Enriching lives by protecting, restoring and utilizing Nebraska's tree and forest resources
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Tree Care Workshops
Tree Care Workshops
Tree Care Workshops
Tree Care Workshops
Tree Care Workshops
Developed specifically for public works employees, landscape managers, tree board volunteers, arborists, nursery and green industry professionals and landscape enthusiasts, these full-day workshops cover emerging issues in tree and landscape care.
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Wildland Fire Protection
Wildland Fire Protection
Wildland Fire Protection
Wildland Fire Protection
Wildland Fire Protection
Wildland Fire Protection aims to maximize the impact of the existing (predominantly volunteer) force of local firefighters across the state.
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Community Forestry
& Sustainable Landscapes Community Forestry
& Sustainable Landscapes Community Forestry
& Sustainable Landscapes Community Forestry
& Sustainable Landscapes Community Forestry
& Sustainable LandscapesThe Community Forestry & Sustainable Landscapes Program provides assistance to Nebraska communities and citizens with the intent of maintaining and enhancing the community forest resource across the state.
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Hybrid Hazelnut Consortium
Hybrid Hazelnut Consortium
Hybrid Hazelnut Consortium
Hybrid Hazelnut Consortium
Hybrid Hazelnut Consortium
The NFS is part of a multi-state hybrid hazelnut consortium to develop hazelnuts as a widely adapted, high-yielding and low-input sustainable crop that is competitive with annual crops for food, feed or bio-energy.
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Emerald Ash Borer
Emerald Ash Borer
Emerald Ash Borer
Emerald Ash Borer
Emerald Ash Borer
Emerald Ash Borer has NOT been confirmed in Nebraska yet, but NFS Forest Health experts Mark Harrell and Laurie Stepanek have all the answers to your EAB questions, so you can be prepared.
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Champion Tree Program
Champion Tree Program
Champion Tree Program
Champion Tree Program
Champion Tree Program
The Nebraska Forest Service maintains a list of Champion Trees, the largest specimens in the state of Nebraska. This huge silver maple, in Beatrice, is one of the largest trees of any kind in the state!
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Rural Forestry
Rural Forestry
Rural Forestry
Rural Forestry
Rural Forestry
The Rural Forestry Assistance Program provides on-the-ground technical assistance to landowners who are in need of forest management help, including forest and woodlot management, windbreak establishment and management, reforestation, and more.
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Markets, Inventory & Utilization
Markets, Inventory & Utilization
Markets, Inventory & Utilization
Markets, Inventory & Utilization
Markets, Inventory & Utilization
Proper management of Nebraska’s forests and urban trees offers a variety of commercial opportunities. Currently more than 100 firms are involved in the forestry and logging industry in Nebraska, with sales totaling $3 million or more annually.
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ReTree Nebraska Initiative
ReTree Nebraska Initiative
ReTree Nebraska Initiative
ReTree Nebraska Initiative
ReTree Nebraska Initiative
ReTree Nebraska Week is September 22 - 29, 2013. Dozens of Nebraska communities joined the 2012 celebration of fall tree planting!
Nebraska Forest Service: A Brief Overview
Forests and trees are an important resource in Nebraska. The native and planted woodlands of Nebraska provide benefits for all citizens, including protection for our valuable soils, recreational opportunities, wildlife habitat, wood products and beauty.
As a part of the University of Nebraska, the Nebraska Forest Service provides education and services to the people of Nebraska covering all aspects of planting, protection, care and utilization of our forest and tree resources.
Learn more about Nebraska's forest resources by visiting the State Forester's page and find out about NFS technical assistance, programs and resources.
We have authored a variety of publications and provide access to publications and online resources from forestry organizations and agencies across the country.
If you have a tree question or any question about Nebraska Forest Service programs, ask a forester!
Nebraska Forest Facts
1.24 million
There are approximately 1.24 million acres of forest land in Nebraska.
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88%
Eighty-eight percent of Nebraska’s forest land is owned by private landowners.
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1.1 million
Approximately 94 percent (1.1 million acres) of Nebraska’s forest land is capable of producing commercial timber. This is nearly twice Nebraska’s timberland acreage in 1984.
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1.8 billion
The estimated volume of all live trees on Nebraska timberland is approximately 1.8 billion cubic feet (38 million dry tons).
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1.8 million
Nebraska's forests produce 1.8 million net tons/wood/year each year.
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5.7 million
Approximately 5.7 million cubic feet (91,000 tons) of industrial roundwood was harvested from Nebraska forests in 2000; approximately 95 percent of this lumber was sawlogs. Of this, 70 percent was processed at Nebraska sawmills.
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89%
Eighty-nine percent of wood residue generated in Nebraska’s sawmills is used for products such as specialty boards, animal bedding, litter, mulch and industrial fuel.
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$286,000,000
Nebraska's annual economic output from the forest products industry is $286 million.
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2,200
2,200 people are employed in the Nebraska forest products industry.
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$92,000,000
Community trees provide $92 million in benefits from protection, pollution removal, and carbon capture and storage.
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13,000
There are more than 13,000 miles of farmstead and acreage windbreaks that save Nebraskans millions in increased crop yields and provide protection for soil and water.
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500,000
More than 500,000 acres of Nebraska burned in the 2012 wildfires, the largest on record.
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225,000
No longer is the Pine Ridge the single largest continuous expanse of ponderosa pine in Nebraska. That honor now belongs to the Niobrara River Valley, with 225,000 acres.
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38,000
There are 38,000 new acres of eastern redcedar forest every year in Nebraska.
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200,000
More than 200,000 tons of eastern redcedar biomass is added to Nebraska's forests each year.
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54 million
There are more than 54 million ash trees in Nebraska, representing about 12% of all community trees, which could be threatened by Emerald Ash Borer in the near future.
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13.3 million
There are more than 13.3 million public and private trees in Nebraska communities.
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$9,800,000
Potential revenue from eastern redcedar utilized as biofuel in Nebraska: $9.8 million.
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200,000
The redcedar-fueled boiler at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis heats more than 200,000 square feet of building space.
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48,000
An estimated 48,000 pines and spruces are at risk of dying from drought following a hot, dry 2012.
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$34,000,000
Nebraska Forest Service's estimated annual economic impact and public benefit: $34 million.
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480
The Nebraska Forest Service has refurbished more than 480 used military vehicles for use by rural fire districts.
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$45,000,000
The Nebraska Forest Service has saved Nebraska fire departments more than $45 million by refurbishing and repurposing used military vehicles into usable fire equipment.
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