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Forests and Feathered Friends Right Outside Your Colorado Home
Birding is a fun, fulfilling outside activity, no matter where you live. Many Colorado birds live within city and town limits, and they offer an excellent way to connect with nature.
Birding is a fun, fulfilling outside activity, no matter where you live. Many Colorado birds live within city and town limits, and they offer an excellent way to connect with nature.
Arborist Appreciation Day is celebrated every year on June 16. Kamie Long, an arborist with the CSFS, tells us more about her journey and career.
The piñon Ips beetle (Ips confusus) poses a serious threat to piñon pine trees. Learn how to identify and treat these beetles in your trees.
A powerful wind event in winter 2022 toppled trees across hundreds of acres in the Sangre de Crist Range. The downed trees and damage affected access to popular trails, forest roads and campgrounds.
Coloradans can take simple, practical, relatively low-cost actions to prepare their homes and property for wildlife.
The Colorado State Forest Service awarded $300,000 to 12 organizations through a new grant program.
The Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment (CO-WRA) is a statewide geospatial analysis designed to increase wildfire awareness, provide comprehensive data and information concerning wildfire risk and local fire history and educate users about wildfire risk reduction and hazard mitigation resources available from the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) and partner organizations. The 2022 CO-WRA update was released on July 17, 2023.
Carbon markets exchange carbon credits and provide a way for forest landowners to derive long-term, non-consumptive value from well-managed forests.
Gaining a better understanding of the complexities of carbon can help inform management strategies, identify priority areas, and promote climate mitigation and adaptation.