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Forestry And Timber

PCC to offer free certificate programs in wildfire mitigation and forestry

These programs will accept 20 students, with enrollment opening on March 11

DATE: Mar 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Education

Logging by train

State forest service partners with railroad for fuel thinning project near Rockwood

DATE: Jan 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Working with ‘good fire’

Fire managers in Southwest Colorado are changing they way they respond to wildfires

DATE: Dec 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Christmas trees and harvest permits for national forest available

San Juan Mountains Association to open Christmas trees for Conservation lot on Nov. 24

DATE: Nov 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sticks in snow

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

DATE: Oct 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Prescribed burns on 27,600 acres of San Juan National Forest scheduled for this fall

Conditions appear to be ‘really promising’

DATE: Sep 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Environmentalists sue over logging plans in San Juan National Forest

The Salter project, located on 22,346 acres near Dolores, was approved in 2021

DATE: Jun 15, 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

New pellet mill in Mancos is subsidiary of Aspen Wood Products

Mesa Verde Pellets will produce aspen and wood pellets for heating and animal bedding

DATE: Feb 21, 2023 | 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 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rep. Lauren Boebert criticizes Forest Service chief for pausing prescribed burns

Federal agency says decision will have minimal impact

DATE: May 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

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