This year was the 24th year that LRCD has hosted the annual seedling tree sale. Held on the first weekend in May at the Fairgrounds, the sale was a great success. This year‘s totals were 6150 shrubs and 3090 trees sold. The majority of shrubs and trees sold are to local landowners who plant them themselves. Our most popular species continues to be Caragana, lilac and Rocky Mountain Juniper. Other

items sold to the public are our line of tree survival aids. These items include weed barrier, which is sold in 4‘ x 4‘ squares or in 6‘ lengths, Hydrosource, animal repellant tablets, anti-transpirant and tree protectors.

LRCD is among the few conservation districts within Wyoming that will separate full bundles in order to process customers‘ orders. We believe this to be a great benefit to our customers with limited planting space. At LRCD, we continue to be fully committed to promoting the establishment of shrubs and trees in Laramie as well as throughout

Albany County.

CALL 721-0072 for more information.

Last Modified on January 30, 2012

Living Snow Fence Program

In 2011, LRCD staff planted 8 Living Snow Fences throughout the county. These 8 Living Snow Fences included 1.1 miles of weed barrier as well as 2.72 miles of drip irrigation. All of this is required to insure the surviv-ability of the 519 shrubs, 37 Rocky Mountain Juniper, 106 Ponderosa Pine, 49 Colorado Blue Spruce and 132 larger deciduous trees that were planted. To plant all 843 shrubs and trees required 93.4 man-hours.

Once planting is finished LRCD staff will continue to follow up and monitor these Living Snow Fence to insure their success. This will include education on proper care and maintenance such as water-ing schedules, winterization and weed control. Other issues of concern are insect/pest damage and other causes of tree mortality.

Contact Martin Curry to plan your living snow fence today!

LRCD tree and forestry programs are highly visible and utilized by hundreds of people within the district. Programs involving trees and shrubs are the Seedling Tree, Large Tree, and Living Snow Fence programs. The district offers these seedling trees and shrubs at a discounted rate to encourage urban and rural forestry. The district also offers technical assistance to landowners on forestry practices on their private land.

LRCD provides technical advice and assistance to the public on species selection, watering requirements, disease and insect identification, and diagnosis of other tree problems. In addition, the district provides drip irrigation design and installation consultation, and some installation services.