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Contact Kurt M. Jones, Interim Director for information on all classes and programs. Phone: 970-491-3841 or via email: kurt.jones@colostate.edu

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Natural Disasters and Emergency Management Support

We know the next natural disaster is just a matter of when not if. The link below takes you to our repository of information, websites, and resources to help prepare for disasters, navigate them while going through them, and what to do following the disaster.

Click here to see the site

Agriculture in Teller County and the State

Agriculture is big business in Colorado, contributing $40 billion annually to the state’s economy.  Whether you are farming on a small acreage, in urban spaces or are involved in large-scale production agriculture, Extension resources provide research-based information for producers located from the plains to the mountains. Topics include:  Crops, Farm Management, and Livestock.

Our Agriculture and Business Management team helps with topics such as: leasing rates, drought decision-making tools, impacts of current Ag Bill, and grant resources to name a few. Check out their website and associated tools.

Natural Resources

Western Spruce Budworm Damage

Colorado Woody Plant App

We developed the Colorado Woody Plant App (search CO Woody Plants) to help people identify the Native Woody Plants that you might find traversing the forests or open plains.  You can download the App for free by searching “CO Woody Plant” on both Android and iPhones.

Noxious Weeds of Colorado:

For a current list of CO noxious weeds, how to identify, and treatment click here.

Newsletters and Brochures

Keeping ahead of COVID-19

This rapidly evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) has imposed an unsettling, fluid situation upon our community and its businesses. While the team here still aims to maintain a “business as usual” approach, we have moved to working from home and conducting training using Zoom and YouTube and other social media sites that is far from normal. For all information on the coronavirus in Teller County, check out the link to the County below.