Colorado’s forests are dynamic ecosystems.
The Colorado State Forest Service studies the state’s forests and trees to better understand our forested ecosystems and inform forest management. Through this science-based approach, the Colorado State Forest Service and its partners improve the health of Colorado’s forests and their resilience to wildfire, insects, diseases and climate change.
Increased tree mortality from mountain pine beetles has the potential to alter fire behavior and wildfire risk to communities in a highly populated area of Colorado.
Semiochemicals can be important tools to monitor and control bark beetle populations as part of an integrated pest management strategy.
The CSFS used aerial survey and FIA data to examine ponderosa pine-dominant forests affected by an outbreak of mountain pine beetles in a nine-county area of the Front Range.
