| Forestry
Survey and Management Plan
The Association has commissioned a survey of our area's forestry and development of a management plan. The survey includes an individual assessment of all lots that have homes. The plan was prepared by John Grieve, CSFS, Canon City District Forester Forestry Plan (photos of individual homes have been deleted to reduce down-load time)
Spread
Eagle Topo Map |
| Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic |
The devastation caused by the Mountain Pine Beetle continues to spread in Custer County.
The Colorado State University has extensive details about this epidemic. Those of you who have traveled west of Salida on Hwy 50 toward Monarch Pass have likely seen the vast number of pine trees that have died the last year due to the mountain pine beetle. Once
a tree is infected, there is usually nothing that can be done to save that
tree. However certain insecticides can be applied during the May to
mid-July period to cause the beetles to avoid the sprayed trees.
Basically this involves spraying the trunks of the individual trees, up to
a height of 15 or so feet. The spray doesn't kill the
beetles (the spray is applied prior to the beetles swarming) but makes the
tree less attractive to the swarm, hopefully causing the beetles to go
elsewhere. |
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A product that has been used with success by several homeowners in Spread Eagle is SEVIN XLR PLUS (carbaryl insecticide). This is a 44% solution packaged in 2 1/2 gallon containers. For application to tree trunks it is mixed 5 ounces per gallon of water. Apply two to four gallons of mixed solution per tree, saturating the bark to a height of 15 feet. |
| It is imperative that all Spread Eagle lot owners become knowledgeable as to this most serious epidemic, and take individual action to protect their pine trees. |
| Spruce Bud Worm |
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The
Mountain Pine Beetle swarms in late summer (mid-July to early
September), leaving the infected (dead) pine trees and seeking other pine
trees. Typically the beetles from one tree will infect four or five
new trees. The beetles also carry a blue fungus, and the combination of
fungus and beetles will kill the newly infected tree over the next several
months. The next year the tree will suddenly turn completely brown.
The
Western Spruce Bud Worm is the most destructive forest defoliator in our
area, and attacks mostly Douglas and White Fir
trees. Application to the tree foliage of the same
compound as above (Sevin XLR PLUS) at a rate of 1/2 ounce of solution per
gallon of water has been effective. Best time is usually
mid-June. Please refer to the 
