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Nebraska Forest Service

Nebraska Forest Service

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  1. Agroforestry and Shelterbelts

    Explore the role of agroforestry in Nebraska and discover how integrating trees with crops and livestock can improve land productivity, enhance wildlife habitat, protect soil and water resources, and create new economic opportunities. This educational webinar introduces key agroforestry…

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  2. 2025 Wildland Fire RT-130

    The RT-130 Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher is meant to help firefighters stay focused on safety, decision-making, and risk reduction while working on wildfires. It reinforces safe practices and helps prevent accidents. This training is required for certain positions to stay...

  3. Eventbrite Basic Tutorial

    This short video will highlight what you need to know to quickly get your Eventbrite listing posted. This is part 2 in a series of videos on FileMaker/Eventbrite. Part 1 covers FileMaker basics.

  4. The Community Forest

    A community forest offers many benefits to the entire community. It's an investment that pays dividends for decades, and we can all contribute to it.

  5. Combined Heat and Biochar Webinar

    In the process of making biochar from biomass, thermal energy is produced that can be used for heating and cooling. Systems that take advantage of both the biochar and the energy are called Combined Heat and Biochar or CHAB. The Nebraska Forest Service is hosting industry experts, Tom Miles of TR...

  6. Midwest Biochar - Use it or Lose it

    Utilizing trees and other woody debris to restore soils is not new. In fact, it's a practice that is thousands of years old. As complications from a changing climate trickle into our daily lives, the Great Plains Biochar Initiative wanted to explore ongoing projects that are using trees to solve...

  7. Shelterbelt Benefits During Ulmer

    As the number of extreme weather events in Nebraska increases, the Nebraska Forest Service (NFS) recommends regulators and producers revisit the role of windbreaks and shelterbelts in agricultural operations.

  8. Sustaining the Landscape to Sustain Ourselves

    ServeNebraska Step Forward Award Winner Justin Evertson shares how forethought in urban landscapes can provide food, aesthetic beauty, and a quality of life accessible to all Nebraskans.

  9. Planting Trees With a Purpose

    Planting a tree is easy. Planting trees that will stand up to our urban environment is a different story.

  10. Tree Inventories

    How communities can approach tree inventories.

  11. EAB Readiness Planning

    An introductory glimpse into how Nebraska communities can prepare for the arrival of the emerald ash borer.

  12. Forest Festival Hazelnut Workshop

    Nebraska Forest Service Research Technician Alex Hamm discusses introductory hazelnut cultivation.

  13. Omaha Northwest High School Emerald Ash Borer PSA

    As part of our Focus on Forests workshops, we've asked participating teachers to work with their students on projects to help get the word out about the emerald ash borer in Nebraska. In this excellent example by a group of students at Omaha's Northwest High School, they chose to create a video...

  14. Tree Risk Assessment - Program Refinement (pt.8)

    An important feature of any strong program is the ability to periodically evaluate whether the program, as designed, is meeting the goals sought. The closing session will provide a template for critiquing the program and what ongoing information should be maintained to best gauge the status of…

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  15. Tree Risk Management - System level assessment (pt.7)

    Risk reduction policies at the system level can only be identified and implemented after a careful analysis of the risk exposures. This session will discuss three areas of analysis: the tree resource being managed, the operational program and the historic record of past tree-failure events.

  16. Tree Risk Assessments - Risk Categorization (pt. 6)

    The final session for the risk assessment component of the day will synthesize the information collected in the field into an overall risk categorization for the subject trees.

  17. Tree Risk Assessments - Outdoor session (pt. 5)

    Live diagnosis of a tree in Benson Park.

  18. Tree Risk Assessments - Risk Analysis (pt.3)

    A tree risk assessment is the technical process of identifying the risk potential of a tree and formulating the mitigation options to address the risks identified. A thorough and valid assessment must include four components: the likelihood of a tree part to fail, the time frame in which the...

  19. Tree Risk Assessments- As Low as Reasonably Practical (pt. 2)

    Risk is managed over time, yet the typical approach of to tree risk is a short-term reaction to the rare, tree-related, incidences. A reaction that more than likely does not reduce risk. The foundation for managing risk at a system level is a concept known as As Low As Reasonably Practical, or...

  20. Tree Risk Assessments and Management (pt. 1)

    This opening session will provide a framework for the day by describing the differences between tree risk assessments and tree risk management. This unique fields play an important, but different, role in addressing tree risk and managing uncertainty for public agencies and private sector. A...

  21. Urban Wood Harvesting for Products

    When communities decide to turn their urban wood waste into wood products, it affects all levels of community forest management, beginning with the harvest of urban trees. Traditional harvest of urban trees is costly and very timeintensive. This session will review innovative harvest strategies…

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  22. Innovative Wood Utilization Strategies

    “Waste is the result of a lack of creativity.” While EAB infestations create significant issues for all communities, some communities have developed innovative solutions to remedy their wood waste problem, benefitting both communities and businesses. This session will provide an overview of...

  23. Urban Utilization Success Story – PART 2

    EAB was confirmed in Milwaukee, WI in 2012. Since that time, the City has utilized technology and innovation to address the management needs of EAB on both public and private property. This session will highlight the various management strategies utilized by the city of Milwaukee to address the...

  24. Processed Urban Wood Options and Biochar Opportunities

    Needing solutions to urban soil damage, high pH or fertility? Biochar, compost and mulch may be an option. Learn more about these products, how they are made and a way to utilize urban wood waste in horticultural and urban settings.

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