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Tag: Forest Products
Wood Is Good: Embracing Forest Products
October 18, 2023
National Forest Products Week celebrates the important role of forests in our environments and economies.
Technology and the ‘Small’ Forest Problem
June 01, 2023
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.
Loan Program Helps Reduce Wildfire Severity While Improving Profits for Wood Products Businesses
August 30, 2022
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.
Accessible Timber Volume, 2010-2019
May 16, 2022
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.
Tree Farmer of the Year Finds Outlets for Beetle-Killed Wood
August 30, 2021
John Reading harvests beetle-killed pine, then cuts and mills it on-site at his Tree Farm in the Cherokee Park area of Larimer County.
Loan Program Helping Mitigate Economic Impacts to Colorado’s Forest Products Businesses
July 01, 2020
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado State Forest Service and its economic development partners with the Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments are providing loans to Colorado’s forest products businesses affected by the coronavirus.
Wood Utilization Experts Gather in Denver During National Forest Products Week
October 16, 2017
DENVER – Although Colorado experienced a relatively moderate wildfire season in 2017, the current catastrophic losses faced by California and some other Western states highlight the need to address wildfire-prone forests on a regional basis.
Forest Products Week Highlights Need for Coloradans to Use Local Wood
October 19, 2015
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Coloradans use enough wood fencing to completely enclose the state’s borders with Wyoming, Nebraska and New Mexico, and enough framing lumber in residential construction, laid end to end, to reach over halfway to the moon. Yet 90 percent of the forest products purchased are imported into the state.