The regular meeting of the RCVFD Board is at 6 pm Wednesday, March 20, at Fire Station 1, 11835 Rist Canyon Road. All Rist Canyon area residents are welcome to attend. If you would like a copy of the agenda before the meeting, please email your name, email address, and telephone number no later than March 16 to the RCVFD Board Secretary at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please put "RCVFD Meeting Agenda" in the subject line. Your copy of the agenda will arrive 1-2 days before the scheduled meeting.

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Saturday, March 2, in areas below 6000 feet in several Fire Zones, including 238 which covers Fort Collins. Rist Canyon is in zone 215, so this warning does not apply to us directly, but it serves as a reminder that we are entering into Wildland Fire season, and awareness of the weather around us is important to prevent accidental ignitions. Even if we don't have a Red Flag Warning, the low relative humidity, high winds, and warm weather combine to increase risk of ignition and spread from seemingly simple things like uncontained sparks and hot exhaust systems.

Please be careful around your properties this weekend, and as always, call 911 immediately if you see flames.

The regular meeting of the RCVFD Board is at 6 pm Wednesday, Feb. 21, at Fire Station 1, 11835 Rist Canyon Road. All Rist Canyon area residents are welcome to attend. If you would like a copy of the agenda before the meeting, please email your name, email address, and telephone number no later than Feb. 17 to the RCVFD Board Secretary at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please put "RCVFD Meeting Agenda" in the subject line. Your copy of the agenda will arrive 1-2 days before the scheduled meeting.

He went missing the night of January 25 and hasn’t returned. This is very unusual behavior for him.



If anyone finds him, they can call Rob at 970-581-6198 or Dollie at 970-310-8832. Our email is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Thank you.

Rob & Dollie Knab

We are missing two of our dogs and we think someone might have picked them up on the road.

1) Maple is a Black Lab. She has an orange collar on with our phone number.

2) Lindi is a Great Pyrenees/Bernese mix. Unfortunately, Lindi does not have her collar.

They both are extremely friendly. Please call us if you have seen them.

970-217-6540 (Ray Aberle)

970-217-4558 (Jen Aberle)



Thank you,

Jen & Ray

The first 2024 regular meeting of the RCVFD Board is at 6 pm Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Fire Station 1, 11835 Rist Canyon Road. All Rist Canyon area residents are welcome to attend. If you would like a copy of the agenda before the meeting, please email your name, email address, and telephone number no later than Jan. 13 to the RCVFD Board Secretary at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please put "RCVFD Meeting Agenda" in the subject line. Your copy of the agenda will arrive 1-2 days before the scheduled meeting.

A 6 month old kitten was in a car that was involved in a crash yesterday, and escaped into the woods headed east on Stove Prairie Road between Bent Timber Lane and Timber Pass Lane. It was black with white patches, and is undoubtedly terrified after the crash. If you see it or are able to capture it, please contact Jocelyn Wolf at (970) 581-9653. She has the contact info of its owner.

Thank you,
Chief Elsner

This month’s regular meeting of the RCVFD Board is at 6 pm Wednesday, November 15, at Fire Station 1, 11835 Rist Canyon Road. All Rist Canyon area residents are welcome to attend. If you would like a copy of the agenda before the meeting, please email your name, email address, and telephone number no later than Nov. 11 to the RCVFD Board Secretary at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please put "RCVFD Meeting Agenda" in the subject line. Your copy of the agenda will arrive 1-2 days before the scheduled meeting.

The USFS will be conducting more prescribed burns in the Magic Feather area this weekend, starting Friday. As usual, smoke will be visible throughout our area, and residents may smell it as well. USFS expects to be concentrating mostly in Zone 6. For more information, see the operations map for Magic Feather on the Inciweb page.

In advance of the 2023 RCVFD Annual Meeting on November 4, please review the 2022 RCVFD Annual Meeting Minutes. These are posted on the RCVFD website (pdf) (About RCVFD --> RCVFD Annual Meeting Minutes). Attendees to the 2023 Annual Meeting will be asked to approve these minutes. If you have any questions, please contact the Board Secretary.