The Salida Field Office of the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) is one of 17 field offices in Colorado, serving Lake and Chaffee counties. It is administered by the Alamosa Field Office.
Our mission is to achieve stewardship of Colorado’s diverse forest environments for the benefit of present and future generations.
Specific services provided by the Salida Field Office can be found under the category headings.
At the Salida Field Office, we fill a variety of professional and technical roles for private landowners and communities in both forest and urban settings. Trees are our specialty, from small to large, with needles or leaves. Our desire is to help people be good stewards of the land.
Damon Lange – Southwest Area Manager
JT Shaver – Forester
Mercedes Siegle-Gaither – Forester
Josh Kuehn – Research Associate I Forester
Harmful insects can be transported in firewood, particularly if the trees cut died very recently or were in the process of dying. If firewood has no bark or the bark easily comes off by hand, tree-killing insects should be absent. Check green wood for unwanted occupants between the bark and wood.
7980 West Highway 50
Salida, CO 81201-9571
(719) 539-2579, (719) 539-2570
CSFS_Salida@mail.colostate.edu
San Isabel National Forest: Leadville, Salida ranger districts
Natural Resource Conservation Service Colorado Area 1
Arkansas Headwaters State Parks
Chaffee County Fire Protection District
Lake County Fire Department
Buena Vista Tree Board
Colorado Firecamp
Greater Arkansas River Nature Association (GARNA)
Salida Tree Board
CSFS Forest Entomologist Dr. Dan West produced an Esri Story Map for the annual Forest Health Report, which offers users an interactive way to learn about local forest conditions.
The Wildfire Risk Viewer is a web-mapping application that allows users to identify specific wildfire risk levels within a 1/2-mile radius of a home, or any other point of interest on the map.
