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Landowners band together to confront eastern red cedar

By Renae Blum, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Jun 18, 2020
Jun 18, 2020 Updated Jun 18, 2020

Eastern redcedar control — Members of the Loess Canyons Rangeland Alliance conduct a 3,000-acre prescribed burn April 22, to control eastern red cedar trees that have encroached on grasslands in southern Lincoln County.
Submitted photo from Nebraskaland Magazine/NGPC

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By Renae Blum, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Mark Alberts’ dad could recall going out with his grade-school teacher to cut down a cedar Christmas tree, and they had to hunt to find one.

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Eastern red cedar aerial — An aerial photo shows the encroachment of eastern red cedar trees into the pastures and grasslands of the Loess Canyons in Lincoln County.
Submitted photo from Nebraskaland Magazine/NGPC

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