Honoring an Arboretum ‘ambassador’
OPPD Forestry personnel recently planted a Colorado blue spruce at the OPPD Arboretum in memory of Donnie Norwood, a longtime caretaker.
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Energy news from Omaha Public Power District
Energy news from Omaha Public Power District
Tag: trees
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Do you know how trees help you?
Learn about the benefits of trees and how they can positively affect your energy consumption and power bill, your well-being, the environment, and more.
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Tips from an OPPD forester can help your trees survive storm damage
Mike Norris, an OPPD senior forester, provides guidance for choosing, planting and maintaining trees to help keep your trees healthy and minimize damage from storms.
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How Does That Work?
Who’s responsible for cleaning up tree debris after storms?
When storms cause outages, OPPD’s tree trimming crews focus on freeing power lines from tree limbs to help restore power. So whose job is it to clean up tree limbs once that work is done?
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OPPD’s Arboretum turns 20
The OPPD Arboretum was conceived as a better way to educate customers about trees. This month marks the arboretum's 20th anniversary.
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Kids learn about the benefits of trees during Arbor Day celebration
Some 2,000 students from around the greater Omaha metro learned about the importance of trees to our environment and how to plant trees so they won't interfere with power lines.
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