Colorado Forest

The majority of Colorado's forest land is found in the western two thirds of the state. Pinion - Juniper (PJ) areas are classified as rangeland in the inventory with the Juniper being classified as a shrub. Colorado's non-federal forest land base has been showing a steady decline since 1982.

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Between 1982 and 1997 Colorado's non-federal forest land decreased by approximately 290,000 acres or close to 19,000 acres per year. Development was the leading contributor to the decrease in forest land.

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