The Colorado Wood Utilization and Marketing Program (CoWood) strives to improve the quality of life for Colorado’s forest products producers, consumers, and forest users by being Colorado’s leading innovator for forest products information, service, education and outreach.
Colorado Wood Utilization & Marketing Program
News & Updates
December 2019
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development is accepting proposals to its Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program for agricultural producers to enter into value-added related activities in the processing and marketing of agricultural products. Wood counts as an agricultural product. Applicants must be an agricultural producer or producer group (business).
For more information visit the USDA’s Value Added Producer Grants webpage or email PJ Howe or Tim Reader.
October 2019
The 2020 USFS Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity is accepting proposals to expand wood products and wood energy markets. Applications are due Jan. 15, 2020. For further information visit the USFS 2020 Wood Innovations Program Request for Proposals web page and/or email Tim Reader.
Projects & Community Efforts
Wood to Energy Program
Wood derived from Colorado and used for energy contributes to our state’s healthy forests, strong rural communities, and clean energy economy.
Colorado Forest Products™
The Colorado Forest Products™ program enhances the marketing of wood products harvested from Colorado’s forestland.
Forest Business Loan Fund
Colorado’s Forest Business Loan Fund provides lending to forest businesses who are improving Colorado’s forests.
CoWood Mission
Our mission is to improve the quality of life for Colorado’s forest products producers, consumers and forest users by being Colorado’s leading innovator on forest products information, service, education and outreach.
What is CoWood?
The Colorado Wood Utilization and Marketing Program (CoWood) is in the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) Forest Planning & Implementation Division. Our staff includes forest products and forest management professionals, educators and researchers in the CSFS and the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University.
CoWood staff are well positioned, recognized and experienced in working with a diverse collection of local, state, private and public natural resource stakeholders in Colorado and throughout the western region. Our program delivery includes:
Applied Research
- Forest Harvest and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Economics/Utilization
- Wood Product Processing and Wood Product Markets
- Energy Applications and Policy Analysis
Technical and Business Assistance
- Forest Products Harvesting and Manufacturing
- Business, Financial and Market Planning
Education and Outreach
- Colorado’s Forest Products Economy
- Colorado Forest Products™
- Continuing Education for Industry Professionals
- Seminars, Workshops and Conferences
CoWood Contact Information
Tim Reader
Program Specialist of Utilization & Marketing
Durango Field Office, Colorado State Forest Service
(970) 247-5250
tim.reader@colostate.edu
Dr. Kurt Mackes
Assistant Professor
Colorado State University
(970) 491-4066
kmackes@warnercnr.colostate.edu
Scott Woods
Associate Director of Forest Planning & Implementation
Colorado State Forest Service
(303) 404-9057
scott.woods@colostate.edu
Joe Duda
Deputy State Forester
Colorado State Forest Service
(970) 491-7546
joseph.duda@colostate.edu