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4HE ONGOING CHALLENGE IS TO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE NEW TREE
ADVOCATES EVERY SINGLE YEAR IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE
PUBLIC SEEMS TO BE INCREASINGLY DISENGAGED FROM NATURE
AND NATURAL PROCESSES )TS ALSO A CHALLENGE TO BE AN EDU
CATOR IN SUCH A BIG STATE TO DO A WORKSHOP IN 3COTTSBLUFF
FOR EXAMPLE MEANS AN EIGHTHOUR DRIVE FROM ,INCOLN
4HANKFULLY WE HAVE AMAZING PARTNERSHIPS WITH KEY GREEN
INDUSTRY GROUPS LIKE THE -IDWEST )3! #HAPTER .EBRASKA
!RBORISTS !SSOCIATION .EBRASKA .URSERY AND ,ANDSCAPE
!SSOCIATION AND .EBRASKA 4URFGRASS !SSOCIATION TO
NAME BUT A FEW 4HE .EBRASKA %NVIRONMENTAL 4RUST
HAS ALSO BEEN CRITICAL TO #&3, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND
COMMUNITY LANDSCAPE PROJECTS COMPETITIVELY PROVIDING
MORE THAN MILLION TOWARDS LOCAL PROJECTS /VER THE
LAST YEARS SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE PROJECTS HAVE
BEEN ESTABLISHED IN MORE THAN COMMUNITIES AND
WE CONTINUE TO SEEK PROJECT PARTNERS AND TO ALLOCATE
GRANT DOLLARS )N THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND WEATHER
EXTREMES BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY FOREST AND RESILIENT
LANDSCAPES IS ESSENTIAL FOR .EBRASKA KNOWN AS 4HE
4REE 0LANTERS 3TATE
