FORT COLLINS, Colo. — For centuries, Colorado’s forests have acted like giant sponges, soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But new research reveals these natural carbon-capture systems are ...
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According to data reviewed and analyzed by Colorado State University researchers, Colorado's forest as a collective is now emitting more carbon into the atmosphere than it is absorbing. Data collected ...
"This is a typical bug-kill, blow-down mess that should have been harvested 20 years ago," says Mark Morgan as he surveys a tract of lodgepole pine on a slope of national forest land west of Fort ...
Colorado’s forests store a massive amount of carbon, but dying trees – mostly due to insects and disease – have caused the state’s forests to emit more carbon than they absorbed in recent years, ...
Colorado forests emit more carbon than they take in. The reason? Wildfires, pests, and disease. All made worse by climate change. The findings come from Colorado State University. “There have been ...
Colorado’s two Democratic U.S. senators are of two minds when it comes to proposed forest management legislation addressing ...
Forest Service seeks economic development and wildfire-fighting routes, but environmental advocates are furious The Trump administration Monday reversed the “roadless rule” protecting 30% of National ...
An insect known for turning entire mountainsides the color of rust could be making a resurgence in Colorado. The pest is none other than the mountain pine beetle. After a roughly decade-long period of ...
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A Navy veteran who worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado was recently laid off in the recent nationwide federal workforce cuts impacting Americans. CBS News Colorado spoke to her about her ...