This award supports land management activities on state and private lands to implement state forest action plan priorities per statute

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region awarded Colorado State University $988,141 on July 15, 2026, under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to support land management activities on state and private lands implementing Colorado's State Forest Action Plan priorities.

The award funds hazardous fuels reduction, development of multi-resource forest management plans, mitigation of invasive species and insect infestation and disease, and other active forest management activities supporting working forest as outlined in the state plan. Work is performed in Colorado through May 21, 2031. Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division, operating as the research and technical services arm of the institution, receives and executes the award as a Project Grant.

These funds will be used for hazardous fuels reduction, develop multi-resource forest management plans, mitigate invasive species, insect infestation and disease, and other active forest management activities that support working forest, as determined by the priorities outlines in colorado's state forest action plan.