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2009
Annual Report - Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division
Squirrel
Damage on Deciduous Tree Limbs Animal
Damage on Pine Tree Limbs
 
Light tan areas show where squirrels have
stripped the bark off of
Squirrel or porcupine damage on the top of pine limbs in Lions
Park
a limb to
eat the nutritious cells underneath and killing the
tree
limb in the process.
Photo:
Cheyenne Urban Forestry
Photo:
Scott Oestmann
Mountain
Pine Beetle Information:
Colorado
State Forest Service Summary of Products for Use Against Mountain
Pine Beetle
Mountain
Pine Beetle (this website) (MPB)
is coming into Cheyenne by way of infested firewood. MPB
attacks ALL
species of pine.
How
bad is Mountain Pine Beetle in Wyoming and Colorado?
Wyoming
Tree News
Summer
2010 Edition
A
Forest Management Newsletter by
Wyoming
State Forestry Division
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
2010
- 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)
Snow
Fall during the September through May Snow Season
2009-2010:
43 inches above normal snowfall for the
season.
2008-2009:
9 inches above normal
for snowfall for the season.
2007-2008:
17 inches below normal
in snowfall for the season.
We
finished the calendar year of 2009 at 3.24
inches above
normal precipitation.
We
finished the calendar year of 2008 at .19
inches below normal precipitation.
We
finished the calendar year of 2007 at
.61 inches below normal precipitation.
(Three
consecutive years, 2007, 2008, and 2009 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.
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
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