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2025 Annual Report, Kansas Forest Service: Resilient Lands and Ready Communities: Kansas Forestry and Fire

by Jason Hartman

RPT119

Report of work by Kansas Forest Service staff for fiscal year 2025. Color, 16 pages.

Published Date: Dec 2025

Invasive Callery Pear Identification and Control

by Ryan Armbrust

MF3570

Learn how to identify and control the invasive callery pear tree. Color, 8 pages.

Revision Date: Nov 2025

Indicator Plants of Forest and Woodland Health in Kansas

by Ryan Armbrust et al.

MF3640

Introduction to identifying herbaceous plants in forests and woodlands of Kansas. Publication helps answer questions about ecological health, and the degree of damage or stability, in woods. 72 pages, color.

Published Date: Dec 2023

Pine Wilt: A Fatal Disease of Exotic Pines in the Midwest

by Mark Gleason

MF2425

This bulletin explains how pine wilt is caused, how it spreads in the landscape, and measures that can be taken to manage the disease. 8-page, color.

Ttile is available for download only, it is not available in print.

Published Date: Feb 2000

Economical Control of Bush Honeysuckle

by Ryan Armbrust

MF3222

Learn methods of controlling this invasive woody shrub. 2-page, color.

Published Date: Apr 2015

Thousand Cankers Disease and Black Walnuts: a Deadly Combination!

MF3167

This publication describes thousand cankers disease and gives tips to control this costly disease’s spread. 2-page, color.

Published Date: Jul 2014

Emerald Ash Borer

by Robert J. Bauernfeind

MF3168

This wood-boring beetle poses a serious threat to native ash trees in Kansas. Potential losses to valuable landscape plants and municipal trees have prompted state agencies to join a national effort to stop the spread of this destructive pest. This publication provides information on pest status, identification, damage, and treatment. 4-page, color.

Published Date: Sep 2014

Iron Chlorosis in Trees

by Dennis W. Carlson

MF718

Symptoms, causes and treatment for iron chlorosis: If a tree's leaves turn yellow, this may mean a tree is not able to absorb enough iron from soil, due to high soil pH. Spraying iron solutions on tree leaves can help temporarily, and reducing soil pH helps in the longer term. 4-page.

Revision Date: Sep 2003

European Pine Sawfly: Home and Horticultural Pests

by Robert J. Bauernfeind

MF2545

Identification and control of European pine sawfly. Larvae feed on mugo and other pine species and may strip entire branches of needles in early spring. 4-page, color.

Revision Date: Feb 2016