Steamboat Springs Field Office
The Steamboat Springs Field Office of the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) is one of 18 field offices throughout Colorado. This office serves Jackson, Moffat and Routt counties and supports the staff at the Colorado State Forest.
The CSFS is a service and outreach agency of the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University (CSU). The CSFS state office is on the CSU Foothills Campus in Fort Collins.
Our mission is to achieve stewardship of Colorado’s diverse forest environments for the benefit of present and future generations.
Resources
- Community Wildfire Protection Plans (Jackson, Moffat & Routt Counties)
- Forest Ag Program
- Lodgepole & Beetle Kill Blue Stain (514 KB PDF)
Staff
The Steamboat Springs Field Office serves Jackson, Moffat and Routt counties in northwest Colorado. We are focused on improving forest health in these counties through technical assistance.
John Twitchell – Supervisory Forester
Carolina Manriquez – Lead Forester
Bart Brown – Forester
Aaron Richards – Forester
Dakota Koopmann – Forester
Chris Mraaz – Administrative Assistant
Contact Information
2667 Copper Ridge Circle, #1
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
(970) 879-0475
[email protected]
Post-Fire Rehabilitation Resources
- Colorado Post-Fire Playbook (13.1 MB PDF)
- Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires (347 KB PDF)
- Replanting in Burn Areas: Tips for Safety and Success (730 KB PDF)
- Soil Erosion Control after Wildfire (6 MB PDF)
- Vegetative Recovery after Wildfire (188 KB PDF)
- Restoring Colorado’s Forests Fund Application (250 KB PDF)
Post-Fire Rehabilitation Publications
- Aspen (939 KB PDF)
- Douglas-fir (586 KB PDF)
- Gambel Oak and Serviceberry (865 KB PDF)
- Piñon Pine-Juniper (888 KB PDF)
- Ponderosa and Lodgepole Pine (896 KB PDF)
Partners
National Park Service, Rocky Mountain National Park
US Fish & Wildlife Service, Arapaho Wildlife Refuge
USDA Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
Bureau of Land Management, Kremmling Field Office
Bureau of Land Management, Little Snake Field Office
Jackson County Extension
Routt County Extension
Jackson County
Moffat County
Routt County
City of Craig
City of Steamboat Springs
Craig Fire Department
Oak Creek Fire Protection District
Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue
Field Office Location
Forest Health Report Story Map
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.
Wildfire Risk Viewer
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.
