CO colorado reforestation pipeline development reforestation of 40,000 trees within forested BLM lands impacted by the 2020 east troublesome fire

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $120,000 to Ecoculture on September 16, 2025, under the Forest and Woodlands Resource Management Program (CFDA 15.233) to support reforestation of 40,000 trees within Bureau of Land Management forested lands impacted by the 2020 East Troublesome Fire in Colorado.

Ecoculture, a nonprofit organization based in Flagstaff, Arizona, will execute the reforestation work through December 31, 2029. The project falls within the BLM program's broader mandate to maintain and improve forest and woodland ecosystem resilience to wildfire, insects, disease, and drought across 58 million acres in 12 western states and Alaska. Tree planting on fire-impacted public lands directly addresses the program's priority activities for insect, disease, and fire recovery.

Place of performance is listed as Arizona, though the work occurs on BLM lands in Colorado affected by the East Troublesome Fire. Ecoculture brings demonstrated expertise in large-scale reforestation operations and forest health management through prior federal grant awards, including restoration and forest health protection projects funded by the Forest Service and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry.