Fueling CSU’s Homecoming Bonfire
Foresters, CSU students and heavy machinery operators make the trek up to Borden Memorial Forest each year to load up slash and haul it to the CSU campus for the annual Homecoming Bonfire.
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Landowners Urged to Inspect Trees for Mountain Pine Beetle
October is an ideal time for landowners to check pine trees, specifically lodgepole, ponderosa and limber, on their property for the presence of mountain pine beetle (MPB).
Fading, Off-Color Pine Needles Normal in Autumn
Colorado evergreens shed their older, interior needles as part of an annual growth cycle. Needles on the lower portions of the crown or closest to the trunk are most commonly shed, but trees stressed due to drought or root damage may shed more needles to keep the tree in balance with its root system.
Partners Come Together to Prevent Wildfire and Improve Forest Health in Teller County
The Woodland Park Field Office of the Colorado State Forest Service received a $1 million Landscape Resilience Investment grant through the Colorado Department of Natural Resources Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) that will fund essential forest management activities near the North Catamount reservoir.
Gov. Polis Visits the CSFS Seedling Nursery
On Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, Governor Jared Polis visited the Colorado State Forest Service Seedling Nursery on the Foothills Campus of Colorado State University.
Protecting Drinking Water for Colorado Springs Residents
The CSFS works with Colorado Springs Utilities and the Pikes-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands under a Good Neighbor Agreement to reduce the impacts of a catastrophic wildfire on this municipal watershed that supplies water to residents of Colorado Springs.
Loan Program Helps Reduce Wildfire Severity While Improving Profits for Wood Products Businesses
The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) delivered the first Wildfire Risk Mitigation Loan under a new partnership with the San Luis Valley Development Resources Group (SLVDRG) Business Loan Fund.
How to Speak Beetle
MCH pheromone packet technology gives Douglas-fir beetles a message to move on, helping protect Colorado forests.
$15 Million in Grants Available to Colorado Communities to Reduce Wildfire Risk
The Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation Grant Program helps fund projects that strategically reduce wildfire risk to property, infrastructure and water supplies and that promote forest health through scientifically based forestry practices.
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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