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San Juan National Forest

by USFS Rocky Mtns

San Juan National Forest covers 1.8 million acres in the southwestern corner of Colorado.

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High Country Fen, San Juan National Forest
First hand look at fire effects and recovery in the 416 Burn Area on a hike led by USFS Forester Gretchen Fitzgerald, San Juan National Forest_ 2
Forest Service employees plant spruce trees on Missionary Ridge. Photo by Carlos Delgado, Forest Service international intern, San Juan National Forest .
Dusting of snow on Squaretop, San Juan National Forest.
Beth Vance visits the Colorado champion southwest limber pine along the Animas River. The tree is 50” diameter and 157 feet tall and is the biggest known tree of its kind in the state.
Each year the San Juan National Forest consults with interested tribes about planned projects for the year.
Beautiful high country colors above Dolores, San Juan National Forest.
5000 acres were successfully completed in the Yellow Jacket and Sauls Creek prescribed burn areas, Sept. 2018
San Juan National Forest
Hermosa Creek Special Management Area (SMA), which includes the Hermosa Creek trail system.
Photos of dead spruce salvage on Wolf Creek Pass. Photos by Josh Merril-Exton, FS Timber Sale Administrator
San Juan National Forest by Mark Roper_ 2
Closed skid trail - A skid trail is used to haul timber out of the sale area to the log deck where it can be loaded onto a log truck. Scattering slash on the skid trail speeds restoration after timber is removed from the area.
Forest road in winter San Juan National Forest, by Mark Roper.
416 Fire officially declared out on Nov 30, 2018 at 8 am. Photo of champion Doug Fir tree that perished within the 416 fire with interested public members.
San Juan National Forest in winter.
Families get holiday trees from the San Juan NF.
Columbine and Dolores Fire Crews burning slash piles _2
There is a lot of specialized equipment to harvest timber . This (feller-buncher) cuts trees and lays them on the ground.
San Juan National Forest by Mark Roper.
First hand look at fire effects and recovery in the 416 Burn Area on a hike led by USFS Forester Gretchen Fitzgerald.
Marmot photo by Carlos Delgado.
McPhee Boat Ramp, located on the Dolores Ranger District in San Juan National Forest
Fall colors at San Juan National Forest, photo by Cam Hooley.
Monitoring air quality at Molas pass at San Juan NF can be challenging in winter.