Explore a variety of free publications from CSU Extension

• Agriculture
  • Crops
  • Farm Management
  • Livestock
• Energy
• Home, Family & Finances
  • Family
  • Housing
  • Personal Finances
  • Work & Career
• Insects
  • Exotic (Non-established in Colorado)
  • Field & Forage Crop
  • Fruit, Flower & Vegetable Garden
  • General Insect Control
  • General Interest Subjects/Miscellaneous
  • Household
  • Integrated Pest Management Educational Materials
  • Stinging & Biting
  • Trees & Shrubs
  • Turfgrass
• Natural Resources
  • Range
  • Native Plants
  • People and Predators
  • Water
  • Wildfire & Forestry
  • Wildlife
• Nutrition, Food Safety & Health
  • Foodborne Illness
  • Food Preparation
  • Food Preservation
  • Food Safety & Local Foods
  • Food Storage
  • High Risk & Special Audiences
  • High Altitude Preparation
  • Foods and Nutrients
  • Eating Patterns
  • Weight Management
  • Disease Management
  • Women’s Health
  • Infant and Child Health
  • Food and Nutrition Information and Labeling
• Water
  • Home & Garden
  • Irrigation
• Yard & Garden
  • Gardening Basics
  • Diseases
  • Flowers
  • Fruits & Vegetables
  • GardenNotes (Master Gardener Publications)
  • Insects
  • Native Plants
  • PlantTalk Colorado^TM
  • Trees and Shrubs
  • Yard

Note: Select publications are also available in Spanish.

Publications Available to Buy

You can also find exclusive Extension publications and materials for sale at the CSU Bookstore website, including:

• 506A Insects and Diseases of Woody Plants
  This publication fully integrates the insects, plant pathogens, abiotic problems and “varmints” associated with trees and shrubs in Colorado and adjacent areas. Arrangement is by plant part (foliage, roots, fruits/flowers, trunks/large limbs, twigs/small limbs) and it includes a diagnostic key by plant part to allow ease of identification.

Publications Available Upon Request

• XCM61 Farm and Ranch Accounting Book
  This accounting book is still a classic for those who prefer to use spread sheets instead of a computer to track farm income and expenses.
• XCM185 Forester’s Field Handbook
  This handbook is a handy reference for information with new ideas to stimulate thinking. Each technique mentioned is tested, true and useful. If you are a field forester in the Central Rockies, this handbook is specifically for you. A new section in the back has been added for the Society of American Foresters.
• 521A Weeds of Colorado
  This publication catalogs 164 different weed species, with drawings and descriptions. It also covers harmful aspects of weeds, cost and classifications, weed control, plants poisonous to livestock and much more.
• XCM150 Dependable Landscape Trees
  This comprehensive landscape tree guide includes photographs, helpful information, and a summary of the main ornamental features of each tree type. The book also contains several appendixes which list the trees by flower color, fruit color, landscape uses, mature size, and fall color. 

To obtain a copy of these publications, please email CSUEXT_StateAdminOffice@colostate.edu.