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Come to our Native Plant Education Class Saturday, May 19th, 9am-4 pm
Please bring water, lunch, hat, sunscreen, dress in layers. We will be at the Confluence of the San Miguel and Dolores River. Please call 327-4393 or email Mary with name address, email and phone.Cost is $25. Mail check or money order to SMBEF, PO Box 130, Norwood, CO 81423 to secure spot in class. 10 spots available for this class!

Native Plant Master Program

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Have you always wanted to learn how to identify the beautiful plants that grow in nature? Would you like to learn more about using them in your landscape? 
Would you like to learn how to distinguish
natives from noxious weeds?  Look at our NPM brochure. Find out what's blooming and learn more about some of your favorite plants in Colorado with a handy new tool, the Colorado Plant Database. Also the Colorado Native Plant Master Program is found at:  www.conativeplantmaster.org
Fill out the application and let us contact you for acceptance into the course.

Forestry Webinars Series

Wind Energy for Colorado

  • Winds on your site should be at least class 2 (annual wind speeds averaging 9.8 to 11.5 mph at 50 meters above ground level) to be suitable for wind generation.
  • A state law passed in 2008 requires all utilities to allow residential turbines of up to 10 kilowatts and commercial turbines up to 25kw to connect to the grid.
  • The cost of residential wind turbines varies depending on how much power they can produce and other factors..
  • No matter what kind of electricity you are using, the best way to reduce expenditures is to use less.
Back-Yard Pest Management
Pest management can be one of the
greatest challenges to the home gardener.
Yard pests include weeds,
insects, diseases, and some species of
wildlife.
Managing Pocket Gophers
Four species of pocket gophers are found in Colorado. Pocket gophers reduce productivity of portions of alfalfa fields and native grasslands by 20 to 50 percent. Damage by pocket gophers can be reduced by exclusion, cultural methods and habitat modification, trapping, and toxicants applied by hand or with a burrow builder.

 

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