Western forests are taking longer to grow back after wildfires. That鈥檚 partly because climate change has made it harder for new trees to survive where the old trees would have thrived. Today on In The NoCo, we hear from a CSU researcher with a new strategy for how to regrow forests more quickly.

The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with some areas unlikely to recover. Researchers are studying which species are likely to survive 鈥� and where 鈥� as climate change makes it difficult or impossible for many forests to regrow.

Lessons learned from Colorado鈥檚 largest wildfire in recorded history might help restoration efforts in the forests and watersheds affected by the current鈥�

2002 was Colorado鈥檚 most destructive wildfire season. But 2012 is starting to set records of its own.Firefighters had their hands full with what would be鈥�

Colorado largest wildfire touched off ten years ago Friday. When it was finally contained 鈥� the Hayman fire southwest of Denver had scarred 138,000 acres.鈥