FORT COLLINS, Colo. — For centuries, Colorado’s forests have acted like giant sponges, soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But new research reveals these natural carbon-capture systems are ...

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 ...

Federal, state and local backcountry management agencies in seven Colorado counties have started to close off 94,900 acres of Colorado forest to recreation sport shooting. Instead, they are funneling ...

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 ...

As Colorado continues to grapple with the loss of dozens of federal land management and wildfire prevention employees following cuts by the Trump Administration, local scientists are hopeful a new ...

COLORADO, USA — A warm and dry 2024 wasn't great for Colorado's forests, according to the Colorado State Forest Service. The agency's annual forest health report released Wednesday found that after a ...

"This is a typical bug-kill, blow-down mess that should have been harvested 20 years ago," says Mark Morgan as he surveys a tract of lodgepole pine on a slope of national forest land west of Fort ...

Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months. "That's two to three inches of growth on the spruce,” said ...

Forest Service seeks economic development and wildfire-fighting routes, but environmental advocates are furious The Trump administration Monday reversed the “roadless rule” protecting 30% of National ...

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 ...