Colorado Springs Utilities & US Forest Service Partnership
The Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) & US Forest Service (USFS) Partnership is a collaboration with the goals of reducing the impacts of wildfires on water supply watersheds. The partnership is currently revising it's 5-Year Plan that identifies priorities for forest management treatments throughout CSU's large water supply drainage areas. The focus of this is explained in the following categories below:
Project Summary
2016 - Present
Partners
Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU)
United States Forest Service (USFS)
Project Outcomes
Identify priorities for forest management treatments
Develop a 5-year Plan
Reduce the impacts of wildfires on critical water supply watersheds
CSU Project Timeline
Connections between Individual Projects
Highlight each part of the project from the past, and connect them.
Chambers Lake Reservoir. Photo: Cory Dick
