Managing the spread of eastern redcedar in Nebraska, is critical to the ranchers in the area. This film shows how extensively cedar trees have spread over the last 20 years, across the entire Great Plains biome.
According to Dr. Dirac Twidwell, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, “There is no other threat I can measure in the Sandhills that displaces production and wildlife habitat as much as woody encroachment. I can connect this to every citizen that lives in the Great Plains.”