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CONSERVATION FORESTRY
SEEDLING TREE SALES PROGRAM
Wyoming's Conservation Districts distributed 146,458 seedling trees to Wyoming citizens during the 2010
seedling tree program. Many of these seedlings
result in additional living snow fence and windbreak
plantings. These plantings provide phenomenal
aesthetic values, snow and wind control benefits,
and wildlife habitat. For more information on tree
plantings contact
your local Conservation District or Extension
Service.
Click here for a list
of seedling tree
distributors in Wyoming.
Wyoming Living Snow
Fence Program
The Wyoming Living Snow Fence Program is a
cooperative effort between the Wyoming Department of
Transportation (WYDOT), Wyoming State Forestry
Division (WSFD), local Conservation Districts (CD)
and private landowners to implement windbreak
plantings for the purpose of snow catchment along
State highways. Living Snow Fence plantings enhance
State and County efforts to keep roads safe and open
during periods of adverse winter weather while
reducing highway maintenance expenditures. The
Program provides funds to cover the costs of
planting and maintaining LSF projects. WYDOT
provides $100,000 annually to the Program.
Since its inception in 2000, ninety
one projects with a total of 257,523 lineal feet or
48.77 miles of tree row have been installed. These
plantings will provide strategic protection for
16.95 miles of public roadway upon establishment.
Bark
Beetle Information
There are forests in Colorado, Wyoming, and South
Dakota that are experiencing bark beetle epidemics
at a historically unprecedented scale. For more
information, go to the Region 2 Forest Service
website at
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/bark-beetle/index.html
or Firewise Wyoming website at
http://www.firewisewyoming.com/Publications.html
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Mission: The Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts provides
leadership for the conservation of Wyoming's soil and water
resources, promotes the control of soil erosion, promotes and
protects the quality of Wyoming's waters, reduce siltation of stream
channels and reservoirs, promote wise use of Wyoming's water, and
all other natural resources, preserve and enhance wildlife habitat,
protect the tax base and promote the health, safety and general
welfare of the citizens of this state through a responsible
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