Thanks to the Free Trees for Fall ReTree Planting program, an effort of the Nebraska Forest Service and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, the community of Bridgeport received 10 trees again this fall for the ReTree Bridgeport project. Each year, the City of Bridgeport strives to plant additional trees to help promote the value of healthy trees for a healthy community.We are so thankful for the benefit of receiving these quality trees at no cost through this grant program.
Over the course of this past month, with the Free Trees for Fall planting grant, the trees were planted as street trees in the public right-of-way, in city parks, at the Oregon Trail Memorial Park Cemetery, and at the City of Bridgeport Court House and Jail Rock Black Powder Range by community members, as well as Cemetery Board members, and the Bridgeport Tree Board.
While community forests provide a wide range of social, economic, and environmental benefits, most Nebraska community forests have been in steady and sometimes dramatic decline. Many challenges contribute, including extreme weather, insects, disease, and lack of diversity.The Emerald Ash borer is the latest major challenge added to the list.
