Colorado State Forest Service – 60th Anniversary

The Colorado State Forest Service is celebrating its 60th anniversary this month.  Headquartered at Colorado State University, the Forest Service has spent its six decades educating Coloradans on issues from wildfire to insects and diseases.  The CSFS also issues numerous helpful publications on forestry-related issues, many of which can be found in our library.  Some of the highlights of the CSFS’s publications include:

• Colorado Emerald Ash Borer First Responder Manual (2014)
• Colorado Forest Road Field Handbook (2011)
• Colorado Statewide Forest Resource Strategy (2010)
• Caring for Storm-Damaged Trees (2010)
• Lodgepole Pine Management Guidelines (2009)
• Colorado Forestry Best Management Practices (2008)
• Our Future Forests (2008)
• Recommended Trees for Front Range Communities (2007)
• Living with Fire:  A Guide for the Homeowner (2006)
• Colorado Native Tree Guide (2006)
• Are You Firewise? (2003)
• Mountain Pine Beetle (2002)
• Trees for Conservation (2001)
• Colorado’s Wildland Urban Interface (2001)
• Colorado Fire Stewardship Guidelines to Protect Water Quality (1998)
• Landowner Guide to Thinning (1991)
• Guidelines for Managing Aspen (1985)
• Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (annual)
• Colorado Forest Products Database
• Colorado Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal 
• Colorado Forest Insects and Diseases