| Location: | Colorado State Forest Service Office |
| Address: | 1504 Quaker St., Golden, Colorado |
| Date: | Saturday, January 9, 2010 |
| Time: | 9:00 am |
| Subject: | Set goals for 2010 |
| Tom Borden started the current CFA in the early 80's. He wanted a group of citizens interested in forestry organized to help with statewide forestry issues. CFA was it. | To read Tom's obituary click here. |
When the mountain pine beetle epidemic grew to gigantic proportions in the lodgepole pines west of the continental divide, the question on the minds of Front Range landowners was – will it spill over the divide? That issue was settled with certainty in the last two years. The next question was – will it move out of the Front Range lodgepole into ponderosa pine?
Until recently there has been some room for debate. Some experts said that there have been epidemics where the beetle stayed with the pine species that the epidemic started in. This would suggest that Front Range landowners could breathe easy. That uncertainty has delayed any sense of urgency to proactively manage Front Range ponderosa stands to reduce susceptibility. A number of CFA members have field verified that the mountain pine beetle is in all the pine species in the Front Range. Our observations seem to be substantiated by the data just released by the US Forest Service and the Colorado State Forest Service.
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The Colorado Forestry Association (CFA) is the Colorado chapter of the National Woodland Owners Association. Founded in 1884, its original mission was to support conservation, management and renewal of forests through forestry legislation, public education and creation of forest reserves.