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
Report: Outbreaks of forest pests spread during warm year
The annual forest health report assesses how insects are building populations in forests across the state and changing fuel dynamics for wildfire as they leave dead and dying trees in their wake.
March 26, 2025
Celebrating Women in Forestry
The Colorado State Forest Service is proud to have skilled and committed women who work tirelessly to manage the state’s forests.
March 19, 2025
CSFS breaks ground on seedling tree nursery renovation
The Colorado State Forest Service celebrated a groundbreaking for new facilities at the CSFS Seedling Tree Nursery in Fort Collins. This renovation is fundamental to meeting critical reforestation needs in Colorado and other western states.
March 13, 2025
CSU announces capital campaign to build educational facility at the Colorado State Forest
A $1.23 million donation kickstarted fundraising efforts to transform the Michigan River Camp at the Colorado State Forest into a facility that offers place-based learning, training and research.
March 12, 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