Publications for Homeowners & Landowners
- Managing your Land & Forest Stewardship
- Technical Assistance
- Wildfire Protection & Mitigation
- Trees for Various Areas
- Tree Selection, Planting & Care
- Insects, Diseases & Disorders of Shade & Ornamental Trees
Managing your Land & Forest Stewardship
- Colorado’s Forest Stewardship Program Brochure (458 KB PDF)
- Colorado Forestry Best Management Practices: Forest Stewardship 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)
- Forestry Best Management Practices to Protect Water Quality in Colorado – 2010 (461 KB PDF)
- Landowner Assistance Programs in Colorado (57 KB PDF)
- Landowners Guide to Thinning (1.6 MB PDF)
- Landowning Colorado Style (3.6 MB PDF)
Technical Assistance
- Choosing a Forestry Contractor and Consultant (282 KB PDF)
- Colorado Forest Road Field Handbook (11.4 MB PDF)
- Mastication Operational Guidelines (234 KB PDF)
Wildfire Protection & Mitigation
- Are You FireWise? Notebook (553 KB PDF)
- Are You Plains FireWise? Notebook (280 KB PDF)
- Cheatgrass and Wildfire (336 KB PDF)
- Protecting Your Home from Wildfire: Creating Wildfire-Defensible Zones – 2012 Quick Guide (738 KB PDF)
- Fire-Resistant Landscaping (192 KB PDF)
- FireWise Plant Materials (279 KB PDF)
- Forest Home Fire Safety (349 KB PDF)
- Grass Seed Mixes to Reduce Wildfire Hazard (150 KB PDF)
- Home Fire Protection (114 KB PDF)
- Living with Fire (2.1 KB PDF)
Trees for Various Areas
- Colorado Native Tree Cards (2.2 MB PDF)
- Colorado Native Tree Guide (277 KB PDF)
- Drought-Tolerant Trees for Colorado Landscapes (208 KB PDF)
- Living Snow Fences: Protection That Just Keeps Growing (5.3 MB PDF)
- Native Shrubs for Colorado Landscapes (1 MB PDF)
- Native Trees for Colorado Landscapes (4.5 MB PDF)
- Recommended Trees for Colorado’s Front Range Communities (232 KB PDF)
- Recommended Trees for Plains Communities of Northeastern Colorado (228 KB PDF)
- Recommended Trees for Plains Communities of Southeastern Colorado (895 KB PDF)
- Species Suitability Guide (55 KB PDF)
- Xeriscaping: Trees & Shrubs (41 KB PDF)
Tree Selection, Planting & Care
- Evergreen Trees (116 KB PDF)
- Small Deciduous Trees (49 KB PDF)
- Large Deciduous Trees (56 KB PDF)
- Trees for Conservation: Planning, Planting & Caring (1.8 MB PDF)
- Pruning Cuts (181 KB PDF)
- Pruning Evergreens (91 KB PDF)
- Pruning Mature Shade Trees (338 KB PDF)
- Healthy Roots & Healthy Trees (273 KB PDF)
- Tree Placement: Right Plant, Right Place (255 KB PDF)
- Tree Selection: Right Plant, Right Place (62 KB PDF)
- The Science of Planting Trees (464 KB PDF)
- Protecting Trees During Construction (84 KB PDF)
Insects, Diseases & Disorders of Shade & Ornamental Trees
- Landowner Guide to Living with Bark Beetles (2.7 MB PDF)
- Diagnosing Tree Disorders (77 KB PDF)
- Aphids on Shade Trees & Ornamentals (43 KB PDF)
- Asian Longhorned Beetle in Colorado – Identification of Insects and Damage of Similar Appearance (321 KB PDF)
- Aspen and Poplar Leaf Spots (203 KB PDF)
- Bacterial Wetwood (176 KB PDF)
- Fire Blight (125 KB PDF)
- Gypsy Moth (613 KB PDF)
- Gypsy Moth in Colorado – Identification of Insects and Damage of Similar Appearance (537 KB PDF)
- Magnesium Chloride Toxicity in Trees (1.2 MB PDF)
- Shade Tree Borers (244 KB PDF)
- Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease of Black Walnut (487 KB PDF)