TIOGA, N.D. — A North Dakota Forest Service program could help residents restore tree windbreaks that were destroyed last month by historic wildfires. Authorities have approved the use of ...

Now, a grant program through the North Dakota Forest Service is ... “When we talk about windbreaks, we’re talking about those ...

Windbreaks, according to the USDA ... According to the North Dakota Forest Service (NDFS), the loss of these tree rows will have a significant impact on North Dakota’s landscape, rural ...

Topics in the “Friday Forestry Series” include how to scout a windbreak, challenges of growing trees in North Dakota and information about the North Dakota Windbreak Renovation Initiative.

North Dakota field windbreaks protect adjacent field crops, reduce wind erosion and store carbon. A typical, 2-row, mixed species field windbreak will store between 15 and 30 metric tons of carbon ...

“It’s not easy to grow trees in North Dakota.” The state planted windbreaks after severe dust storms in the 1930s, but their condition is aging. Forest Health Manager Lezlee Johnson said ...

Seen from the air, much of North Dakota’s forest grows ... and some shelterbelts have tree species reaching the end of their natural lives. “Those windbreaks still play a huge role out there.

Ron Smith, extension horticulturalist at North Dakota State University in Fargo, said that the more recently-planted the tree, the greater the risk of winter dessication and winter kill.

The emerald ash borer has been confirmed in North Dakota, the latest among dozens of states where the dreaded, tree-killing insect has spread, state officials said Thursday. Adult beetles were ...