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The mission of the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) is to achieve stewardship of Coloradoās diverse forest environments for the benefit of present and future generations. The CSFS is a service and outreach agency of the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. These digital collections include management plans, maps, publications, and a video from the Colorado State Forest Service.
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Item Open Access 2010 report on the health of Colorado's forests: continuing challenges for Colorado's forests: recurring & emerging threats: 10th anniversary report(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2011) Ciesla, William M., author; Colorado State Forest Service, publisherThe 2010 Report on the Health of Colorado's Forests, Continuing Challenges for Colorado's Forests: Recurring & Emerging Threats, provides an overview of the current health and conditions of Colorado's forests. This report documents the status of established forest pests, such as mountain pine beetle, spruce beetle and western spruce budworm, as well as several emerging threats to our forests, including walnut twig beetle/thousand cankers disease, white pine blister rust and gypsy moth. This report is the tenth annual report prepared by the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) on the health of the state's forests. Information sources include the forest health aerial survey, a cooperative project of the CSFS and the USDA Forest Service (USFS), and on-the-ground observations of CSFS field personnel. The CSFS has a team of trained aerial observers who work in partnership with a USFS aerial survey team to collect data on the location and intensity of insect and disease damage throughout Colorado's forests. In 2010, more than 95 percent of the state's forest lands, excluding piƱon-juniper forests, were included in the survey.Item Open Access 2011 report on the health of Colorado's forests(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2012) Ciesla, William M., author; Colorado State Forest Service, publisherIt is once again my pleasure to present the annual report on the health of Colorado's forests. This is the 11th consecutive year we have produced a report on the issues affecting Colorado's forests, as well as the actions we can take to address those issues for the benefit of present and future generations. Over the last 10 years, Colorado's forests have undergone significant changes. I have heard the public and political concerns about the condition of our forests, and related questions regarding what the future holds. The information we have developed and presented in this series of forest health reports, along with our collective experience in managing forested land, addresses these concerns and provides a sound foundation for planning. The fundamental questions we need to ask are What do we want our future forests to look like? and What do we want them to provide for us? Now is the right time to address these questions. We depend on our forests to provide a variety of resources and values; one of the most important is clean water. Forest planning is a long-term process, and the decisions we make today will have profound impacts on the form, function and productivity of our future forests.Item Open Access 2012 report on the health of Colorado's forests: forest stewardship through active management(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013) Duda, Joseph, author; Halford, Meg, author; Lockwood, Ryan, author; Marcus, Naomi, author; Pfohl, Benjamin, author; Rogers, Kelly, author; Rossiter, GayLene, author; Tansey, Matt, author; Ciesla, William M., author; Colorado State Forest Service, publisherThe theme of this year's report is "Forest Stewardship through Active Management," with an emphasis on the link between healthy forests and sound forest management efforts. This is the 12th consecutive year we have produced a report on the state of Colorado's forests and actions we are taking to mitigate forest health concerns. This report provides an overview of the current condition of Colorado's forests and the recent activity of various insects and diseases. It demonstrates how responsible forest management - from wildfire risk mitigation around a single residence to the maintenance of large-scale watersheds - can be achieved. It also provides examples of how active forest management and stewardship will help ensure that Colorado's forests continue to provide all the benefits we enjoy.Item Open Access 2013 report on the health of Colorado's forests: caring for Colorado's forests: today's challenges, tomorrow's opportunities(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014) Duda, Joseph A., author; Barry, Pete, author; Lockwood, Ryan, author; Mason, Lisa, author; Schaubert, Katherine Timm, author; Ciesla, William M., author; Colorado State Forest Service, publisherThe theme of the 2013 report is Caring for Colorado's Forests: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities. How best to care for this vital resource has been a major topic of discussion. This year's report focuses on the values our forests provide and includes several examples of the successful collaborative forest management programs that were created to address the impacts of mountain pine beetle, threats associated with wildfire, and protection of critical watersheds and other values at risk. Hopefully theseexamples will lead to the identification of other potential