Forest Service To Offer Tree Care Workshops

The Nebraska Forest Service announces the 2013 Western Tree Care Workshops in Chadron, Scottsbluff, Sidney, Valentine, North Platte, and McCook in January. These full-day workshops will address some of the challenges associated with growing trees and other landscape plants in Nebraska, with specific emphasis on dealing with the drought’s effects on trees and shrubs.

“This year’s drought leaves many wondering how best to care for their trees,” said Laurie Stepanek, Forest Health Assistant for the Nebraska Forest Service. “While drought can kill trees outright, many effects of drought are delaye...