Colorado State Forest Service

**Agency Profile** **The Colorado State Forest Service provides technical forestry assistance, wildfire mitigation expertise and outreach and education to help landowners and communities achieve their forest management goals.** **Our Mission** **To achieve stewardship of Colorado’s diverse forest environments for the benefit of present and future generations** Who We Are **Who We Are** Established in 1955, the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) is a service and outreach agency of the [Warner College of Natural Resources](http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/) at Colorado State University. Headquartered in Fort Collins, the agency provides staffing for the Division of Forestry within the [Colorado Department of Natural Resources](https://dnr.colorado.gov/). The CSFS has approximately 170 (full-time and part-time) employees; more than 70 seasonal and student employees; and [18 field offices and several satellite offices](https://csfs.colostate.edu/areas/) throughout Colorado. The CSFS is committed to providing timely, relevant forestry information and education to the residents of Colorado to achieve resilient forests and communities. Using applied science, the CSFS has adapted its focus and approach throughout the decades in response to emerging forestry issues.