Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee National Grassland
 

The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland (ARP) is located in north central Colorado. The forests and grassland encompasses 1.5 million acres and extends north to the Wyoming border, south of Interstate 70 to Mount Evans, west across the Continental Divide to the Williams Fork area and includes short grass prairie east of I-25. The forests and grassland is head-quartered in  Fort Collins, with district offices in Boulder, Fort Collins, Idaho Springs, Granby and Greeley.

If you are planning a trip to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland, make sure to check out the ARP Visitor Guide for information about recreational activities, safety, and exciting places to visit.

Features

Cut Your Own Christmas Tree

A women drags a newly cut Christmas tree across a snowy field

It’s that time of year again to venture into the Forest and cut your own Christmas tree. Permits to cut Christmas trees are $10 a tree with a maximum purchase of five trees per person.


Plan Your Trip For Safety

In mountain pine beetle forests, Use these 10 steps to plan your trip for safety.  Don't forget to watch out for falling trees.

Spotlights

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree: Christmas Bird Count tradition continues

Bird watchers participate in the annual Christmas Bird Count

The U.S. Forest Service’s Sulphur Ranger District will coordinate its 10th annual Christmas Bird Count with the National Audubon Society on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011.

Allenspark Recreational Shooting Project

Progress continues on the Allenspark Recreational Shooting Project. The 30-day comment period has closed and the Forest Service will now begin analyzing the more than 600 comments recieved.

 




Emergency Powerline Clearing Project

The Emergency Power Line Clearing Project Environmental Analysis is complete.  The Decision Notice was signed on Nov. 17, 2010.