solutions to the challenges our forests are facing. One thing is clear: forest stewardship is best achieved through the collective efforts of private landowners, public land managers, non-governmentalconservation organizations, elected officials and other interested stakeholders. The mission of the Colorado State Forest Service is to "achieve stewardship of Colorado's diverse forest environments for the benefit of present and future generations." At no time in Colorado's history has the CSFS mission been so relevant - and working with stakeholders to identify and implement innovative programs will help us further our mission.Item Open Access 2014 report on the health of Colorado's forests: urban and community forests: an investment in Colorado(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015) Barry, Pete, author; Duda, Joseph, author; Lockwood, Ryan, author; Mason, Lisa, author; Matthews, Susan, author; Mueller, Kim, author; Ciesla, William M., author; Colorado State Forest Service, publisherThe objective of the annual Report on the Health of Colorado's Forests is to inform state legislators, citizens and other stakeholders about the condition of our forests, to provide a basis for public dialogue. Each year, the report provides a broad update on forest insect and disease activity throughout the state. This year's report also focuses on the importance of our urban and community forests, challenges we face in managing them, and the actions we can take to address those issues. We chose this emphasis to highlight the contributions that our urban and community forests make to quality of life, and to underscore the importance of proper care for forests at risk to insects, diseases and challenging environmental conditions. Trees provide numerous benefits, whether growing in our mountain forests or in urban settings. The former provide benefits such as clean water, wildlife habitat, recreation and economic benefits. Equally important are the benefits of urban trees, which help clean our air, provide shade, control storm runoff and contribute to quality of life. They are one of the few components of a community's infrastructure that actually increase in value over time.Item Open Access 2015 report on the health of Colorado's forests: 15 years of change(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2016) Duda, Joseph, author; Lockwood, Ryan, author; Mason, Lisa, author; Matthews, Susan, author; Mueller, Kim, author; West, Dan, author; Ciesla, William M., author; Colorado State Forest Service, publisherThis year marks a milestone in tracking forest health and management in Colorado, with this publication representing the 15th annual report on the health of Colorado's forests. Throughout this period, we've witnessed many landscape level changes across Colorado. The forces and circumstances that have come together - climate and weather events, insects and diseases, wildfire and human impacts - have contributed to dramatic changes in the age and structure of our forests. And substantial growth is predicted in our wildland-urban interface, where human habitation intersects with natural vegetation and undeveloped land - an area currently only about 20 percent developed in Colorado. Increased development will make forest management even more challenging than in the past. The focus of these reports has varied over the years. Broader themes have included overarching topics such as forest stewardship and active management. Other, more focused reports provided readers with detailed descriptions of emerging and recurring threats, and specific forest types, such as high-elevation forests, lodgepole pine, aspen, ponderosa pine and urban and community forests. In this year's report, you will read about not only the current condition of our forests, but reflections on changes since the first report in 2001.Item Open Access Pine sawfly report: an outbreak in Elbert County, Colorado(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2014-07) Ciesla, William M., author; Halford, Meg, author; Stephens, S. Sky, authorItem Open Access The health of Colorado's forests: threats to Colorado's current and future forest resources: 2009 report: special issue(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2010) Ciesla, William M., author; Colorado State Forest Service, publisherThe 2009 Report on the Health of Colorado's Forests: Threats to Current and Future Forest Resources provides an overview of insect and disease conditions in all of the state's forests. It also includes sections on urban forests, piƱon-juniper woodlands, aspen forests and urban forests. In addition, this report introduces the Statewide Forest Resource Assessment, a new initiative mandated by an amendment to the Federal Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act. Interactions between forests, wildfire, insects, diseases and humans also are reviewed, as is the role forests play in protecting Colorado's watersheds. This report is the ninth in a series developed by the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) on the condition of Colorado's forests. Much of the information contained in this report is derived from the annual forest health aerial survey, a cooperative project between the CSFS and the Rocky Mountain Region of the USDA Forest Service (USFS) that covers all land ownerships. In addition, the 17 CSFS district offices conduct forest insect and disease assessments and provide technical assistance to private forest landowners. These activities supplement the information in this report.