Five Year Review | Colorado State Forest Service

The 2020 Colorado Forest Action Plan is the road map to improve forest health across Colorado. Created by the Colorado State Forest Service and its many partners, the plan provides an in-depth analysis of forest trends and guidance to ensure our forests persevere for future generations. The Colorado State Forest Service offers this five year review of accomplishments toward goals in the plan.

Goals and Accomplishments for Colorado’s Forests

The 2020 Colorado Forest Action Plan sets goals for stewardship of the state’s forests by theme. Select a theme to learn about accomplishments toward goals in the plan for that theme. You can also explore statewide cross-theme accomplishments toward goals.

Colorado Forest Conditions - Forest Action Plan — Forest Conditions

Living with Wildfire — Living With Wildfire

Forests Provide Watershed Protection — Watershed Protection

Colorado’s forest habitats are home to diverse wildlife — Forest Wildlife

Projects Across Colorado

The 2020 Colorado Forest Action Plan includes a priority composite map that identifies subwatersheds where multiple goals in the Forest Conditions, Living With Wildfire and Watershed Protection themes of the plan can be achieved.

This map shows the locations of select projects completed by the CSFS and its partners in priority areas of Colorado from 2020 through 2023.

The projects on this map are compiled through the Colorado Forest Tracker.

Forest Legacy Program

The Colorado State Forest Service completed an evaluation of the Forest Legacy Program as part of the five-year review of the 2020 Colorado Forest Action Plan. View the 2025 Colorado Forest Legacy Program Assessment of Need.

Access the 2020 Colorado Forest Action Plan

2020 Colorado Forest Action Plan (56 MB PDF)
Appendix 1: Colorado State-Wide Forest Legacy Assessment of Need (8.7 MB PDF)
Appendix 2: Forest Action Plan Climate Change Risk Matrix Flow (140 KB PDF)
Appendix 3: GIS Methods and Metadata (120 KB PDF)
Appendix 4: CSFS Forest Action Plan External Stakeholder Meetings (100 KB PDF)
Appendix 5: Digitized External Outreach Map (8.5 MB PDF)
Appendix 6: Infrastructure Maps (1.9 MB PDF)
Appendix 7: Average Costs by Forest Cover Type and CSFS Area, Including Case Studies (300 KB PDF)
Appendix 8: Resource Strategy: Existing Program Alignment with Theme Goals and Strategies (320 KB PDF)
Appendix 9: Colorado National Priorities Five-Year Report (126 KB PDF)

Acknowledgements 

Special thanks to the Colorado State Forest Service staff and external partners who reviewed and provided accomplishments and data for the five year review of the 2020 Colorado Forest Action Plan. Thank you as well to the CSFS staff and many partners who contributed to the plan during its development.

The Forest Action Plan (Colorado Statewide Forest Resource Assessment & Strategy) was initiated in response to a mandate from the USDA Forest Service and contained in the Forestry Title of the 2008 Farm Bill (P.L. 110-234). This five-year review was conducted under the leadership of the Colorado State Forest Service and in accordance with requirements from the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.

The 2020 Colorado Forest Action Plan Five Year Review was published in January 2026.