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6 ways to explore OPPD’s Arboretum

If you are planning to spruce up your yard this spring, take a walk through OPPD’s 26-acre arboretum for some inspiration.

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Powerful Life

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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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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