Restore Forests
We are leading a diverse partnership to restore the health of our forests.If you are interested in learning more, attending a meeting, and/or would like to be added to our forest program mailing list, please email watershedcenterforests [at] gmail [dot] com.
Our vision is a healthy and resilient watershed that can sustain wildfire and other natural disturbances to protect communities, keep water supplies reliable, and support diverse flora and fauna for current and future generations.
St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership
St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership aims to bring together diverse stakeholders and community members to collaboratively plan and implement cross-jurisdictional landscape-scale forest restoration in the St. Vrain Basin that prepares the landscape and community to receive wildland fire as a natural part of the ecosystem.
The partnership includes over 30 diverse stakeholders and focuses on the 625,000-acre St. Vrain Watershed, which is at increasing risk for catastrophic wildfires that will have devastating effects on landscape values.
To learn more about the ecology of our forests, the importance of restoration, who the Partnership is, and how you can get involved in informing and supporting work on national forest lands, please explore our story map.
Stay Informed
Join the St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership email list
St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership is here to:
Keep you informed about work in your neighborhood and across the landscape
Answer your questions and connect you with the right people when needed
Work with you to ensure that the forest health restoration projects benefit your rivers, forests, and communities
Meeting Information
April 6, 2022
March 10, 2022
January 27, 2022
November 6, 2020
February 12, 2020
Project Resources
News and Press
Science Team Members
Jessie Olson, Left Hand Watershed Center
Yana Sorokin, Left Hand Watershed Center
Chiara Forrester, Left Hand Watershed Center
Deb Hummel, Left Hand Watershed Center
Andrew Slack, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Michael Caggiano, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Ch’aska Huayhuaca-Frye, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Jonas Feinstein, Natural Resources Conservation District
Casey Cooley, Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Ben Pfohl, Colorado State Forest Service
Angie Gee, USDA Forest Service
Kevin Zimlinghaus, USDA Forest Service
Chad Buser, USDA Forest Service
James White, USDA Forest Service
Kevin McLaughlin, USDA Forest Service
Stefan Reinold, Boulder County
Nick Stremel, Boulder County
Ken Huson, City of Longmont
Pryce Hadley, City of Longmont
David Batts, Environmental Planning and Management Solutions, Inc.
Scott Griebling, St. Vrain and Left Hand Conservancy District
Keith Stagg, Blue Stem Conservation
Rob Walker, Boulder Valley and Longmont Conservation Districts
Jonathan Markovich, USDA Forest Service
Tim Griffin, USDA Forest Service
Koren Nydick, Rocky Mountain National Park
Mike Lewlling, RMNP
Scott Heffernan, Boulder Valley and Longmont Conservation Districts
Frank Falzone, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Paul Orbuch, Boulder County Fireshed
Chris Wanner, City of Boulder
Communications Team Members
Jocelyn Farrell, Town of Lyons
Allan Mueller, Jamestown
Amanda Carrico, CU Boulder Center for Sustainable Landscapes and Communities
Angie Gee, USDA Forest Service
Ben Pfohl, Colorado State Forest Service
Bobby Clevenger, Big Elk Meadows
Ch’aska Huayhuaca-Frye, Northern Colorado Fireshed & Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Kristen Johnson, Lyons Task Force
Erin Fried, Boulder Watershed Collective
Ron Gosnell, Lyons resident & retired CSFS forester
Jim Webster, Boulder County Wildfire Partners
Jessica Olson, Left Hand Watershed Center
Reid Armstrong, USDA Forest Service
Kevin Mclaughlin, USDA Forest Service
Natalie Omundson, American Forest Foundation
Pam Sherman, Intermountain Alliance
Sally Collins, Allenspark resident
Scott Griebling, St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District
Sean Cronin, St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District
Stefan Reinold, Boulder County Parks and Open Space
Teresa Myers, City of Longmont
Vanessa McCracken, Boulder Valley and Longmont Conservation Districts
Vivienne Jannatpour, Boulder County Parks and Open Space
Paul Orbuch, Boulder County Fireshed
Bill Ellis, Raymond resident & St. Vrain Creek Coalition board member
Chiara Forrester, Left Hand Watershed Center
Eric Frederick, Camp St. Malo
Bia Dias , Pinewood Springs resident
Gerry Kelly, Boulder County Nature Association
Claudia VanWie, Boulder County Nature Association
Phil and Mary Stern, Allenspark residents
Robert Kerr, Allenspark resident
Dan Torrence, Meeker Park resident
Craig Jones, City of Longmont resident, part time Meeker Park resident, former district forester
David Battany, Sunshine Canyon resident
Sue Schauffler, Left Hand Canyon resident and Watershed Center board member
Collin Isenhart, Big Elk Meadows Volunteer Fire Department
Susan Stewart, Meadow Mountain Water Supply Company, Estes Valley Restorative Justice
Svitlana Soltysyak, Pinewood Springs resident and Road Board
Andrew Hart, Pinewood Springs Volunteer Fire Department
Jenny Begin, Lyons (Spring Gulch) resident
Doug Hill, Meadow Mountain Water Supply
Curtis Hartenstine, Lyons resident
Ken Feldman, Lyons Prepared
Post-Fire Recovery
We are coordinating recovery and restoration of forest and watershed health following the Calwood-Lefthand Fire that burned more than 10,000 acres in our watershed. Via the St. Vrain Forest Health Partnership, we are ensuring that our watershed and community are prepared for post-fire risks such as floods and debris flows that will impair watershed health.
