SCCD Annual Tree Program Is Underway

While planting season is over, it’s time to start thinking big and early about the next planting season.

The Sheridan County Conservation District is accepting orders for their annual Conservation Tree Program.

The program provides low-cost conservation seedling trees to Sheridan County residents for conservation practices such as windbreaks, living snow fences, erosion control, and habitat plantings. 

Program Specialist Jackie Turner explains the reasons why now is the time to start planning.

“For one it’s important to have your plan in place now, particularly if you want to be ahead of the ball game and be preparing an area for planting. We get the plants in May and that’s when you want to get them in the ground, but thinking ahead of time as far as what you’re going to plant, what your soil types are like, preparing the ground now, holding moisture over the winter, getting it into the soil, if we get any is important.”

The District has been running the conservation program since 1993.

So far more than 75,000 trees have been planted through the program.