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| Oct 20, 2026 | Glenn Snyder named Colorado’s Outstanding Tree Farmer of 2026 | For more than 30 years, Glenn Snyder has worked to improve the health and resilience of his 105-acre forest near Livermore. In recognition of his dedication to forest stewardship, the Colorado Family Forests named him the 2026 Outstanding T... |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Inside the fight to save Colorado’s ponderosa pines from beetle kill — an exponentially growing threat | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The white Cessna banked right to reveal dense forests of Douglas fir, pines and quaking aspen in varying shades of green bathed in the early morning light. Yet secreted under the layered bark of so... |
| Oct 3, 2026 | Proposition 137 would set aside $175 million in sales taxes for conservation, wildfire prevention | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Coloradans in November will decide whether the state should set aside tens of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue for conservation and wildfire prevention.
Proposition 137 would funnel an esti... |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Planting a tree this autumn? Don’t fall into these common mistakes. | 5. Backfill with the soil you dug out.
Don’t fill the hole with soil from somewhere else, instead, use the soil you removed when digging the hole. If that’s not possible, use soil from near the planting site. Potting mix and other bagged so... |
| Sep 21, 2026 | Colorado’s fall colors are peaking early along the Front Range | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Leaf-peepers, start your engines because it’s just about showtime.
Aspen trees have begun turning gold at higher elevations across the Front Range, and while the colors remain patchy so far, expert... |
| Sep 10, 2026 | CDOT urges fall travelers to plan ahead for a popular and potentially earlier leaf-peeping season | Statewide — As summer shifts to fall, the Colorado Department of Transportation is reminding drivers to plan ahead for increased mountain corridor traffic as changing foliage draws visitors to the high country. While local timing varies, ex... |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Forest Service could open much more of Colorado’s 11 million acres of public land to motorized vehicles | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Significant swaths of Colorado’s public forests and hills could open up to motorized travel under a rule change proposed by the U.S. Forest Service.
The change, if approved, would upend a decades-o... |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Coloradans will decide whether to dedicate sales taxes from outdoor gear to conservation efforts | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Voters will decide in November whether to dedicate state sales taxes collected on outdoor gear to conservation and wildfire prevention grant programs.
If approved, Proposition 137 would also exempt... |
| Aug 27, 2026 | To save Colorado’s foothills, we have to cut down trees — a lot of trees (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Lookout Mountain will inevitably one day burn.
But before that fire sparks in our beloved foothills, Coloradans can work to ensure parts of the forests survive, providing for faster recovery and pr... |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $7.04 million in grant funds available to reduce wildfire risk | The Colorado State Forest Service is now accepting applications for the Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation (FRWRM) grant program. Community groups, fire protection districts, tribes/tribal organizations, utilities and non-profi... |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Report: Woody biomass in Colorado: Quantification, assessment and opportunities | Released in 2026, Woody biomass in Colorado: Quantification, assessment and opportunities helps inform forest management decisions across the state. This rigorous, detailed analysis outlines the quantity, quality and location of Colorado’s ... |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Delta County Enacts Stage 2 Fire Restrictions | DELTA COUNTY, CO (6/28/2026)
Delta County will be entering Stage 2 Fire Restrictions effective Monday, June 29, 2026 at 12:01 am. The decision to implement Stage 2 fire restrictions was made after thoughtful consideration by the Sheriff and... |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Don’t miss the signs. Pine Beetles are on the move. | You might remember how Colorado’s most significant mountain pine beetle outbreak—from the late 1990s through 2013—reshaped forests across the state. While these insects are native to Colorado and play a natural role in forest ecosystems, pe... |
| Jun 13, 2026 | Stage 1 Fire Restrictions - Effective June 14, 2026 | DELTA COUNTY, CO (6/12/2026)
Due to extreme wildfire risk across Delta County, Sheriff Mark Taylor is implementing Stage 1 Fire Restrictions effective 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, June 14, 2026. The decision to implement fire restrictions was reac... |
| May 20, 2026 | Report: Bark beetle outbreaks expand during another warm, dry year | Other key takeaways from the report
Western spruce budworm – the most widespread forest pest in 2024 – continues to cause extensive and intense damage to Douglas-fir and low-elevation mixed-conifer forests.
Western balsam bark beetle – the ... |
| May 4, 2026 | CPW works with partners to conserve Higher Ground Headwaters Ranch | A young bull elk is pictured on the Higher Ground Headwaters Ranch property.
Laura Wagner/U.S. Forest Service photos May 4, 2026
GUNNISON, Colo. – The final piece of funding approved by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) helped the Colorado ... |
| May 4, 2026 | Wildfire officials urge Coloradans to Live Wildfire Ready | Gov. Jared Polis proclaimed May is Wildfire Awareness Month in Colorado to encourage residents to be ready for fire and prevent human-caused wildfires. Wildfire is a part of nature in Colorado, but factors such as drought, high winds and wa... |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Colorado will face a ‘very challenging’ wildfire season as drought covers entire state, fire leaders say | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Colorado’s dry winter and abnormally warm spring will translate to a high risk for large and destructive wildfires this summer, state leaders warned Thursday.
