Colorado Forest Health Council

Ex-Officio members or their designees:

The Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources, who will Chair the Council; Colorado State Forester, Colorado State Forest Service; Director, Division of Fire Prevention and Control; Regional Forester or Deputy Regional Forester for US Forest Service, Region 2; Forestry Program Lead, US Bureau of Land Management; State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Members of the Colorado General Assembly: 

• Lisa Cutter, Member of the Colorado Senate from the 20th District 
• Mike Lynch, Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 65th District

Governor-appointed members:

• Scott Jones, Vice President, Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition, of Livermore, Colorado, to serve as an individual employed by or associated with  an organization that advocates for motorized recreation; 
• Katie  McGrath-Novak, Network Coordinator, Colorado Forest Collaboratives Network, of Longmont, Colorado to serve as an individual employed or associated with a forest collaborative organization; 
• Paige Lewis, Deputy State Director and Director of Conservation Programs for The Nature Conservancy in Colorado, of Boulder, Colorado, to serve as an individual employed by or associated with a conservation organization; 
• Mark Morgan, Owner, Morgan Timber Products, of Wellington, Colorado, to serve as an individual employed by or associated with the timber industry;  
• Clyde Church, La Plata County Commissioner, Durango, Colorado, to serve as a county commissioner west of the continental divide; 
• Jody Shadduck-McNally, Larimer County Commissioner, of Loveland, Colorado, to serve as a county commissioner east of the continental divide; 
• Samantha Albert, Deputy Director, Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, of Denver, Colorado, to serve as an employee of the Colorado Office of Economic Development with a leadership role and expertise in outdoor recreation; 
• Christy Belton, Rancher, of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to serve as an individual who owns a ranch and has grazing rights on public lands; 
• Ethan Bucholz, Academic Liaison and Experiential Learning Specialist, Colorado State Forest Service, of Fort Collins, Colorado, to serve as a forest scientist or an individual who is  employed in a forest research position and has climate science experience;
• Christina Burri, Watershed Scientist, Denver Water, of Drake, Colorado, to serve as an individual who is employed by a water supplier, including a municipal drinking water supplier and an irrigation water supplier, east of the continental divide; 
• Hillary Cooper, San Miguel County Commissioner, of Telluride, Colorado, to serve as a county commissioner west of the continental divide; 
• Patricia Dorsey, Director of Conservation Operations, Mountain West, National Wild Turkey Federation, of Bayfield, Colorado, to serve as an individual employed by or associated  with a wildlife organization; 
• Abe Laydon, Douglas County Commissioner, of Lone Tree, Colorado, to serve as a county commissioner east of the continental divide; 
• Amy Moyer, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Colorado River District, of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, to serve as an individual employed by a water supplier, including a municipal drinking water supplier and an irrigation water supplier, west of the continental divide; 
• Julie Stencel, Assistant General Counsel, Xcel Energy, Denver, Colorado, to serve as an individual employed by a public utility that owns or operates transmission facilities; 
• Carole Walker, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association, of Denver, Colorado, to serve as an individual employed by or associated with the insurance industry; 
• Selwyn Whiteskunk, Vice Chair, Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council, of Towaoc, Colorado, to serve as an enrolled member of a tribe that has a reservation in Colorado; 
• Brett Wolk, Assistant Director, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, of Fort Collins, Colorado, to serve as an individual employed by a research institution and who has forest policy expertise. 

General Council Info:

Courtney Young, Forest Health and Wildfire Mitigation Program Administrator, courtney.young@state.co.us, 720-762-6176

Alison Lerch, Forest Health and Wildfire Mitigation Program Manager, alison.lerch@state.co.us, 720-762-6169

Media Inquiries & CORA requests:

Chris Arend, Communications Director, chris.arend@state.co.us, 303-264-8615