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Colorado Encouraging Growth in Forest Product Industry for Wildfire Mitigation

from KUSA-TV, Aug. 17, 2020

Colorado Encouraging Growth in Forest Product Industry for Wildfire Mitigation KUSA-TV, Aug. 17, 2020 As powerful wildfires burn large parts of Colorado this summer, officials with the Colorado State Forest Service are working to revitalize an industry that might help: the wood products field. "The principle issue is just a lack of a vibrant business sector involving our forest product infrastructure," said Tim Reader, a wood products utilization forester with the Colorado State Forest Service. "It's declined so much over the decades to the point that they're not capable of providing a great deal of impact to some of the situations we see right now," he said. READ MORE

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