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,AY OF THE ,AND .EBRASKA REPRESENTS A TRANSITIONAL ZONE IN THE 'REAT 0LAINS HOME TO BOTH EASTERN DECIDUOUS FOREST TYPE ALONG THE STATES EASTERN EDGE AND WESTERN CONIFER OUS FOREST TYPE IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF THE STATE 3CATTERED ACROSS THE STATE ARE THOUSANDS OF MILES OF RIPARIAN FORESTS SAND HILLS COVERED IN NATIVE GRASSES SHELTERBELTS AND WINDBREAKS &ROM THE AIR DARK ISLANDS OF GREEN MARK THE LOCATIONS OF THE LARGELY PLANTED COM MUNITY FORESTS SCATTERED ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP AND RANGE LINES OF THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE 4REES HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SETTLING THE 'REAT 0LAINS EXAMINE A PHOTO OF EARLY HOMESTEADING AND YOULL SEE THE EARNEST PLANTING OF FRUIT TREES SHADE TREES AND SHELTERBELTS ESSENTIAL FOR FOOD AND SHELTER !S HOME TO !RBOR $AY AND THE LEGACY OF * 3TERLING -ORTON .EBRASKA WAS ALSO VERY FORTUNATE TO GET A JUMPSTART ON STATEWIDE COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAMMING )N RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK OF $UTCH %LM $ISEASE $%$ PILOT URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAMS WERE BEGUN IN IN .EBRASKA AND SEVEN OTHER STATES #OLORADO &LORIDA 'EORGIA +ANSAS -ISSOURI .EW (AMPSHIRE AND -ASSACHUSETTS WHEREBY FEDERAL AND STATE RESOURCES UNDER THE #OOPERATIVE &OREST -ANAGEMENT !CT OF FUNDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR $%$AFFECTED COMMUNITIES ,OCAL VOLUNTEERBASED ADVOCACY GROUPS WERE TRAINED TO REPLANT COMMUNITIES DENUDED BY $%$ UNFORTUNATELY &RAXINUS WAS A TREE OF CHOICE FOR MANY COMMUNITIES IN THE 'REAT 0LAINS 4HIS EARLY INVESTMENT IN .EBRASKA HAS GROWN INTO THE COMMUNITY FOREST RESOURCES OF TODAY WITH APPROXIMATELY MILLION TREES AND A TREE CANOPY OF IN THE STATE &OR THOSE OF YOU IN THE .ORTHEAST AND 0ACIFIC .ORTHWEST CANOPY COVER PROBABLY SOUNDS LIKE BORDERLINE DEFORESTATION BUT PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES STARTED WITH NO CANOPY COVER #OLLECTIVELY OUR CANOPY PROVIDES MILLION IN ANNUAL SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS -ERGER AND +EY 0ROGRAMS !S PART OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF .EBRASKA,INCOLN THE .EBRASKA &OREST 3ERVICE .&3 SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES THE STATE FORESTRY EFFORTS UNDER THE TITLE OF #OMMUNITY &ORESTRY AND 3USTAINABLE ,ANDSCAPES PROGRAM #&3, 4HIS HYBRID PROGRAM IS A FAIRLY RECENT RESULT OF COMBINING THE RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE OF THE STATE 5#& PROGRAM ALONG WITH THOSE OF A STATEWIDE NON PROFIT THE .EBRASKA 3TATEWIDE !RBORETUM .3! 4HROUGH THIS COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP .&3 AND .3! ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT TURNKEY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SER VICES FOR MUNICIPALITIES GREEN INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS 7HILE TREES ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE COMMUNITY FOREST #&3, LOOKS AT TREES AS JUST ONE OF MANY COMPONENTS WITHIN THE OVERALL LANDSCAPE 4HIS HAS ALLOWED US TO DIVERSIFY OUR EFFORTS PARTNERSHIPS 0ARTNERS 5PDATES 3TATE #OORDINATORS /NE 4OWN /NE 4REE /NE 3HOVEL AT A 4IME #OMMUNITY &ORESTRY IN .EBRASKA CZ&SJD#FSH$PNNVOJUZ'PSFTUSZBOE4VTUBJOBCMF-BOETDBQFT1SPHSBN-FBEFS/FCSBTLB'PSFTU4FSWJDF /iÊ Ê*>ÌVÊÀLÀiÌÕÊi>ÀÊ">>ÊÃÊiÊvÊi>ÀÞÊ£ääÊ iLÀ>Ã>Ê-Ì>ÌiÜ`iÊÀLÀiÌÕÊ>vv>ÌiðÊ*ÌÊLÞÊiÃÃV>Êi}]Ê -