Natural Resources - Gilpin County
Mountain Pine Beetle
 
Mtn. pine beetle is a problem across the entire West _________Pine
beetle spread in Gilpin County
Mountain
Pine Beetle fact sheet
Research on how to protect
your trees from pine beetle - what works, what doesn't
When will
the beetles fly? In lodgepole pine, beetles can emerge as early
as early July, peaking in late July to early August, and ending
by early Sept. Reports of "beetles flying early" are usually
misidentification of other beetles, such as red turpentine beetles,
or ips beetles.
Updated information on preventatively
spraying your trees against pine beetle
What to do with your infested
trees
New! You can bring infested logs to
Road and Bridge to be chipped (Log
specifications). 4' length minimum, logs accepted M-W 8 am to
4 pm, you MUST call Road and Bridge (303-582-5004) in advance.
New! Up-to-date info on pine beetle
on the Front Range! www.frontrangepinebeetle.org
Solar
treating pine-beetle attacked trees to prevent infestation of
new trees
NEW! The
Status of Our Scientific Understanding of Lodgepole Pine and Mountain
Pine Beetles – A Focus on Forest Ecology and Fire Behavior
Bark
Beetles
Rocky Mtn Region
USFS info on pine beetle
Colorado State Forest Service
home page
Legislative
reponse to MPB
The upside to pine beetle: aspen populations are less than half
what they used to be, and the pine beetle will help them.
Click here to see a movie about the aspen decline
Our
Future Forests
Other forest health issues
Taking care
of your forest
Fire
mitigation
New!: Excellent, thought-provoking
video - what you can do to keep your home from catching on fire,
even in the case of a crown fire: "Wildfire!Preventing
home ignition"
Preventing
disaster: Home Ignitability in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Landowner's
guide to thinning
Ips
beetles
Dwarf
mistletoe
My aspen trees are turning orange!
Should I worry?
My aspen
tree leaves have little bumps on them. Should I worry?
Colorado
State Forest Service
Weeds
Noxious Weeds ID and control for Gilpin
County
Water
Mountain water is a tricky subject to understand. The Jeffferson
County Planning Department has produced some excellent information
about mountain water - where it comes from, what the issues are.
Click to read Water
Smarts: A Homeowner's guide to Mountain Ground Water.
Most mountain wells tap into water-filled fractures in the bedrock.
Click to view a picture of the water
cycle in a fractured rock environment, also from the Jefferson
County Planning Department.
Information regarding private
wells for home use.
Drinking
water and health.
Wells used for drinking water should be tested for the presence
of coliform bacteria every one to two years. Click here to read
more information about bacteria
in water wells.
Unlike public water supplies, which are regularly monitered, the
responsibility for assuring a safe supply of private well water
rests solely with the homeowner. Regular testing of your well is
necessary to determine whether your water is safe to drink. You
can get
it tested at the CSU Soil, Water and Plant Testing lab. You
can choose to the routine test and/or also test for heavy metals
(a good idea if you live near mine tailings). The Colorado State
Department of Public health also has a water
testing lab, and they can also do bacteria and radon tests in
addition to the tests available at CSU.
NEW! The Gilpin County Public and Environmental Health Services Department
can test for bacteria in-house. Call 303-582-5803 for more information.
Click for more information on Drought.
Interested in weather?
Join Co-co-rahs - the Community
Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. CoCoRaHS is a grassroots
volunteer network of backyard weather observers of all ages and
backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain,
hail and snow) in their local communities, to provide the highest
quality data for natural resource, education and research applications.
Call the office for more details.
Plants
Mountain gardening
website - created by Mountain Master Gardeners
Native plant master program
Native
plants of Colorado - brought to you by The Native Plant Master
Program
Wildlife
Coexisting
with wildlife - from the Dept. of Wildlife
Wildlife
Conflicts
Living
with bears
Living
with coyotes
Living
with mountain lions
Wild bird feeding tips
Wildlife
in your garden
Where
to watch wildlife in Colorado
Wildlife
as a farm and ranch business
Dogs and wildlife
Hunting
Field
care of big game
Cutting
up a big game carcass
Information on regulations, testing for CWD, hunter safety classes,
and more from the Colorado
Division of Wildlife
Small acreage Management
Managing
small acreage during and after drought
CSU's small acreage
management website
Resource-rich site to help you plan
your land use
Considering a conservation easement? Here are some insights
from landowners
Recreation
on private land
How many horses are too many for your land? Visit the Adams
County website on grazing management- assume the lowest end
of forage production in the mountains.
Landowning
Colorado Style
Boulder
Extension's pasture management page
Guide
to poisonous plants to livestock
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