Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests
Pawnee National Grassland

USDA Forest Service
Arapaho & Roosevelt
National Forests
Pawnee National
Grassland
2150 Centre Avenue
Building E
Fort Collins, CO 80526-8119
970-295-6600

Organization

Welcome to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National
Forests and Pawnee National Grassland

The Rocky Mountain Region manages resources and activities across more than 22 million acres of forest and grassland in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. A forest supervisor leads each of the 11 national forest and grassland units, which are divided into ranger districts managed by district rangers.

The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland (ARP) includes 1.5 million acres of forest and grassland in Northern Colorado. ARP Forest Supervisor Glenn P. Casamassa. Casamassa together with Deputy Forest Supervisor Jackie Parks, lead a team of four group officers and five district rangers. Casamassa is also the lead forest supervisor for all of the national forests in Colorado and supervisor of the Capital City Coordinator Cheri Ford, who works closely with the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, the Colorado Legislature and the Colorado Governor's office.

The Forest Supervisor's Office, located in Fort Collins, houses the forest supervisor and four program groups: the Ecosystem Support Group (ECO); the Recreation, Heritage Resources, Planning and Design Support Group (RPD); the Engineering, Lands and Minerals Support Group (ELM); and the Administrative Operations and Public Affairs Support Group (AOPA).

The ECO Group is led by Hal Gibbs and includes the following programs: Soils, Air, Hydrology, Fire and Vegetation Management, Fisheries, and Wildlife. The Eco Group also sponsors the Fort Collins Interagency Dispatch and Aviation Center and Jeffco Air Tanker Base.

The RPD Group is led by Acting Group Leader Erich Roeber, and includes the following programs: Recreation, Heritage Resources, Scenery Management, Concessions, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Information Systems, Integrated Resource Inventory (IRI), Planning and Monitoring.

The ELM Group is led by Acting Group Leader Dick Edwards and includes the following programs: Engineering, Lands, Minerals, Special Use Permits, Boundary Management and Facilities and Abandoned Mine Lands.

The AOPA group is led by Robin Winston and includes the following programs: Human Resources, Public Affairs, Financial Management, Civil Rights, Computer System Management and Telecommunications.

The ARP is managed on the ground by five ranger districts:

District Ranger Christine Walsh leads the Boulder Ranger District headquartered in Boulder. The district includes National Forest lands within Boulder County and portions of Gilpin and Jefferson Counties.

District Ranger Ellen Hodges leads the Canyon Lakes Ranger District headquartered in Fort Collins. The district includes all the National Forest lands in Larimer County. Canyon Lakes Ranger District is also the host of the Roosevelt Hotshots.

District Ranger Daniel Lovato leads the Clear Creek Ranger District headquartered in Idaho Springs. The District includes National Forest lands in Clear Creek county and portions of Gilpin, Jefferson and Park counties.

District Ranger Lori Bell leads the Pawnee National Grassland headquartered in Greeley. The district includes all the National Grasslands in Weld County.

District Ranger Craig Magwire leads the Sulphur Ranger District headquartered in Granby. The district includes all the National Forest lands in Grand County.

Our employees work closely with the Rocky Mountain Research Station, State and Private Forestry, and Rocky Mountain National Park.

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