The CMAT Experience March 2023 The CMAT Experience through the eyes of a COCO team memberBy Katie Dorman (she/her), Wildfire Mitigation Specialist, Coalitions & Collaboratives In October 2022, I joined the Community Mitigation Assistance Team (CMAT) ] as an instructor...

Current Trends in the U.S. Wildland Fire Management System – Are They Keeping Pace? January 2023 Words unspoken are more impactful than those voiced.Comments, commitments, and ideas from the 5th Cohesive Strategy Workshop in Asheville, North Carolina 2022 By Jonathan Bruno, CEO,...

Spring 2021 AIM Fund Grantees June 2021 Coalitions & Collaboratives, Inc.  (COCO) is excited to announce the Spring 2021 Action, Implementation and Mitigation (AIM) grant recipients. Eight organizations from five states were awarded $378,793.20 to build and develop their mitigation capacity.AIM grants...

April 2021 Coalitions & Collaboratives, Inc. 2020 Annual report COCO is incredibly thankful for our team and for the support we’ve received in order to achieve these accomplishments. Thank you for attending our webinars, for supporting our programs, and for...

March 2, 2021 Community Fire Planning with Forest Stewards Guild by Jonathan Bruno Representatives from the Forest Stewards Guild (FSG) share their experiences, lessons learned and examples of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs). With years of experience leading the next...

January 2021 The Action, Implementation and Mitigation Program 2020 It’s that time again, the time when reflection and hope are paramount as we ring in a new year. 2020 has been a unique year that will certainly go down in...

August 2020 A Mitigation Pioneer Pam Leschak I remember this particular moment well: I was sitting on the back patio of my suburban home on the Front Range of Colorado with my wife, Jennifer.  It was a nondescript, lazy weekend...

February 2020 AIM Partner Spotlight Huerfano County Huerfano County, Colorado has demonstrated to us how mitigation and sustainability is a journey, not a destination. Like many of their fellow AIM Affiliates, the event that  spurred Huerfano County’s application for funding...