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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

In response to large, severe wildfires across the western US, federal initiatives have been enacted to increase the pace, scale, and quality of ecological restoration in fire dependent forests. To address uncertainty and controversy in agreement among specific restoration prescriptions …

Check out our new infographic! This product created and distributed by CFRI and the Southern Rockies Fire Science Network provides information about historical fire behavior in different forest types, and how that fire behavior has potentially changes (or not!) in …

CFRI 2020 Fire Statement In the space of 90 days, Colorado has experienced the three largest fires in its recorded history. The Pine Gulch Fire surpassed the 2002 Hayman Fire as the state’s largest on August 27th. After 43 days, …