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Looking for join our organization? Download the Colorado Forest Products license agreement (in .pdf form) and we'll help get your products in front of potential customers.
This effort is supported and funded by:
CONSUMER PRODUCTS

By selecting wood products from our program particpants, consumers can add a distinctive Colorado look to their properties, while benefiting the health of their own forests. CFP participants produce a wide variety of wood products, such as:
WOOD CHIP PRODUCTS, used for animal bedding, landscaping and mulch.
POST/POLE/FENCING MATERIAL, buck 'n rail fencing, above, is an inexpensive and attractive option. By Don Ewy. SAWMILL PRODUCTS that can range from specialty tresses and rafters to decorative interior sidings and floorboards.
SPECIALTY PRODUCTS (Carvings, decorative items, canes, etc.) FIREWOOD and CHRISTMAS TREES.
Colorado Forest Products can also be found online at COLORADO PROUD, which features
a database searchable by company, products, county and city.

CONSUMERS LOOKING FOR FIREWOOD should also browse our FIREWOOD DISCUSSION BOARDS. These discussion boards, set up by Front Range counties, have a variety of options available for firewood purchase, and often include areas where firewood can be picked up for free. Consumers can also post their own items if they are looking for specific products or service, such as routine delivery.

With hundreds of millions of dollars of forest restoration work in Front Range Red Zone areas alone, Colorado consumers are in a position today to positively impact the future of their forests. While Colorado forests may never produce substantial amounts of dimension lumber used for construction, small-diameter wood utilization can make a considerable difference in contracting costs of forestry efforts.
Colorado's economy annually consumes more than $4 billion in wood products, and according to a 2001 study conducted by marketing and utilization specialists from Colorado State University and the USDA Forest Service, much of that material could be provided through small-diameter products from forest restoration efforts, including:

  • $62.3 million in roundwood used for fencing, posts, poles, utility poles and log homes.
  • $32 million in wood-energy products, such as firewood, compressed fire logs and wood pellets
  • $14.2 million in mulch, chips and sawdust
  • $1.6 million in Christmas trees.