Progress at Poncha Pass
October 25, 2023
Southwest Area
Our Activities Include:
News
Southwest Area Profile
Ask a Forester: Are Fading Evergreen Needles Normal in the Fall?
October 11, 2023
Ask a Forester: Where Do You View the Fall Colors?
September 22, 2023
- 15.7 million acres
- 1.9 million private forested acres
- 123,000 approved stewardship acres
Supervisory Foresters
Adam Moore, Communication & Communities Supervisory Forester – Based in the Alamosa Field Office. Oversees the Salida Field Office. Supervises urban and community forestry; advises on tree selection/planting/care; provides forestry education for youth; promotes forest health utilizing multiple channels and techniques for marketing, outreach, education and external communications; helps communities with Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
Jodi Rist, Forest Planning & Implementation Supervisory Forester – Based in the Montrose Field Office. Supervises forest management programs that include Firewise USA®, fire/fuels/forested watershed management, and Good Neighbor Authority projects on U.S. Forest Service land.
JT Shaver, Supervisory Forester – Based in the Salida Field Office.
Administration
Administrative Assistants – Aubrey Barber-Wilkins oversees budget and financial management.
Southwest Area Field Offices
| Office | Address | Phone Numbers |
| Alamosa | 101 South Craft Drive, Ste B Alamosa, CO 81101-1137 |
(719) 587-0915 (719) 587-0917 FAX (719) 587-0916 CSFS_Alamosa@mail.colostate.edu |
| Durango | FLC 7233 1000 Rim Drive Fort Lewis College Campus Durango, CO 81301-3908 |
(970) 247-5250 FAX (970) 247-5252 CSFS_Durango@mail.colostate.edu |
| Gunnison | PO Box 1390 Mountain Meadows Research Center 106 Maintenance Drive Gunnison, CO 81230 |
(970) 641-6852 FAX (970) 641-0653 CSFS_Gunnison@mail.colostate.edu |
| Montrose | 535 South Nevada Ave. Montrose, CO 81401 |
(970) 249-9051 CSFS_Montrose@mail.colostate.edu |
| Salida | 7980 West Highway 50 Salida, CO 81201-9571 |
(719) 539-2579 FAX (719) 539-2570 CSFS_Salida@mail.colostate.edu |
