U.S. Forest Service

Popular Crested Butte campground shutting down until 2028

August 26, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

This closure means there are few campgrounds where you can reserve sites near Crested Butte....

August 19, 2026 at 5:31 p.m.

The effects of drought will be evident this fall when leaf peeping season arrives early...

July 25, 2026 at 2:41 p.m.

Nathan Matthews, 43, died on Friday, nearly a month after he and four other firefighters...

July 19, 2026 at 11:04 a.m.

The Aspen Acres fire, Colorado's largest active wildfire and the seventh-largest fire in state history,...

July 18, 2026 at 12:16 p.m.

Colorado's largest active wildfire has burned more than 100,000 acres as crews managed to contain...

July 17, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

Aspen Acres is one of Colorado's six large, active fires that have consumed more than...

July 16, 2026 at 7:18 p.m.

Colorado's six large, active fires have together consumed more than 211,000 acres, or 330 square...

July 15, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

Mandatory evacuations were lifted Tuesday as crews gained containment on the Green Ridge fire burning...

July 14, 2026 at 1:01 p.m.

Huerfano County officials ordered mandatory evacuations because of the Aspen Acres fire on Tuesday morning...

July 13, 2026 at 4:09 p.m.

Two new wildfires sparked in northern Colorado on Sunday, one of which prompted mandatory evacuations...