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Science

Our home at Colorado State University gives us access to abundant resources and cutting-edge knowledge which we apply to our work in forest collaboration, forest science, and forest health and resilience.

Collaboration

Our role is to provide engagement, knowledge, and science support to our collaborative partners which helps guide collaborative decision-making informed by best available science. 

Actionable Knowledge

Using forest science and collaboration, CFRI offers actionable knowledge to groups we work with in the form of locally relevant, locally appropriate, science-informed solutions. 
relationship between Science, Collaboration, and Actionable Knowledge

Impacts

1.3 million+

Acres Informed by Monitoring

3900+

Monitoring Plots

125+

Publications

40+

Student Jobs Provided

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CFRI Happenings

We are happy to welcome Andrew Slack to CFRI. He joins us as a Research Associate working on applied adaptive management. He has done research on the relationships between forests, climate, and disturbances, worked on a wildfire and mitigation crew …

Ryleigh Gelles removes bees from a trap
Ryleigh Gelles removes bees from a trap

CFRI’s student employee, Ryleigh Gelles, has recently won two awards for her research on the impacts of forest restoration treatments (particularly prescribed fire) on pollinator communities along the Colorado Front Range. Ryleigh won 1st place for her poster presentation for …

Concerns over wildfire impacts to water supplies have motivated efforts to mitigate risk by reducing forest fuels. Methods to assess fuel treatment effects and prioritise their placement are needed to guide risk mitigation efforts.We present a fuel treatment optimisation model …