Kristy Burnett
Communications Manager
(970) 491-4920
Kristy.Burnett@colostate.edu
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) released a video of a June tour held to commemorate the designation of buildings at the Colorado State Forest on the federal National Register of Historic Places.
LAFAYETTE, Colo. — This week, the invasive tree pest emerald ash borer (EAB) was confirmed in the City of Lafayette. This detection is still within a quarantine area established to try and prevent the human-assisted spread of EAB, but represents only the third confirmation of EAB anywhere in Colorado outside the City of Boulder, where the pest was first detected in 2013. EAB has also been confirmed in Gunbarrel and Longmont.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – With a recent increase in media coverage, advertisements and tree-care company treatment recommendations related to emerald ash borer (EAB) – a highly destructive, non-native insect that kills all true ash trees – Colorado experts want to be sure consumers are receiving accurate information about the pest and its management.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) and Colorado Water Conservation Board released a report providing scientific information about the benefits and challenges of managing Colorado’s forests to secure water supplies.
WALDEN, Colo. — A 90-year-old log home and eight outbuildings of the forest management complex at the Colorado State Forest east of Walden — most handcrafted in the late 1920s from the area’s native spruce and pine trees — have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — To help Colorado homeowners determine whether trees on their property are susceptible to being killed by emerald ash borer (EAB), today the Colorado State Forest Service and Colorado State University Extension released a free app that will allow anyone to use their mobile device to quickly ascertain whether a tree may be a potential target for the pest.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A mid-May winter storm battered the northern Colorado Front Range with several inches of wet snow, threatening many urban trees, especially in Fort Collins.
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Many Coloradans plant trees in the spring because it’s the best time of year to get new trees established, and communities around the state will be hosting plantings this week to recognize Colorado’s Arbor Day – which this year falls on April 21.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Residents of the Colorado Springs area and southern Front Range who are dealing with snow-damaged trees after this week’s snowstorm may now be considering actions to protect and repair them.
LA JUNTA, Colo. – The Bent’s Old Fort and Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Sites’ annual Firewise education event took place on Saturday, March 11. With assistance from Boy Scout Troop 113 from Centennial, Colo., park staff hauled pre-cut trees to a nearby road for splitting as a part of the site’s firewood collection project.
