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• Scientists gauge flood risk in Waldo Canyon burn area

  July 10, 2012 6:08 PM

  Large wildfires like the Waldo Canyon Fire not only consume trees and plants, they also change the landscape right down to the dirt. Brad Rust, a soil scientist for the US Forest Service Burn Area Emergency Response team, says burning leaves and pine needles of can cause increased runoff.... more »

• Residents get info on local flooding concerns from fire area Play Video

  July 5, 2012 11:34 PM

  As the Waldo Canyon Fire gets closer to 100 percent contained, the new threat emerging is possible flash-flooding in the area. Experts with the US Forest Service told a packed room at Centennial Hall Tuesday night that the way the fire has changed the landscape will have an affect on... more »

• Local volunteers join ranks fighting High Park Fire Play Video

  June 12, 2012 7:58 PM

  More than a dozen firefighters from Southern Colorado are heading to Larimer County to join the lines of the High Park Fire. Volunteers and trucks from Colorado Springs, Fountain, Manitou Springs, Canon City and Westcliffe are all working the fire lines as part of a 500 person ground force. ... more »

• Reforestation of the Hayman burn area Play Video

  April 12, 2012 7:31 PM

  One by one, across a thousand burned acres, new life takes root in the Pike National Forest. In the decade since the Hayman fire, the US Forest Service has planted nearly a million trees. Forester Chris Kuennen says it's slow work because there are only two to three weeks... more »

• Forest Service nears 1 million tree mark in Hayman reforestation

  April 12, 2012 2:50 PM

  Nearly a million trees have been planted as part of a large scale reforestation program in the decade following the state's largest wildfire. Work crews are planting approximately 150,000 Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir seedlings in a 1,100 acre section of the Hayman burn area of the Pike National Forest.... more »

• US Forest Service warns of falling trees during tree cutting season

  November 16, 2011 12:07 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is warning Christmas tree cutters to be careful in national forests this holiday season because of high winds and the possibility of falling trees. Forest managers say they may close some tree-cutting areas if conditions become too dangerous. High winds are being blamed... more »

• Three small fires burning near Cheyenne Canyon

  August 28, 2011 4:06 PM

  The El Paso County Sheriffs Office Dispatch has confirmed that the El Paso County Wild-land Fire Crews are en route to three small fires burning in what has been determined to be National Forest land near North Cheyenne Canyon and below Mays Peak. National Forest Service Fire Crews are... more »

• Forest Service announces relief for timber sales

  August 4, 2011 2:53 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is offering to renegotiate timber sale contracts in an effort to save sawmills in the Rocky Mountain region that have been hit hard by the recession and stuck with financially nonviable agreements. Acting regional forester Jerome Thomas says the offer will help... more »

• Fire ban dropped in nearby forests

  October 14, 2010 3:47 PM

  Here's some good news for campers and hunters - the U.S. Forest Service has lifted a fire ban in the Pikes National Forest. Cooler weather, higher humidity, and recent rain and snow has improved conditions. The fire restrictionsis officially terminated at 8:00 a.m. Friday, October 15. more »

• Forest Service maps out plan of attack on beetles

  September 8, 2010 9:05 AM

  The U.S. Forest Service will cut more than 14,000 acres of trees near communities and in more than 350 recreation sites as it deals with damage from an insect epidemic that has killed millions of acres of pines in Colorado and Wyoming. The agency has mapped out the projects... more »

• Teddy Bear Days at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

  June 16, 2010 3:31 PM

  The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's popular Teddy Bear Days, usually held in July, have been moved to June this year. Children under 12 who are accompanied by a teddy bear or other stuffed animal receive Zoo admission for just $3 June 26-27. Special activities are planned both days from 10... more »

• Job of the Day: US Forest Service Wildlife Biologist

  May 11, 2010 1:12 PM

  The US Forest Service is seeking a Wildlife Biologist in Colorado, This person will travel all over the state to manage, coordinate, or provide technical support to wildlife, vegetation and biological resource programs and projects. Starting pay for this full time job is $68K - $106K Apply by June... more »

• Logging for the forest service to fight wildfires

  January 12, 2010 7:55 PM

  The US Forest Service is trying to better prevent catastrophic fires in our state by thinning the number of trees in the forest. They have contracted with logging companies to cut down trees in several large-acre swaths of Colorado's national forest lands. Under a 10 year public/private forest stewardship... more »

• California residents call for probe into fire response

  September 29, 2009 12:01 PM

  People affected by the massive wildfire that burned about 250 square miles northeast of Los Angeles are calling for a federal investigation into what they say was a poor initial response to the blaze. Angry residents of the Big Tujunga Canyon area packed a meeting hall Monday night to confront... more »