 Saturday, May 16⏰ 2:00 PM – 3:30 PMWe’re proud to be part of this important community event focused on wildfire awareness, preparedness, and protecting the places we all call home here in the Plateau Valley.C...

05/14/2026

This is going to be a really fun project to help make Fruita safer! We are looking forward to collaborating with the City of Fruita and other local businesses to perform some fire mitigation in the Little Salt Wash Park, and the park is going to look better than ever when we are done. Fire mitigation isn’t just rural—it can be right in your hometown backyard.

Starting Monday, May 18, crews will begin a large-scale fuel-reduction project at Little Salt Wash Park. The work is expected to take about two weeks.

This project is a partnership between the Lower Valley Fire District, Two Rivers Wildfire Coalition, the City of Fruita, Black Mule Forestry, and Eco Burn. Crews will be removing invasive tamarisk, elm trees, fallen trees, dry grasses, loose debris, and other vegetation that can become a fire hazard. Aesthetic trees and any trees that are part of the disc golf course will remain in place. Removed materials will be mulched on-site or burned using Eco Burn's clean-burn technology, with the resulting nutrients returned to the soil to support new growth of native trees and grasses across the wash.

No chemicals or herbicides will be used during this project. The mitigation relies entirely on natural processes, which is especially important because Little Salt Wash flows directly into the Colorado River. Keeping the work chemical-free protects the wash, the surrounding habitat, and the river downstream.

The goal is to reduce hazardous fuels, improve wildfire resilience, protect nearby homes and natural spaces, and leave Little Salt Wash healthier for the long term.
Visitors to the park can expect to see crews and equipment in the area during this time. Thank you for your patience as we work together to keep our community safer and healthier.

05/14/2026

A preview of a job we just completed! Get your fire mitigation done before it’s too late!

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05/14/2026

New YouTube video just hit today, it’s of a gulley that is on our property. Gulleys like this are very dangerous around your home if they aren’t maintained and mitigated—it’s where wildfires like to crawl. We started the project a few months ago when we had some time—and we also show what it looks like after the grass has grown through the mulch! This machine just does fantastic work, and Justin does an awesome job making sure the final product looks good!

This is a great video depicting the work we can do in a small gulley in rural Colorado. This kind of landscape is super common in Mesa, Collbran, and Molina,...

05/13/2026

If you think this would be a great way to clear debris off you property, give our friends at ECOburn a call!

An air curtain burner is a high-efficiency system used to safely burn woody debris like slash piles, tree limbs, and brush generated from forestry, fire mitigation, and land clearing projects. A powerful blower forces a curtain of air over the burn box or trench, which increases combustion temperatures and reburns smoke particles, resulting in a cleaner, hotter, and more controlled burn than traditional open pile burning.
In Western Colorado, air curtain burners are especially beneficial because they help reduce smoke impacts, lower wildfire fuel loads, and provide a faster way to dispose of woody material in dry, fire-prone environments. They can also help contractors and landowners stay more compliant with air quality concerns while improving efficiency on large-scale mitigation and forestry projects.