Nebraska Bird Partnership

Wildfire risk to the Wildcat Hills Nature Center near Scottsbluff will be reduced by a 12 acre forest thinning project to begin later this month.  According to Mike Groenewold, a park horticulturist with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, "Most of the healthy, largest trees are being retained, with more thinning done in the forest understory."

A public question-and-answer session is planned for from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Wildcat Hills Nature Center south of Gering. Groenewold and Park Superintendent Russ McKeehan will be available to answer questions about the project.

Read the full article about the Wildcat Hills Nature Center forest thinning from the Scottsbluff Star-Herald.