Forest Health & Management Publications
The Colorado State Forest Service is the state’s primary resource for forestry information and assistance. The CSFS continues to work with private forest landowners, other cooperators and stakeholders to manage Colorado’s forested lands by providing technical assistance, information and outreach that helps them meet their individual and collective stewardship objectives.
Forestry Publications
By managing our forests, we can protect water quality, increase habitat diversity for wildlife, and improve forest health and condition. In addition, properly managed forests can reduce the risk of wildfire, help protect trees from insects and diseases, increase property value and provide income. By working together, we can help improve forest conditions, creating diverse, resilient and sustainable forests for the benefit of present and future generations.
Guides & Forest Stewardship
- Colorado Forest Road Field Handbook (11.4 MB PDF)
- Colorado’s Forest Stewardship Program Brochure (458 KB PDF)
- Colorado Forestry Best Management Practices: Forest Stewardship Guidelines for Water Quality Protection – 2012 Field Audit Report (419 KB PDF)
- Colorado Forestry Best Management Practices: Forest Stewardship Guidelines for Water Quality – 2008 Field Audit Report (909 KB PDF)
- Community Wildfire Protection Plans: Guidelines for Implementation (4.1 MB PDF)
- Forest Ag Brochure (251 KB PDF)
- Forest Products: From Marking to Market (1.5 MB PDF)
- Forestry Best Management Practices to Protect Water Quality in Colorado – 2010 (461 KB PDF)
- Landowning Colorado Style (3.5 MB PDF)
- Landowner Guide to Thinning (1.54 MB PDF)
Colorado Forest Health Reports
- 2017 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (2.2 MB PDF) New 2018
- 2016 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (4.0 MB PDF)
- 2015 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (3.0 MB PDF)
- 2014 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (2.6 MB PDF); Map: 2014 Insect & Disease Activity in Colorado Forests (178 KB PDF); Map: 1996-2014 Forest Insect & Disease Progression in Colorado Map (167 KB PDF)
- 2014 Colorado Forest Insect and Disease Update – A Supplement to the 2014 Forest Health Report (1.3 MB PDF)
- 2013 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (2.1 MB PDF); Map: 2013 Insect & Disease Activity in Colorado Forests (154 KB PDF); Map: 1996-2013 Forest Insect & Disease Progression in Colorado Map (180 KB PDF)
- 2013 Colorado Forest Insect and Disease Update – A Supplement to the 2013 Forest Health Report (1.4 MB PDF)
- 2012 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (3.9 MB PDF); Map: 2012 Insect & Disease Activity in Colorado Forests (164 KB PDF); Map: 1996-2012 Progression of Forest Insect & Disease in Colorado (205 KB PDF)
- 2011 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (3.1 MB PDF)
- 2010 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (3.7 MB PDF)
- 2009 Report: The Health of Colorado’s Forests (7.0 MB PDF)
- 2008 Report: The Health of Colorado’s Forests (9.5 MB PDF); Executive Summary (4.5 MB PDF)
- 2007 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (3.4 MB PDF); Wildland-Urban Interface Insert (626 KB PDF)
- 2006 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (2.6 MB PDF)
- 2005 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (7.7 MB PDF)
- 2004 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (2.7 MB PDF)
- 2003 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (1.3 MB PDF)
- 2002 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests (1.3 MB PDF)
- 2001 Report on the Condition of Colorado’s Forests (1.3 MB PDF)
- Colorado Forest Health Report 1992-1995 Baseline Assessment (3.9 MB PDF)
Managing for Different Forest Types
- Gambel Oak Management (1.3 MB PDF)
- Lodgepole Pine Management Guidelines for Land Managers in the Wildland-Urban Interface (1.3 MB PDF)
- Pinon-Juniper Management (401 KB PDF)
Ecology
CSFS Insect & Disease Quarterly Reports
- November 2011 (369 KB PDF)
- May 2011 (2.7 MB PDF)
- February 2011 (2.3 MB PDF)
- November 2010 (291 KB PDF)
- August 2010 (373 KB PDF)
- May 2010 (690 KB PDF)
- February 2010 (396 KB PDF)
- November 2009 (2.3 MB PDF)
Forest Insects, Diseases & Disorders
- Aphids on Shade Trees and Ornamentals (43 KB PDF)
- Aspen and Poplar Leaf Spots (203 KB PDF)
- Bacterial Wetwood (176 KB PDF)
- Bark Beetles: Are Your Trees At Risk? (2.4 MB PDF)
- Cytospora Canker (87 KB PDF)
- Diagnosing Tree Disorders (77 KB PDF)
- Dwarf Mistletoe Management (127 KB PDF)
- Douglas-fir Tussock Moths (2.2 MB PDF)
- Fire Blight (125 KB PDF)
- Firewood and House Log Insects (124 KB PDF)
- Gypsy Moth: What You Need to Know about the Threat to Forests in Colorado (409 KB PDF)
- Honeylocust Diseases (100 KB PDF)
- Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires (7.3 MB PDF)
- Ips Beetles (298 KB PDF)
- Juniper-Hawthorn Rust (48 KB PDF)
- Landowner Guide to Living with Bark Beetles (2.7 MB PDF)
- Leafmining Insects (128 KB PDF)
- Magnesium Chloride Toxicity in Trees (1.2 MB PDF)
- Mountain Pine Beetle (362 KB PDF)
- Oystershell Scale (78 KB PDF)
- Piñon Pine Diseases and Insects (297 KB PDF)
- Ponderosa Pine Budworm (624 KB PDF)
- Ponderosa Pine Needle Miners (623 KB PDF)
- Product Use to Prevent Mountain Pine Beetle – Quick Guide Revised June 2012 (2.3 MB PDF)
- Protecting Trees During Construction (84 KB PDF)
- Preventive Spraying for Mountain Pine Beetle (17 KB PDF)
- Poplar Twiggall Fly (144 KB PDF)
- Shade Tree Borers (244 KB PDF)
- Solar Treatment for Mountain Pine Beetle (34 KB PDF)
- Spraying Trees to Protect Against Mountain Pine Beetle (43 KB PDF)
- Sudden Aspen Decline in Colorado – Updated Feb. 2011 (2.3 MB PDF)
- Tent-Making Caterpillars (88 KB PDF)
- Thousand Cankers Disease of Black Walnut (335 KB PDF)
- Western Cedar Bark Beetles (62 KB PDF)
- Western Spruce Budworms (562 KB PDF)
- What’s Happening in Colorado’s Aspen Forests (1 MB PDF)
Forest Insects, Diseases & Disorders Posters
- Dwarf Mistletoe Poster (239 KB PDF)
- Ips Beetle Poster (946 KB PDF)
- Mountain Pine Beetle Poster (313 KB PDF)
- Mountain Pine Beetle Management Poster (1.3 MB PDF)
- Spruce Bark Beetle Poster (270 KB PDF)
- Western Spruce Budworm Poster (253 KB PDF)
- What’s Ailing Your Aspen? Poster (935 KB PDF)