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Busy Tree Planting Season for the LCNRD

May 21, 2012

Missouri River Basin | Lewis & Clark NRD | Trees

The Lewis and Clark NRD helps meet the demand of landowners to plant trees on their property by offering trees and shrubs for sale each spring. This season more than 25,000 trees have been planted in Knox, Cedar and Dixon counties. Of that number, nearly 8,000 were sold for hand planting throughout the District. The remaining 17,000+ trees and shrubs were contracted to be machine planted through the LCNRD for 45 landowners on 46 sites.
Landowners with interest in planting trees and/or shrubs were guided by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff on enrollment and design of tree establishment practices in cost-share programs such as the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Program (NSWCP). The NRCS staff also facilitated site preparation and flagging so planting by the mechanical tree planters could be completed. The Lewis and Clark NRD coordinates the actual planting of the trees.
Landowners with interest in planting trees and/or shrubs were guided by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff on enrollment and design of tree establishment practices in cost-share programs such as the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Program (NSWCP). The NRCS staff also facilitated site preparation and flagging so planting by the mechanical tree planters could be completed. The Lewis and Clark NRD coordinates the actual planting of the trees.

The trees and shrubs were planted for a variety of uses including, farmstead windbreak renovation, farmstead windbreak establishment, field windbreaks, livestock windbreaks and wildlife habitat plantings. Sixteen varieties of shrubs, ten species of broadleaf trees and eight species of evergreens were offered for sale. Star Tree Service from Sioux City provided two crews to do the machine planting.

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