“We are facing a very challenging fire... |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Pine beetles are poised to decimate Front Range forests: ‘Our ability to stop the spread is very limited’ | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine beetles begin to spread aggressively, new fe... |
| May 19, 2025 | As Colorado wildfires worsen, Sen. John Hickenlooper’s bill aims to reduce risks. But it worries some environmentalists. | “Anything that puts power back in the hands of the government and away from the people is a negative,” said Will Roush, the executive director of Wilderness Workshop, a public lands advocacy group based in Carbondale.
The U.S. Senate Commit... |
| May 10, 2025 | Navigating the Wildfire Landscape: Preparedness and Recovery | Wildfires are a looming threat, especially in regions like Boulder County, Colorado. They are not just natural disasters; they are life-altering events. The smoke clears, but the scars remain. As communities grapple with the aftermath, unde... |
| May 9, 2025 | May is dedicated to Wildfire Awareness | This experience reminded me how important it is for everyone to have a plan—to know what matters most and what you’d grab if you only had minutes to decide.
As a Realtor®, I’ve worked with several clients and friends who’ve lost their homes... |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Preparing Your Home for Fall: A Guide to Decluttering and Safety | As summer fades and fall approaches, it’s time to turn our attention to our homes. The transition from the sun-soaked days of summer to the cozy embrace of autumn brings a unique set of tasks. It’s not just about pumpkin spice lattes and wa... |
| Aug 23, 2024 | AtHome Colorado | Critical steps to make your home wildfire-defensible | Related Articles
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| May 11, 2024 | Skyrocketing home insurance rates, loss of coverage roil Colorado’s strained housing market | A convergence of factors is driving the run-up in costs, Walker said. Higher inflation is one of those. “You have everything that insurance pays for going up in cost.”
Building materials are more expensive. Labor costs are up and labor shor... |
| Dec 17, 2023 | Colorado River drought task force achieves consensus — but some water experts say recommendations “fell short” | The final recommendations from a statewide task force charged with finding water-saving solutions for the drying Colorado River focus largely on expanding and tweaking existing programs.
That outcome has underwhelmed some water experts, pro... |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Home and Garden | Kristen Anderson: Colorado State University Extension: Options for treating trees infested with emerald ash borer | Out of sight, out of mind — you’ve heard the expression. That might work when dealing with dust bunnies under the sofa, but it can be disastrous to our landscape’s health when we’re talking about emerald ash borer.
Extension offices through... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Ten years in, the emerald ash borer breaches the Western Slope as it continues its steady — but slow — spread in Colorado | CARBONDALE — Carl Meinecke sidles up to an ash tree and wraps a tape measure around the trunk, gathering both circumference and diameter in one move.
“Diameter is 17.9 inches,” Carbondale’s town arborist tells colleague and public landscape... |
| Mar 14, 2023 | Home and Garden
Home and Garden | Colorado State University Extension: Emerald ash borer: (Not) gone and (hopefully) not forgotten | By Patty Rhodes
Colorado State University Extension
New to North America in 2002 and found in Boulder in 2013, emerald ash borer is a nonnative insect that established itself and began infesting and killing ash trees in the county. With no ... |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Outdoors
Outdoors | Colorado’s fall colors are coming and leaf-peepers have a lot to be excited about | Having spent the past two months flying over all 24 million acres of Colorado’s forests to assess their health, one of the state’s leading forestry experts foresees a good-to-great year for fall foliage with peak colors starting in mid-Sept... |
| May 11, 2022 | ‘Wildfire season’ now a year-round condition, state’s top firefighter says | With wildfire season now a year-round condition, state and local officials are advising Coloradans to prepare for what is clearly a “new normal.”
With ongoing drought and warming temperatures across the state continuing to elevate wildfire ... |
| Dec 23, 2021 | News
News | What Colorado forests need to recover from historic wildfires — and to prevent the next one | Burn scars left behind by the historic Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires are among areas of Colorado most in need of federal funding for restoration projects to protect water quality, prevent flash floods and mudslides, experts say.
P... |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Sharon Bokan: Planning a windbreak | By Sharon Bokan
As we head into the windier and hopefully snowy time of the year, now is the time to make plans to plant a windbreak on your small acreage next spring.
Windbreaks make your yard less windy, prevent snowdrifts across the driv... |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Emerald ash borer detected in Erie; first-ever in Weld County | State experts confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer, a highly destructive, invasive tree pest, in the town of Erie. It’s the first detection ever in Weld County, according to Colorado State Forest Service entomologist Dan West.
Accord... |
| Jan 30, 2020 | Wetter 2019 slowed spread of spruce beetles throughout Boulder County | While the spruce beetle infestation continues to expand throughout the state, according to the 2019 aerial detection survey conducted by the U.S. and Colorado State Forest Services, robust precipitation levels in 2019 cut the rate at which ... |
| May 17, 2019 | Colorado wildfire season expected to be calmer this year thanks to lots of snow and average temperature forecast | Coloradans can expect a less severe wildfire season this year thanks to large amounts of snow in the mountains and predictions that temperatures will be about average through the summer.
But an average wildfire season in Colorado still mean... |
| Jul 12, 2013 | Mile High Roundup: A Big Biofuel Moves In and New Energy for Wind | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Welcome to the Mile High Roundup, a fortnightly review and recap of some of the interesting things that have happened over the past two weeks in the tech scene in Boulder, Den... |