Forests - The Journal

As utilities statewide implement power outages, what is FEUS doing to prevent fires?

Farmington utility focuses on trimming trees near power lines

DATE: Mar 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Tri-Cities

San Juan Mountains Association receives grant for care of public lands

$299,000 in funding awarded by Great Outdoors Colorado

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

More than 150 Forest Service workers in Colorado lose jobs

Other federal agencies have also seen job cuts

DATE: Feb 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snowtography sticks are springing up in Southwest Colorado

Snowtography sites in the Southwest could foster more climate-resilient forests

DATE: Oct 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bill seeks to address housing shortage in mountain and rural communities

Act would allow Forest Service to ‘lease underutilized administrative sites’ for local needs

DATE: May 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Agriculture Secretary stops in Durango, announces $63 million wildfire prevention spending

‘Lion’s share’ of funds will come to Colorado, says Tom Vilsack

DATE: May 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bennet starts a conversation to emphasize forest health

In a subcommittee hearing, the senator advocated for fire prevention and forest restoration

DATE: Mar 31, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Can Colorado’s seedling tree nursery curb forest fires and disease?

Facility has begun its resurgence with mission to be an ‘epicenter of reforestation’

DATE: Feb 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwest Colorado a playground for research scientists

Landscape diversity invites study of desert groundwater, alpine permafrost and prehistoric wildfires

DATE: Jul 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Public land agencies remove fire restrictions ahead of July 4

Rains prompt San Juan National Forest, BLM to rescind Stage 1 measures

DATE: Jun 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan National Forest inches forward on maintenance projects

Great American Outdoors Act money will help improve roads, trails and recreation sites

DATE: Jun 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Can we replace fire with mechanical thinning in Southwest Colorado?

Forest ecologists argue prescribed burns are necessary even as they have caused blazes this spring

DATE: Jun 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News