Colorado Forest Products
is a consumer awareness/product branding program
funded by the Colorado State
Forest Service for marketing wood products
from forest restoration and fuels reduction efforts in Colorado
forests. Producers can join our organization for free by filling
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Colorado Forest Products Day.
The Colorado legislature passed a
joint resolution officially designating April 23 as Colorado
Forest Products Day. The resolution is intended to
generate awareness of the economic and ecological importance
of Colorados forests.
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the story.
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The
Colorado Forest Product (CFP) logo assures you at least
50 percent of the wood in that product is coming from our
own forests, which aids in reducing restoration costs. Today
more than 80 percent of all wood used in Colorado is imported.
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STATE OF COLORADO'S
BEETLE-KILL PINE SALES TAX EXEMPTION INFORMATION
Retailers must sign up for the Colorado Dept. of Revenue's
sales tax exemption for beetle kill wood
with this form, which wholesalers or distributors must
also sign.
Further information about the exemption, which applies only
to the state and RTD tax, can be found
here.
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| When you are buying wood products, please look
for the CFP logo. If you don't see it ask if they are using Colorado
wood. Remember, these are products FROM Your Forest and FOR your
Forests and your consumer decisions make a difference. |
PEAK
TO PEAK WOOD OFFERS FRONT RANGE
TREATMENT AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
The Colorado northern Front Range is the site of a unique federal
and state effort for bringing wood products out of the forest and
into the marketplace. Five sort yards/collection sites are currently
in operation in the Front Range to receive wood and make it available
for purchase. MORE
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| The Colorado State
Forest Service and Colorado State University provide these listings
as a service only. The Colorado State Forest Service and Colorado
State University make no implied, or actual, endorsement or recommendation
as to the individual businesses listed, other than that the listed
businesses have signed a certification agreement stating at least
50 percent of the wood used in the manufacturing of their products
comes from Colorados public and/or private forests. |