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Kristy Burnett
Communications Manager
(970) 491-4920
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Happy Colorado Day, Everyone!

The Colorado State Forest Service works year round, statewide to care for Colorado’s trees, working with partners in towns and cities, federal land managers, private landowners and Colorado State Parks. Throughout August, we’ll add examples of our work in state parks across state. 

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Accessible Timber Volume, 2010-2019

The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the USDA Forest Service, in collaboration with the Colorado State Forest Service, conducts and continuously updates an inventory across all forested lands in Colorado and Wyoming. Certified, highly trained foresters and research associates survey hundreds of permanent research plots annually, measuring 10 percent of the forested plots each year.

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Coloradans Encouraged to Prepare for Wildfire as Risk Increases

May is Wildfire Awareness Month, an annual observance to encourage residents to better prepare their homes and communities for wildfires. With more than half of all Coloradans living in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), susceptible to wildfire, it’s important for people to take action to reduce the risk fire poses to their homes and create more fire-adapted communities.

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