Kristy Burnett
Communications Manager
(970) 491-4920
Kristy.Burnett@colostate.edu
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Wildfires are both natural and inevitable – including in wildland-urban interface settings where millions of Coloradans live. These fires can be particularly destructive in areas where forests are unhealthy, unmanaged and unnaturally dense.
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – National and state experts have confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) – an invasive, highly destructive tree pest – in the City and County of Broomfield, northwest of Denver.
GOLDEN, Colo. – Colorado Springs Utilities, the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region and Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) announced their plans to invest $16 million, over a five-year period, in forest and watershed restoration projects.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – With the scars of destructive 2018 wildfires still highly visible throughout Colorado, and affected families still working toward recovery, many in the state want to know what they can do to help.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Colorado landowners who want to protect environmentally valuable private forest areas that could someday be threatened by development or conversion to other non-forest uses – and who desire to receive monetary compensation in the process – now have the opportunity to submit proposals to protect their forestlands.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Pete Barry, GIS specialist for the Colorado State Forest Service, has received the prestigious Paul Gleason Lead by Example Award for providing leadership in the ranks of wildland firefighting.
GUNNISON, Colo. – A collaborative forestry project between the CSFS and U.S. Forest Service – the Western Bark Beetle Program – has been established, and a bid was recently awarded to Mountain Tree Scapes to address mountain pine beetle-infested trees in Gunnison, Colo.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – U.S. Forest Service Regional Forester Brian Ferebee honored employees, partners and volunteers for 2018 contributions and successes during the annual Regional Forester’s Awards ceremony on April 4 in Lakewood, Colo.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The 2018 fire season saw more acres burned in Colorado than any other year except 2002. While hundreds of homes were lost, forest management actions intended to help protect communities from wildfires and other threats proved effective in efforts to save lives and property.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Bark beetle outbreaks have continued to expand in parts of Colorado, based on a 2018 aerial forest health survey conducted by the Colorado State Forest Service and U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Every year the agencies work together to aerially monitor forest health conditions on millions of forested acres across the state.
