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The new strategic plan outlines the vision, mission and strategic goals of the CSFS through 2020 and is designed to be a guiding document that provides clear direction, is easy to understand and used regularly internally and externally.
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Colorado’s climate, like that of the rest of the planet, is undergoing significant change. As a result, changes to forest environments are occurring. What do these changes mean for Colorado forests, and for forest landowners?
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Emerald ash borer (EAB) was confirmed for the first time in Colorado, in the City of Boulder in 2013. The destructive, non-native insect now poses an emerging and serious threat to Colorado’s urban and community forests.
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The Restoring Colorado’s Forests Fund provides tree seedlings for planting on lands that have been severely impacted by wildfire or other disasters. The fund targets areas that are most critical to water protection and wildlife habitat.
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GRANBY, Colo. – The Colorado State Forest Service and Kremmling Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management have completed a project to remove beetle-killed trees and reduce wildfire risk, in what is the first cross-boundary project using the Good Neighbor Authority to the fullest extent in Grand County.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The number of people living in areas at risk to the effects of wildland fire increased by nearly 50 percent from 2012 to 2017, based on new Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment data released this week by the Colorado State Forest Service.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A summer of destructive wildfires has served as an unfortunate reminder to Coloradans that many forested areas here remain unhealthy and fire-prone, and that the occurrence of fire in natural settings is inevitable. For those interested in taking action, but who have simply lacked the means, funding is available to help address these concerns.
LA JUNTA, Colo. – As part of an agency-wide restructure that took effect this year, the Colorado State Forest Service has filled a new position dedicated to assisting eastern Colorado with community forestry concerns.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Colorado landowners who want to protect environmentally valuable private forest areas that could someday be threatened by development or conversion to other non-forest uses – and who desire to receive monetary compensation in the process – now have the opportunity to submit proposals to protect their forestlands.
