The general assembly hereby finds that: The management of Colorado’s state-owned forested land has far-reaching impacts on overall forest condition, risk of wildfire, water quantity and quality, and wildlife habitat; The unnatural condition of many forests throughout the state leaves them at great risk to catastrophic fires, invasion by exotic and native pest species, and […]
The forestry function of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system shall be known as the “Colorado state forest service”. Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 534, § 2, effective August 3. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 23-30-302 as it existed prior to 2007.
Repealed. The beetle mitigation fund is hereby created in the state treasury to be administered by the Colorado state forest service for the purpose of removing trees infested by beetles from forests on state-owned land and otherwise mitigating the effects of beetle infestation on state-owned land. The fund shall consist of donations received pursuant to […]
Short title. The short title of this section is the “Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation Act”. (1.5) Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby: Finds that: Colorado’s forests are fundamentally important to its citizens in providing clean air and water, recreation and tourism opportunities, wildlife habitat, and wood products; Damaging wildfires occur regularly in Colorado […]
The Colorado state forest service, representing the state of Colorado, shall, in consultation with the governmental agencies participating in such projects, identify watershed protection projects and forest health projects that will use moneys received pursuant to section 37-95-112.5, C.R.S., including, but not limited to, the harvesting of trees infested with beetles. The Colorado state forest […]
The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: Community wildfire protection plans, or CWPPs, are authorized and defined in section 101 of Title I of the federal “Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003”, Pub.L. 108-148, referred to in this section as “HFRA”. Title I of HFRA authorizes the secretaries of agriculture and the interior […]
Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Healthy Forests and Vibrant Communities Act of 2009”. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby declares that addressing the wildfire risk in Colorado and the development of community wildfire protection plans to bring together federal, state, and local interests, including nongovernmental entities […]
Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby: Finds that: The forest health advisory council was created pursuant to House Bill 16-1255 within the Colorado state forest service to provide a collaborative forum to advise the state forester on a range of issues, opportunities, and threats with regard to Colorado’s forests; Since then, the council has met […]
The general assembly: Finds and determines that: Three of the largest wildfires in Colorado’s history occurred in 2020, with more than six hundred twenty-five thousand acres burned across the state; It is estimated that two hundred fourteen million dollars was spent in Colorado in 2020 to fight forest fires; With almost three million people in […]
