Photo by Adam Klinker Land Steward at Fontenelle Forest, Gary Garabrandt, points out how he uses an increment borer to get a drinking straw-sized piece of a tree so he can analyze the tree's rings. Garabrandt is not only able to decifer the age of the trees with that small chunk, but he could also see weather patterns and terain changes through the amount of space between each of the tree's ring.
Photo by Adam Klinker Land Steward at Fontenelle Forest, Gary Garabrandt, points out how he uses an increment borer to get a drinking straw-sized piece of a tree so he can analyze the tree's rings. Garabrandt is not only able to decifer the age of the trees with that small chunk, but he could also see weather patterns and terain changes through the amount of space between each of the tree's ring.
Photo by Toni Furmanski The Champion Bur Oak Tree is the oldest tree in Nebraska, according to the Nebraska Forest Service, and is located on 16th Avenue and Hancock Street in Olde Towne Bellevue. Linda Odell, the owner of the property, said the deed to her neighbor’s house mentions the historical tree.
In 1856, Charles Childs moved from Springfield, Mo., to Bellevue, where he opened the first sawmill in Nebraska on land just north of what is now Childs Road, so named after the early settler.
Photo by Adam Klinker Land Steward at Fontenelle Forest, Gary Garabrandt, points out how he uses an increment borer to get a drinking straw-sized piece of a tree so he can analyze the tree's rings. Garabrandt is not only able to decifer the age of the trees with that small chunk, but he could also see weather patterns and terain changes through the amount of space between each of the tree's ring.
Photo by Adam Klinker Land Steward at Fontenelle Forest, Gary Garabrandt, points out how he uses an increment borer to get a drinking straw-sized piece of a tree so he can analyze the tree's rings. Garabrandt is not only able to decifer the age of the trees with that small chunk, but he could also see weather patterns and terain changes through the amount of space between each of the tree's ring.
Photo by Toni Furmanski The Champion Bur Oak Tree is the oldest tree in Nebraska, according to the Nebraska Forest Service, and is located on 16th Avenue and Hancock Street in Olde Towne Bellevue. Linda Odell, the owner of the property, said the deed to her neighbor’s house mentions the historical tree.
