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.
The Colorado State Forest Service and its partners conducted a vast majority of their forest management work in high-priority areas of the state and greatly increased the acres of forests they managed and enhanced annually from 2020 through 2024.
The CSFS recently completed an accounting of carbon stored in Colorado’s harvested wood products. This S&D Byte provides key findings, trends over time and context from this inventory.
Working with many partners and across boundaries on nearly 1800 acres, foresters in the Steamboat Springs Field Office have managed critical work that’s reduced wildfire risk and benefited the local economy.
CSFS Utilization & Marketing Forester Tim Reader received the award for his work managing the Wildfire Risk Mitigation Loan Fund that has had tremendous economic impact in southwest Colorado.
New podcast episode shares how Colorado and Finland are shaping global sustainability and forestry conversations
National Forest Products Week celebrates the important role of forests in our environments and economies.
Golden West Pine Mills in Ault, Colo., uses innovative technology that makes small-diameter trees marketable, helping decrease the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire along the Front Range.
The Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) delivered the first Wildfire Risk Mitigation Loan under a new partnership with the San Luis Valley Development Resources Group (SLVDRG) Business Loan Fund.
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.
