Cañon City District
District Information
Fire Preparedness
If a wildfire threatened your property, would you be prepared to meet the threat? Personal safety, your home, property improvements and land value are all at risk. The wildfire danger you face is largely dependent upon the size of the flames and the speed at which they spread. By managing the amount and arrangement of vegetation on your property, you can reduce flame size, rate of fire spread and fire's destructive potential.
Learn more about:
- Defensible Space
- Creating Wildfire-Defensible Zones (205 KB PDF)
- Wildfire
Forest Management
People tend to take good care of the things they value and often desire to bequeath to their children after they are gone.
Unmanaged, forest conditions and the values they provide can degrade over time. A healthy forest provides many different values; maintaining these values over time does not happen by accident.
Forest management allows the landowner to greatly influence forest condition and benefits provided. Regardless if your goals are to create desired forest conditions or maintain current conditions, active forest management provides the tools you need to meet your goals.
Learn more about Forest Management
Please read our feature story about a wildfire hazard mitigation project taking place in the Cañon City District: Cooperators Reduce Wildfire Risk in Pueblo Mountain Park
Forest Insects and Diseases
From the time a tree seed germinates to the time when it finally succumbs to (hopefully) old age, a tree will serve as host to a myriad of insects and disease organisms. Sometimes a tree can withstand the negative impacts of insects and disease; other times it may need a little assistance from you to survive. Be familiar with the kinds of insect and disease interactions your tree may encounter; know which are benign and which are potentially dangerous to the health of your tree is your best defense.
Learn more about these common insects and diseases:
- Mountain Pine Beetle (281 KB PDF)
- Dwarf Mistletoe (127 KB PDF)
- Ips Beetles (298 KB PDF)
- Piñon Pine Insects & Diseases (297 KB PDF)
- Juniper-Hawthorn Rust (48 KB PDF)
- Diagnosing Tree Disorders (146 KB PDF)
Seedling Tree Ordering Information
There are two good times to plant seedling trees for reforestation, wildlife habitat and other conservation purposes; the first was 20 years ago — the other is now. Seedling sales are restricted. To qualify you must:
- own two acres or more of land;
- use the seedlings for conservation practices only;
- not use seedlings for landscaping or resell them as living plants; and
- purchase seedlings in minimums of 30 to 50 (depending on species and size).
To find out how to order seedlings in your county, please visit the CSFS Nursery Seedling Cooperators page.
Learn about Trees for Conservation: Planning, Planting and Caring (1.84 MB PDF)