Forest health project protects largest neighborhood in southwest Colorado
The Grassy Mountain Shared Stewardship project improves forest health and resilience in the San Juan Mountains.
June 5, 2025
Forest management in Park County has far-reaching benefits
A fuels reduction project near Bailey helps protect a critical water source for Denver’s drinking water.
May 16, 2025
Wildfire Awareness Month encourages Coloradans to Live Wildfire Ready
Spring is a good time of year to prepare one’s home and property for wildfire, and Gov. Jared Polis proclaimed May as Wildfire Awareness Month to encourage residents to be ready for fire and prevent human-caused wildfires.
May 7, 2025
CSU launches public tool for tracking forest management, wildfire mitigation
The new Colorado Forest Tracker is the first of its kind in Colorado, delivering comprehensive information about forest management accomplishments to all Coloradans in one location.
April 30, 2025
Erie 5th grader wins 2025 Colorado Arbor Day poster contest
This year’s poster contest theme is “The Superpower of Trees.” Congratulations to this year’s winner, Claire Oliveri!
April 24, 2025
Governor Polis and the CSFS announce 37 wildfire mitigation grants
Gov. Polis and the CSFS announced $7.04 million in Forest Health and Wildfire Risk Mitigation grants to 37 projects in 26 counties across Colorado.
March 31, 2025
Carbon Accounting of Colorado’s Harvested Wood Products
The CSFS recently completed an accounting of carbon stored in Colorado’s harvested wood products. This S&D Byte provides key findings, trends over time and context from this inventory.
April 24, 2025
Surface and Canopy Fuels in the 2022 CO-WRA Update
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.
July 28, 2023
Forest Carbon Offsets for Colorado Landowners
Carbon markets exchange carbon credits and provide a way for forest landowners to derive long-term, non-consumptive value from well-managed forests.
May 17, 2023