Forest Health Resources
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CBBC Mapping Exercise
2009 Maps
- Treatable Acres Analysis
- Treatable Acres Analysis with Mountain Pine Beetle 2008
- Base Ownership
- CWPP Map
- High Stewardship Potential
- Infrastructure
- Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak 2008
- Projects & Priorities
- Projects & Priorities - 2007 Priorities
- Eagle County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Garfield County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Grand County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Jackson County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Lake County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Park County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Pitkin Creek County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Routt County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Summit County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Red Zone
- Watersheds
2007 Maps
- Clear Creek County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Eagle County: Projects & Priorites/ Treatable Acres
- Garfield County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Grand County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Jackson County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Lake County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Park County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Pitkin County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Routt County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
- Summit County: Projects & Priorities / Treatable Acres
News Stories & Press Releases
- USFS Press Release: National Forest Visitors Need to Watch Out for Falling Trees due to Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic (9/4/09)
- Governor Ritter's Office Press Release: Colorado to Seek Comments on Revisions to Roadless Rule (7/13/09)
- NWCCOG Organizes Delegation of Local Officials to Travel to Washington, D.C. to Talk Pine Beetle Epidemic in Colorado
- Ritter Puts Revised Colorado Roadless Rule Back on the Drawing Board - The Colorado Independent (7/14/09)
- U.S.F.S. Press Release: Campers Know Before You Go! Dangers from Beetle Killed Trees Cause Campground Closures (7/2/09)
- Joint Oversight Hearing on "Mountain Pine Beetle: Strategies for Protecting the West": Testimony from CBBC Steering Committee members John Rich & Sloan Shoemaker/ Testimony of Rick Cables, Regional Forester, USFS Rocky Mountain Region (6/16/09)
- Global Warming Forces Forest Service to Reconsider Strategy - 5/28/09 - The News & Observer
- Homeowners Should Take Precautionary Measures if Using Pesticides for Mountain Pine Beetle Prevention This Spring
- Montana Seeks Advice from Colorado on Bark Beetles
- 2009 NWCCOG Washington, D.C. Trip
- Beetles and Collaboration
- USFS Develops Seven County Bark Beetle Mitigation Plan
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Presentations
- PBS Presentation: Red and Dead - Montana's Pine Beetle Infestation - Oct. 29, 2009
- Presentation: Colorado State Parks: Mountain Pine Beetle Mitigation Summary - September 18, 2009
- Merrill Kaufmann's paper "The status of our scientific understanding of lodgepole pine and mountain pine beetles -- A focus on forest ecology and fire behavior"http://www.csfs.colostate.edu/pages/documents/LPP_scientific-LS-www_000.pdf
- What is the Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative
- Are the Beetles Winning?
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Posters & Videos
- Rocky Moutain Research Station Video: Preventing Home Ignitions
- Rocky Mountain Research Station Video: Protecting Your Home from Wildfire
- Poster on Western Spruce Budworm
- Poster on Spruce Bark Beetle
- Poster on Mountain Pine Beetle
- Poster on Dwarf Mistletoes
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Fact Sheets
- Joint Ecology Working Group - One Page Summaries on Lodgepole Pine Ecology and Fire Behavior
- Pine Beetle Pesticide Fact Sheet
- How To Become A Federal Government Contractor