This case study details an application of CFRI’s Risk Assessment and Decision Support (RADS) outcome based planning framework used during the development, revision, and implementation of Chaffee County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) 2020 update. Learn more about how the …
This landscape scale assessment of natural forest recruitment probabilities for five of the 2020 CO/WY wildfires can inform post-fire planning and management. Learn about forest types impacted by the fires, natural post-fire tree regeneration, and factors that influence planting suitability.
Cross-Boundary Landscape Restoration Workshop Adapting to a Climate-altered West May 2-4, 2023 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Early bird pricing ends March 1, 2023. Registration is now available at: https://conferencereg.colostate.edu/Cross-Boundary23 Additional workshop details are available at: https://sweri.org/cross-boundary-landscape-restoration-workshop/ We look forward …
CFRI authors created a set of publications that highlight case studies were PODs were used for non-incident management. The Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) spatial fire planning framework brings together firefighters’ local knowledge and advanced fire modeling products to inform fire …
Authors from CFRI and our sister SWERI, ERI, came together to analyze how collaborative groups adapt and remain resilient to internal and external disruptions (e.g., turnover, biophysical disturbances, legal challenges, policy changes) in a new paper. How do disruptions impact …
Listen on Spotify, Anchor, and Google Podcast Welcome to our Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI) Demystifying Data podcast where we break down the lingo, pull back the curtain, and share the CFRI secret sauce on developing science informed, locally relevant …
This report documents how Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) and USDA Forest Service Risk Management Assistance products were used on the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and surrounding lands in Colorado. The report utilizes a …
The US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University gathered professionals from 27 organizations on April 20, 2021 to discuss issues relating to natural forest recovery and reforestation following the 2020 …
RESEARCH & MONITORING CREW LEADER Full position description The Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University is hiring experienced crew leaders to assist with forestry data collection and crew management in support of our research and monitoring field studies. …
In January 2021, local managers, researchers, and stakeholders visited the City of Fort Collins Bobcat Gulch Natural Area, where the 2000 Bobcat Gulch Fire was reburned by the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire for collaborative learning. The Bobcat Gulch Natural Area—a …
