Reduce winter sun damage on tree trunks
                               

                             

Photos: Cheyenne Urban Forestry

The sun, low in the southern sky, can cause sunscald damage to young and thin barked trees. A commercially available paper tree trunk wrap specifically made to wrap tree trunks can reduce the chance of sunscald trunk injury.

Mountain Pine Beetle Treatment - blog

Colorado State Forest Service Summary of Products for Use Against Mountain Pine Beetle

How bad is Mountain Pine Beetle in Wyoming and Colorado?

Licensed Arborists in the City of Cheyenne

Urban Forest Interpretive Center: Tree House, Nature Center, and Who Crossed My Path?

Street and Park Tree Evaluation for Cheyenne

High Plains Arboretum Guide
A self guided tour of 60 trees and shrubs at the Arboretum on an aerial photo.
                         
2011 - Precipitation for Cheyenne

Tree Selection and Planting Guidelines And Tree Retention and Protection Guidelines

(For Construction Projects on City Lands)

Trees and Shrubs that can grow in Cheyenne (a short list)

Cheyenne Botanic Gardens - Trees, shrubs, and other plants for Cheyenne

Xeriscape™  - A Landscape that flourishes with less water              
Xeriscape is a registered trademark of Denver Water, Denver, CO, and is used here with permission.

Xeric Plants ( A short list of plants requiring less water for Cheyenne)

Cheyenne Wyoming Precipitation Amounts

        

                                                      Source of Information Above: National Weather Service  (Climate - Local Page)

2011-2012 as of 1/22/12: 9 inches above normal in snowfall for the season.
2010-2011:    9 inches below normal snowfall for the season.
2009-2010:  43 inches above normal snowfall for the season.
2008-2009:    9 inches above normal snowfall for the season.
2007-2008:  17 inches below normal snowfall for the season.

         

Cheyenne finished the calendar year of 2011 at 4.25 inches above normal precipitation. 
Cheyenne finished the calendar year of 2010 at   .23 inches above normal precipitation.
Cheyenne finished the calendar year of 2009 at 3.24 inches above normal precipitation.
Cheyenne finished the calendar year of 2008 at   .19 inches below normal precipitation.
Cheyenne finished the calendar year of 2007 at   .61 inches below normal precipitation.

(Five consecutive years, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011of near normal and above normal precipitation).

 Water evergreens on non-windy days.

Tree Ordinance Information for the Citizens of Cheyenne

Property owners in the City of Cheyenne are required to maintain their private trees and right-of-way trees abutting their property, for the safe use of city streets, alleys, and sidewalks. Trees and shrubs overhanging the street and alley need to be pruned to allow a 14-foot clearance above the entire surface of the street or alley. Trees and shrubs overhanging the sidewalk need to be pruned to allow an 8-foot clearance above the entire sidewalk surface.

Corner property owners need to provide a "sight clearance triangle" for vehicles at street intersections. Cheyenne Code 17.116.180 B. (in-part) states: ... (2) The triangle is to be determined by a diagonal line drawn across the lot fifteen (15) feet back along the property lines from the intersection of the property lines. (1) This space is to be kept free from all obstructions to vision, including plant materials and vegetation, between the heights of two and one-half (2.5) and twelve (12) feet above the street grades. The responsibility lies with the adjacent landowner to maintain this visibility.

TREE, SHRUB, AND YARD WASTE RECYCLING
The Sanitation Division does not accept yard waste with solid waste.  Section 8.44.040 of the City Code requires proper disposal of such contents.  For more information contact the Sanitation Division or call them at 637-6440.

City of Cheyenne (Felix Pino) Transfer Station Location: 220 North College Drive
Contact City of Cheyenne Sanitation Department for hours of operation.

City of Cheyenne Public Compost Facility Location: 3714 Windmill Rd.
(Across from Prairie View Golf Course)  Call (307) 637-6440 for hours of operation