Intense Colorado forest fire burning through dense pine trees during wildfire season

When to Start Your 2026 Colorado Fire Mitigation to Maximize Upcoming Insurance Changes

Colorado fire mitigation rules are changing in 2026. Create defensible space, document mitigation work, and protect your home while lowering insurance costs

Distant hillside in Colorado with large plumes of wildfire smoke rising into the sky.

Why Wildfire Risk Is Increasing in Evergreen, CO & Surrounding Areas

Evergreen ranks #1 for wildfire risk in Colorado. Learn what’s driving it – and how Jefferson County & LAM Tree can help protect your property year-round.

A fire spreads through a forest in Colorado.

Common Sense Defensible Spaces: Protect Your Home from Wildfires

Your guide to common sense defensible spaces around your home. Learn how to protect your mountain home from wildfires with expert advice from LAM Tree Service.

Great Plants for Firewise Landscapes in the Colorado Foothills

Discover the top plants for firewise landscapes in the Colorado Foothills. Protect your home from wildfire while maintaining a beautiful, low-maintenance yard.

The Best Plants to Restore Your Landscape After a Wildfire in Colorado

Learn which plants are best for restoring our uniquely beautiful Colorado landscapes post-wildfire. By focusing on native plants and understanding the new environmental dynamics, we can turn a scene of devastation into an opportunity for ecological renewal and resilience.

Grasses of various heights grow on an Evergreen, Colorado property.

How to Have Grasses on Your Colorado Property While Still Being Fire-Wise

While grasses, especially non-native invasive grasses, can cause wildfires to spread, that doesn’t mean you can’t have them on your property while being fire-wise. In this article, we explain how to remove grasses that are noxious weeds, plant native grasses, and maintain a defensible space to prevent wildfires.

Grass on fire near trees in the Colorado Foothills.

Considering Fire Mitigation? What You Need to Know Before You Start

In this article, we will answer those questions and more as we describe the process, talk through how fire mitigation is handled by LAM Tree Service, and go over general costs.

Mountain pine beetle damage to lodgepole pines in Colorado.

How Wildfire Management makes Mountain Pine Beetle (and Other Pests) Worse

In this article, we will explain more about this strange relationship between wildfire suppression and tree pests, explore what can be done to change this pattern, and give you information on how to keep your Colorado property fire safe and your trees healthy.

Red crossbills in a cedar tree in the Colorado foothills.

Is Wildfire Management Hurting Colorado’s Wildlife?

We might have not considered that our attempt to control wildfires would negatively impact the wildlife. Studies shows that wildlife declined due to some forest fire managements. Read this article to know more about those methods.

The remnants of a home destroyed by a wildfire.

A Better Way to Protect Homes from Wildfires

Wildfires are becoming more and more common here in Colorado, and therefore it is the responsibility of every property owner to know how to protect their home or property from wildfire. With all the ongoing and past fire mitigation work, we have seen what works – and what doesn’t work – when it comes to…