colorado state forest service
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Emerald ash borer confirmed in Colorado Springs, ‘pest is here to stay’
Colorado Springs is asking residents to be on the lookout for an invasive beetle species that has jumped down the Front Range and into local ash trees. City officials said Wednesday that a confirmed emerald ash borer infestation had been found in Colorado Springs for the first time. City foresters were already implementing a response…
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Untie state foresters’ hands so they can help prevent devastating wildfires
Recent spring snows won’t eliminate the serious wildfire season that Colorado faces this summer. Worse, state agencies can’t help property owners in the “red zones” (where forests and subdivisions intermingle) remove dense undergrowth or dead and diseased trees near their homes. So, either property owners give up and don’t attempt to mitigate against wildfires, or,…
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Jones slams confirmation of Pruitt, says Colorado must go own way on environment
Calling former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt “the wrong choice for EPA administrator,” a Democratic state senator said Friday that Colorado will have to chart its own environmental course and reject the direction it looks like Washington is taking. “Scott Pruitt’s history of climate change denial, opposing environmental protection and his uncomfortably close ties with the…