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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."

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2025 Wildland Fire RT-130

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2025/02/11

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.

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Eventbrite Basic Tutorial

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2021/04/21

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.

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The Community Forest

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2020/03/06

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.

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Combined Heat and Biochar Webinar

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2019/12/12

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

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Midwest Biochar - Use it or Lose it

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2019/08/07

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.

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Sustaining the Landscape to Sustain Ourselves

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2019/01/15

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.

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Planting Trees With a Purpose

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2019/01/15

Planting a tree is easy. Planting trees that will stand up to our urban environment is a different story.

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Forest Festival Hazelnut Workshop

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2018/11/05

Nebraska Forest Service Research Technician Alex Hamm discusses introductory hazelnut cultivation.

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Omaha Northwest High School Emerald Ash Borer PSA

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2017/11/20

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.

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Tree Risk Assessment - Program Refinement (pt.8)

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2017/10/20

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.

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Tree Risk Management - System level assessment (pt.7)

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2017/10/20

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.

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Tree Risk Assessments - Risk Categorization (pt. 6)

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2017/10/20

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.

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Tree Risk Assessments - Outdoor session (pt. 5)

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2017/10/20

Live diagnosis of a tree in Benson Park.

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Tree Risk Assessments - Outdoor session (pt. 4)

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2017/10/19

Outdoor classroom session 1

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Tree Risk Assessments - Risk Analysis (pt.3)

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2017/10/19

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.

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Tree Risk Assessments- As Low as Reasonably Practical...

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2017/10/18

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.

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Tree Risk Assessments and Management (pt. 1)

Nebraska Forest Service ·

2017/10/16

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.

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