Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has announced $8.5 million in Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation grants for 35 projects in 24 counties — including several projects on the Western Slope. The ...

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 ...

“We don’t grow trees in Colorado, we grow water,” said McCombs, the state forester. To get the work of forest management done, the Forest Service relies on a patchwork of contracts with the state, ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Dan Gibbs put on his firefighting gear and responded to the Cameron Peak Fire as it ripped through more than 326 square miles of northern Colorado in ...

About two-thirds of Colorado land is managed by the federal government. And there are a lot fewer federal workers managing those acres as of this week. A Valentine’s Day slashing of federal jobs by ...

A Navy veteran who worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado was recently laid off in the recent nationwide federal workforce cuts impacting Americans. CBS News Colorado spoke to her about her ...