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Bill Graham


A woodland tended best benefits wildlife and people. One fine example is the Riverbreaks Conservation Area forest.




Forest City, Mo. -- Red oak trees alive during the Civil War and seedlings hand planted in recent days share the sun, soil and moisture nourishing the But choices by forest managers help, too.

A woodland tended best benefits wildlife and people. As 2011 is observed as the international “Year of the Forest,” MDC Resource Forester Lonnie Messbarger is utilizing saw log harvests, undergrowth thinning, prescribed fires and even some hand planting of red oak seedlings to make the Riverbreaks area more natural and productive.



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