United States Forest Service

Local News

Group says collusion apparent in Village at Wolf Creek development project

Documents suggest Forest Service concealed and deleted information, allowed undue influence

January 16, 2016

Local News

Poll shows Western voters don’t want to hand back federal land

60 percent of Coloradans oppose privatizing public lands

January 11, 2016

Nation & World

Privatizing public land gaining favor in GOP

Ranchers’ cause, not tactics, attracts Republican supporters

January 10, 2016

Local News

San Juan National Forest Christmas tree permits now available

is $8 to cut your own tree

November 23, 2015

Local News

Colorado Sen. Gardner: State has felt the burn of wildfires

“We’ve experienced significant wildfires over the past 15 years,” Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., who serves on the committee, said, citing…

November 17, 2015

Local News

30 slash piles burn in Sauls Creek area

snows most favorable time for the work

November 16, 2015

Local News

Colorado senator criticizes current methods of combatting wildfires

of committee turns to U.S. Forest Service budgetary constraints

November 5, 2015

Local News

Court slams Forest Service over Wolf Creek Village

rules agency inexplicably withheld information from public

October 1, 2015

Local News

Prescribed burn east of Bayfield complete

A helicopter was loaded this morning with a plastics sphere dispenser system to conduct at aerial burn in the Yellow…

September 22, 2015

Local News

Controlled burn to run through Tuesday

column could be visible

September 21, 2015

Local News

Rain likely through Wednesday

wet weather affect changing fall colors?

September 14, 2015

Local News

Rangers monitoring small fire in San Juans

The fire was less than a tenth of an acre in size Tuesday, and it was burning within the perimeter…

August 4, 2015

Regional News

Wildfire watching: Rangers in towers are out, cameras are in

experiment shows promising results

July 26, 2015

Local News

Montezuma County, Forest Service at odds

Dolores-Norwood Road is hot point

July 26, 2015

Local News

Managing the future of Hermosa Creek

Service evaluating campsites, trails, habitat

July 24, 2015

Local News

House hears bills to fund wildfire-fighting

Litigation costs raised as a concern for forest health

July 7, 2015

Local News

Southwest Colorado receives $200,000 for trails

set for motorized projects

July 3, 2015

Local News

Spruce beetles are coming in Vallecito

Preventing damage seen in the Wolf Creek area is a priority

July 1, 2015

Local News

Lightning ignites 2 trees east of Vallecito

The smoke was reported about 9 a.m. Columbine Ranger District firefighters hiked to the site, and they found two trees…

June 25, 2015

Local News

Federal court rejects trails lawsuit

Hunters’ group opposed plans for motorized use; new plan studied

June 24, 2015

Local News

Feds to focus on oil, gas concerns

of La Plata, Montezuma counties to receive master leasing plan

June 17, 2015

Local News

Forest Service fire team moving

Janowiak The district is making the change because it is too expensive to renew a lease on its current parking…

June 17, 2015

Local News

Local jurisdiction over forests clears a hurdle

U.S. House panel supports bill backed by Tipton

June 11, 2015

Local News

Politics burn through wildfire discussion

Tipton: Unwieldy federal bureaucracy prevents proper forest management

June 9, 2015