Nebraska Forest Service: Recent Episodes
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The mission of the Nebraska Forest Service is to "enrich lives of Nebraska's citizens by protecting, restoring and utilizing Nebraska's tree and forest resources."
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 qualified, for anyone with fireline duties, and for those assigned to the fireline for non-firefighting tasks.
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.
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.
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 Miles Consulting and Kelpie Wilson of Wilson Biochar Associates to present the basics of CHAB systems, available technologies, appropriate applications, and the economics of combined heat and biochar.
This webinar is made possible with support from the Great Plains Biochar Initiative and the Nebraska Wood Energy Team. “The work upon which this project is based was funded in whole or in part through a grant awarded by U.S. Forest Service Wood Innovations. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call toll free voice (866) 632-9992, TDD (800) 877-8339, or voice relay (866) 377-8642. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.”
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 challenges right in our own backyard.
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.
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.
Planting a tree is easy. Planting trees that will stand up to our urban environment is a different story.
An introductory glimpse into how Nebraska communities can prepare for the arrival of the emerald ash borer.
Nebraska Forest Service Research Technician Alex Hamm discusses introductory hazelnut cultivation.
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 public service announcement.
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 the program.
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.
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.
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 failure may occur, the likelihood of striking a target, and the consequences if such an event occurs. This classroom session will provide the details of these key elements.
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 ALARP. The ALARP model provides guidance on tree risk by incorporating both the assessment and management elements.
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 healthy, proactive program integrates concepts from both fields of expertise.
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 for urban forests using new technologies and equipment, and reducing both costs and time.
“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 innovative urban wood utilization initiatives in Nebraska and beyond.
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 ongoing EAB infestation in their city.
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.
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 ongoing EAB infestation in their city.
When EAB is identified in a new area the conversations quickly turn to, “what do we do with all of the wood?” While it is a daunting question, communities can prepare themselves for the abundance of wood waste. This session will discuss the development of community response plans for utilizing urban wood waste generated as a result of EAB.