Over one-third of Colorado is forested acreage — 24 million acres of the state’s 66.48 million acres — managed by a variety of local, state and federal entities. The Colorado State Forest Service and ...
Some scientists and Colorado residents are raising concern that the state’s messaging and management of beetle-killed forests do not align with the published research on the interaction between dead ...
As wildfire season picks up in Colorado, Fire Chief Brad White, of Grand Fire Protection District No. 1, says he’s worried “there’s not a lot of extra help to be had this summer.” Mass layoffs and ...
Colorado’s new State Wildlife Action Plan, approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in January 2026, provides a 10-year ...
Ill-named legislation that would take a wrecking ball to the public’s involvement in management of our public forests has recently moved through the House of Representatives, and is now under ...
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said that the latest cuts by the Trump administration will make the state less protected from wildfires and could result in increased insurance costs ...
Colorado’s two Democratic U.S. senators are of two minds when it comes to proposed forest management legislation addressing wildfire risk. Sen. John Hickenlooper is a Senate sponsor of the Fix Our ...