Drought and Fire Related Tip Sheets
Our drought related tip sheets are one to two page resources that cover the following topics:Consumer & Family
- Assessing Your Homesite After A Wildfire
- Farm and Ranch Family Stress and Depression: A Checklist and Guide for Making Referrals
- Farm & Ranch Family Tough Times Resource List
- Three Questions and Answers Related to Wildfires and Stress
- Resources for Depression
Crops/Soils
- Adoption of More Technically Efficient Irrigation Systems as a Drought Response
- Beware of Nitrates
- Colorado farms and ranches risk nitrate poisoning in drought stressed forages
- Drought and Irrigated Wheat Variety Decisions (for Agents)
- Determination of Soil Moisture Calculations (Excel)
- Management Responses by Agricultural Producers During the 2002 Drought
- Measurement of Soil Moisture
- Strategies to Minimize Nitrate Levels in Stressed Corn
- Suggested structures, chop length and screen size for harvesting corn for silage.
- Other State Extension Crop Resources:
Food & Nutrition
- Food Safety Issues After a Fire
- Food Safety and Storage for Emergency Preparedness
- Three-Day Emergency Supply of Shelf-Stable Food for One Person
- Resource Tipsheet: Water Storage
Lawn & Gardening
- Landscape Management during Drought and with Limited Water Availability in Colorado
- Water Wise Tips for Colorado Landscapes
- Efficient Landscape Irrigation during Drought and with Limited Water Availability in Colorado
- Landscape Irrigation Services: How to be a Wise Consumer
- Irrigation Check Form (Excel)
- Woody Plant Management During Drought and with Limited Water Availability in Colorado
- Flower Management during Drought and with Limited Water Availability in Colorado
- Water Conservation in the Vegetable Garden
- Drought cycles in Colorado
