This report shows that with suitable funding commitments, Colorado has the potential to combine our understanding of the state’s forests with innovative solutions to reduce wildfire risk and promote forest and watershed health.
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.
Urban and community forestry is about the relationship that we as people have with the natural world through trees where we live, work and play.
It’s not often a specific tree makes it into a governor’s speech. So, we’ll go out on a limb and say what happened last week at the capitol was an honor 2,500 years in the making. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is known for delivering state addresses laced with trivia and pop culture references and, during his fifth State of the State address, he made a shout out to the oldest member of one of Colorado’s more unique tree species — the gnarly bristlecone pine.
The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the USDA Forest Service, in collaboration with the Colorado State Forest Service, conducts and continuously updates an inventory across all forested lands in Colorado and Wyoming. Certified, highly trained foresters and research associates survey hundreds of permanent research plots annually, measuring 10 percent of the forested plots each year.
The forests in Colorado are subject to many different disturbances. Some of the most common disturbances are insect damage, disease damage and fire damage.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – In August, a group of CSU staff and students fanned out through Yellowstone National Park for two weeks, gathering forest data at more than 30 sites throughout the park.
