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The 2002 Colorado wildfires were the worst in the state's recorded history, with over 2,000 fires burning 502,000 acres and forcing 81,000 residents to evacuate. On June 4, 2012, the Colorado state legislature created the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) within the Colorado Department of Public Safety , transferring ...
The U.S. State of Colorado has only one state forest, the Colorado State Forest in Jackson County. The Colorado State Forest is managed by the Colorado State Forest Service and is coextensive with the State Forest State Park which is managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Dec. 26—As a chilly wind cut through the winter air on Tuesday morning, Ruben Castillo stood in the front yard of his mother's home, awaiting a delivery of firewood from the city of Albuquerque ...
Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not heavily processed and is in some sort of recognizable log or branch form, compared to other forms of wood fuel like pellets. Firewood can be seasoned and heat treated (dry) or unseasoned (fresh/wet). It is generally classified as either hardwood or ...
The Colorado Division of Forestry (DOF) was a result of the Colorado General Assembly's House Bill number 00-1460 of 2000. This Division monitors the health of all forests in Colorado, including national and private forests. DOF focuses on forest health, both grow and its maintenance; instead of the revenue generated from forest activities.
In 2022, the Colorado Department of Natural Resources announced its Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program Workforce Development Grant, moving $17.5 million state stimulus dollars to start work on fuels reduction projects and increase Colorado’s capacity to conduct critical forest restoration and wildfire mitigation work.
1971 – The State Recreational Trails Program was created. 1972 – State Parks and the Division of Wildlife were separated. 1977 – State Parks was requested to manage the snowmobile program for the state. 1984 – State Parks became responsible for licensing river outfitters. 1990 – State parks began managing the off-highway vehicle program.
The Colorado Rockies forests is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of the United States. This ecoregion is located in the highest ranges of the Rocky Mountains , in central and western Colorado , northern New Mexico and southeastern Wyoming , and experiences a dry continental climate.