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Oystershell Scale insects
 
Oystershell scale insects, in large numbers, can damage and kill: aspen, ash, cotoneaster, cottonwood, dogwood, lilac, maple, and willow, and others
Photos:
Whitney Cranshaw & William M. Ciesla, through Forestry
Images.
Commercial
Arborists & Pesticide Applicators Licensed in Cheyenne (Tree
pruning and Removing)
Bark
beetle infested tree removal assistance (application)
is available for low income, owner occupied residential property
within Cheyenne city limits. This is not a reimbursement program.
If the property owner qualifies, Cheyenne Urban Forestry will
contract for the removal of the beetle infested trees.
2012
Annual Report - Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division
Cheyenne
Urban Forestry - Vision and Mission
Mountain
Pine Beetle Information:
Mountain
Pine Beetle and Other Bark Beetles are Still Killing Cheyenne's
Conifers
The
Mountain Pine Beetle in Cheyenne - Brochure
Mountain
Pine Beetle Information from Colorado State Forest Service
Colorado
State Forest Service Summary of Products for Use Against Mountain
Pine Beetle
How
bad is Mountain Pine Beetle in Wyoming and Colorado?
Wyoming
Tree Owner's Manual
- An excellent 40 page guide for tree owners.
Revised and printed by - Wyoming State Forestry Division with
permission from USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area.
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.
Tree
Selection and Planting Guidelines & 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)
Precipitation by Calendar Year
2012 at 5.30 inches below normal.
2011 at 3.37 inches above normal.
2010 at .23 inches above normal.
2009 at 3.29 inches above normal.
2008 at .19 inches below normal.
2007 at .61 inches
below normal.
Snowfall per Season
2011-2012 9
inches below normal 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.
(Five consecutive years, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011
of 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.
Cheyenne
City Code Title 12 Chapter 12.16
Corner property owners need to provide a "sight clearance
triangle" for vehicles at street intersections. Cheyenne
Unified Development Code
Article 4.3.5
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
Division 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
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