Firefighters are working to extinguish a wildfire that broke out in Colorado's San Juan National Forest on Monday.

A study has found a mismatch between wildfire risk and mitigation resources in Colorado, including a lack of local resources ...

The U.S. Forest Service will manage 480 acres on Mount Bross, but the summit remains privately owned.

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 ...

Colorado’s Democratic members of Congress are calling on the U.S. Forest Service to prioritize wildfire mitigation efforts as ...

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 ...

Jul 6, 2025 Jul 6, 2025 Updated Aug 4, 2025 Don Hardin's hillside was largely cleared of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in April with help from his neighbors but now, in early July, an ...

Infusing slash and wood chips on vast forest floors with mycelium could dampen fuel and improve soil quality, enthusiastic researchers say. GOLD HILL — Zach Hedstrom kneels on the forest floor, ...

LEADVILLE — The Leadville Ranger District of the Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands will be implementing forest health treatments next week. They will be ...

According to data reviewed and analyzed by Colorado State University researchers, Colorado's forest as a collective is now emitting more carbon into the atmosphere than it is absorbing. Data collected ...