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Colorado Forest Collaboratives Summit

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.

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 Conservation
Ch’aska Huayhuaca-Frye, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Alison Lerch, Colorado Dept of Natural Resources
Katie McNovak, Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network
  Rebecca Samulski, Fire Adapted Colorado
Audrey Miles Cherney, Upper South Platte Partnership
Kelby Woodard, Clear Creek Watershed & Forest Health Partnership
Eric Isenhart, Clear Creek Watershed & Forest Health Partnership
Scott 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 Network
Audrey Miles Cherney | Upper South Platte Partnership
John 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

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