Active Forestry Projects

Learn where Jefferson Conservation District is currently working on forest restoration.

JCD assists private forest landowners in planning and implementing projects with the shared goals of wildfire mitigation and forest ecosystem restoration. Typical projects range in size from 40-200 acres, and are completed by professional logging contractors managed by JCD.

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Above are general locations of active JCD-managed forestry projects. To preserve privacy, pins are located on nearby public roads where individuals may see truck activity.

logging equipment stacks logs into an orderly stack, also known as a log deck at JCD's Lone Rock project.

Lone Rock Project

Treatment Area - 100 Acres
Project Start - July 2023
Expected Project Completion Date - March 2024
JCD Contact - Kyle Weber, kyle.weber@jeffersoncd.com

cleared conifer forest with forested mountains in the background in Colorado

Geneva Glen Project Phase 3

Treatment Area - 45 Acres
Project Start - May 2023
Expected Project Completion - July 2024
JCD Contact - Bridgette Haggerty, bridgette.haggerty@jeffersoncd.com

felled trees and stacked logs at JCD's Blue Creek 2 project

Blue Creek Project Phase 2

Treatment Area - 170 Acres
Project Start - September 2023
Expected Project Completion - June 2024
JCD Contact - Matt McLemore, matt.mclemore@jeffersoncd.com

a log truck loads logs from a log deck in the snow at JCD's Giant Gulch project.

Giant Gulch Project

Treatment Area - 65 Acres
Project Start - January 2024
Expected Project Completion - August 2024
JCD Contact - Bridgette Haggerty, bridgette.haggerty@jeffersoncd.com

Parked logging equipment in a clearing of a dry conifer forest in winter are in the foreground of a clearing on a sunny day.

Arnett Ranch Road Project Phase 2

Treatment Area - 35 Acres
Project Start - April 2024
Expected Project Completion - July 2024
JCD Contact - Kyle Weber, kyle.weber@jeffersoncd.com

“It takes an entire landscape - 1000s of acres - to have a functioning forest ecosystem. Today's fires are even larger than that, and so it's critically important to thin forests on as many acres as we can and restore their ecological integrity so that when fire happens, it can be beneficial to the ecosystem (like it once was) and less dangerous for communities. This is why Jefferson Conservation District administers forest restoration projects with heavy equipment — so that a large number of acres can be treated efficiently and effectively.”

— Garrett Stephens, Director