Past Branching Out Sessions:

November 18th, 2025 | The 2025 Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit: Key Takeaways and What We Want to Carry Forward
Ch’aska Huayhuaca, Esther Duke, John Sanderson, Maria Brandt, Ben Guillon, & Laura Hickey

Recording | 2025 Summit Summary

August 28th, 2025 | Front Range Collaboratives-Post Fire Panel
Sam Kaelin, Laura Quattrini, Hally Strevey, Adrian Knight

Recording

May 22nd, 2025 | The Colorado Forest Tracker
Rebecca Dannels, Stephanie Mueller, Amanda West Fordham

Recording | Forest Tracker website | Slides

April 17th, 2025 | The Colorado Forest Resilience Planning Guide
Alison Lerch, Christina Burri, Katie McGrath Novak, Brett Wolk, & Laura Hickey

Resource page | Recording | Colorado Forest Resilience Planning Guide | 4-Page Summary of Guide

March 20th, 2025 | CFCN All-Partners Meeting

Blog Summary Part 1: Impacts of federal funding changes on Colorado collaboratives and communities 
Blog Summary Part 2: Where do we go from here? How collaboratives are looking to the future & how we can support them

January 23, 2025 | CFCN Young Professionals Meet-Up

Recording not available.

October 10, 2024 | COSWAP Workforce Development Overview and Q&A
Courtney Young, Forest Health & Wildfire Mitigation Program Administrator, Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Roberta Anderson, Forest Health & Wildfire Mitigation Program Assistant, Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Recording | Slides

March 28, 2024 | Guide to Creating & Revising Collaborative Governance Documents
Katie McGrath Novak, Coordinator, Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network

Recording

February 22, 2024 | Coalition for the Upper South Platte Recreation Agreements and Amenities
John Geerdes, Executive Director, Coalition for the Upper South Platte

Recording

January 25, 2024 | The Colorado Forest Health Council & Forest Collaboratives in 2024

Recording not available.

December 21, 2023 | Branching Out End-of-Year Celebration!

Recording not available. Thanks to all who attended!

November 29, 2023 | Connecting Collaboratives with USFS State, Private, & Tribal Forestry: Who they are, what they do, & opportunities for collaboratives
Amie Anderton, Landscape Scale Restoration & IRA Landowner Assistance Program Program Manager
Matt Tuten, Cooperative Forestry Program Manager

Recording | Resources

October 19, 2023 | Forest Collaboratives and the New Colorado Forest Management Activity Tracker (Forest Tracker)
Nicholas Kotlinski, Colorado State Forest Service
Rebecca Dannels, Colorado State Forest Service
Brett Wolk, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Stephanie Mueller, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute

Recording | Resources

August 24, 2023 | Panning for Nuggets of Science Gold: Reframing Forestry and Wildfire Management Communication
Hannah Brown, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University
Brett Wolk, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University

Recording | Resources

July 27, 2023 | The US Forest Service and Forest Collaboratives in Colorado: How We Can Work Together
Monte Williams, Hally Strevey, Maya MacHamer, Chiara Forrester, Paul Orbuch, Ch’aska Huayhuaca-Frye

Recording | Resources

June 22, 2023 | COSWAP Overview & Feedback from Forest Collaboratives
Alison Lerch, Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Courtney Young, Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Recording | Resources

May 18, 2023 | Forest Health Council Updates & Feedback from Forest Collaboratives
Katie McGrath Novak, Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network Coordinator & Forest Health Council Collaboratives Representative

Recording | Resources

April 20, 2023 | Collaboratives as a platform for difficult community conversations, managing conflict, & developing a shared vision amongst partners
Danny Margoles, Coordinator, Dolores Watershed Resilient Forests Collaborative