That’s a Wrap!

Thank you for joining us at the 2025 Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit: Designing for Uncertainty, Thriving in Community. Find summaries for 2025 and previous summits below.

Greetings from Golden, Photo Credit to Audrey Miles Cherney
Image by Audrey Miles Cherney, Sept. 18, 2025.
Thank you to everyone who attended or supported the 2025 Colorado Forest Collaborative Summit! For a complete summary of the event, please see our 2025 Colorado Forest Collaborative Summit summary blog post on this page.

Thanks to our generous 2025 sponsors! 

Collaborative Canopy Sponsors
Walton Family Foundation Logo
Branching Out Sponsors
Mighty Arrow Family Foundation
Rooted Together Sponsors
Colorado State Forest Service Logo Northern Water Logo
We are also grateful to the following funders for their ongoing support of the Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network
Gates Family Foundation Logo Mighty Arrow Family Foundation Colorado State Forest Service Logo

Thanks to our 2025 planning team & co-coordinators!

The Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit is proudly hosted by the Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network.  Summit would not be possible without the incredible energy, generous time, and awesome ideas from our planning team:Liz Dowling, National Wild Turkey Federation
Esther Duke, Coalitions and Collaboratives, Inc.
Maria Brandt,  Coalitions and Collaboratives, Inc.
Jonathan Bruno, Coalitions and Collaboratives, Inc.
Laura Hickey, CDR Associates
 John Sanderson, Center for Collaborative ConservationCh’aska Huayhuaca-Frye, Colorado Forest Restoration InstituteAlison Lerch, Colorado Dept of Natural ResourcesKatie McNovak, Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network  Rebecca Samulski, Fire Adapted ColoradoAudrey Miles Cherney, Upper South Platte PartnershipKelby Woodard, Clear Creek Watershed & Forest Health PartnershipEric Isenhart, Clear Creek Watershed & Forest Health PartnershipScott Woods, Colorado State Forest Service

This year’s Summit was co-coordinated by:

Maria Brandt | Coalitions & Collaboratives, Inc.Esther Duke | Coalitions & Collaboratives, Inc.Katie McNovak | Colorado Forest Collaboratives NetworkAudrey Miles Cherney | Upper South Platte PartnershipJohn Sanderson | Center for Collaborative Conservation

Past Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summits

2025 Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit: Summary & Resources | blog post by Audrey Miles Cherney, Esther Duke, Ch’aska Huayhuaca, and John Sanderson

2024 Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit: Summary & Resources | blog post by Katie McGrath Novak of Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network

10 of Katie’s Favorite Photos from the 2024 Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit | blog post by Katie McGrath Novak of Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network

The 2024 Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit: A Hub of Connection and Innovation | blog post by Sandi Good of Peaks to People Water Fund

2023 Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit: Summary & Resources | Blog post by Katie McGrath Novak of Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network

15 of Katie’s Favorite Photos from the 2023 Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit | Blog post by Katie McGrath Novak of Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network

2022 Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit: Summary & Resources | Blog post by Katie McGrath Novak of Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network