Date: 08/24/2015
Final
Colorado State Forest Service
WILDFIRE MATTERS REVIEW COMMITTEE
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01:29 PM -- Colorado State Forest Service
Mr. Mike Lester, State Forester and Director of Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), spoke to the committee about the history of CSFS and the role of CSFS in forest management in the state. Director Lester provided the committee with a handout (Attachment F). A copy of Director Lester's presentation to the committee can be found in Attachment G.
150824 AttachF.pdf
150824 AttachG- CSFS Presentation.pdf
Director Lester spoke about the wildland fire mitigation outreach work CSFS does and its work to help communities become fire adapted. Director Lester also spoke about the role of the different types of trees around the state in relation to wildfires, the importance of forest management, and various threats that exist to state forest health.
Director Lester responded to questions from the committee regarding the control of pine beetles and the management of effected trees. Director Lester and the committee discussed the logging industry in Colorado. The committee also discussed potential legislation ideas that would create incentives for the development of biomass plants that would make use of the dead timber across the state. Director Lester spoke about the value of trees for logging operations in Colorado compared to trees in other states like Oregon and Washington.