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Jennifer Thompson
Small Acreage Outreach Coordinator
University of Wyoming Extension
5015 Stone Road
Laramie, WY 82070
Phone: (307) 745-3698
Email: jsjones@uwyo.edu

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Trees & Shrubs - Care (planting, pruning, grafting, mulching)

Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Other Publications
- Wyoming Tree Owner's Manual (Wyoming State Forestry Division, 2.6 MB)
Videos
- How to mulch trees - This 10 minute how-to video discusses the benefits of mulching trees, the materials you can use for mulch and then shows us how to properly mulch a tree to help it grow quickly and vigorously.
Websites
- Pruning - animated guide on why and how to prune trees (National Arbor Day Foundation)

Trees & Shrubs - Windbreaks

Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Videos
- Planting Windbreaks in Wyoming - In this 9 minute how-to video we take a look at the process of site prep, tree planting and the creation of a drip irrigation system for a new windbreak.
- Windbreaks for Wyoming (presented by Jim Arnold, Wyoming State Forestry Division 2007) (There will be a longish delay as the video loads to your computer.)

Water-wise Plantings

Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Looking for winners in your landscapes? Consider these
- Water-wise Demonstration Garden booklet (large file! >4.5MB, contains color pictures, etc. of the plants used in the demonstration garden)
- The right plants in the right place. Water-wise landscaping
  (B&B Wyoming Rural Living Resources guide section)
- What if we had a drought and landscape plants didn't know it
- WyoScape Xeric Demonstration Garden Guide (large file! %7e3.5MB, due to the great color pictures of the plants used in this Casper demonstration garden)
UW Extension Publications
- Landscaping: Water-Wise Wyoming Gardens (UW CES pub B-1143)
Videos
- Water-wise Plants for Wyoming (3 short clips featuring different plants you can use in a water wise landscape)
- Xeriscaping (presented by Tom Heald, UW CES 2007) Video (There will be a longish delay as the video loads to your computer.)

Wildlife Habitat/Reducing Wildife Damage

Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Other Publications
- General Guidelines for Planting Trees and Shrubs for Wildlife (Wyoming Game and Fish, 1994)
- Guidelines for Planting Herbaceous Species for Wildlife (Wyoming Game and Fish, 1992)
- Wyoming Wildscape (WY Game & Fish, Audubon, BLM, and others)

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