Western Nebraska Landscape Day set for June 7

Volunteers plant sedge and other plants
Campus Arboretum Volunteers, from left, Tony Perlinski and Martha Bleggen, work with Bob Henrickson of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum to plant sedge and other varieties of plants suited for runoff conditions north of the recently completed Rangeland Lab Saturday, June 4, 2016. (Photo by Tena L. Cook/Chadron State College)

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CHADRON – Chadron State College will host a Western Nebraska Landscape Day featuring Nebraska Statewide Arboretum (NSA) programming Thursday, June 7. The day is free and open to the public and will include a planting project of CSC-grown native bunch grasses on the slope near the Rangeland Lab’s rain garden, according to Grounds Supervisor Lucinda Mays.

The event will start at 9 a.m. at CSC’s Rangeland Lab and include a water use tour and wildflower presentation by Bob Henrickson with the NSA. The program will end at noon.

An optional late afternoon Wildflower Hike will also take place at Hudson Meng Education Center. More information about the hike will be provided by NSA staff during the event.

Attendees are encouraged to wear appropriate footwear and sunscreen. For more information, contact Lucinda Mays at lmays@csc.edu.

-CSC College Relations

Category: Campus News, Range Management