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| SNOW PLOWED INTO DEEP ROADSIDE DRIFTS... |
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| CAN DAMAGE YOUNG TREES... |
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| ...BREAK BRANCHES... |
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...STRONG STAKING IS A NECESSITY
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Saturday, 4 degrees F, wind calm. The sky is overcast and it is snowing quite hard, large, dime-sized flakes lazily floating down. The humidity is trending up, at 80%, and the barometer is down slightly at 30.01"
The dog sled races start at 10:00 AM today on Hwy. 13, west of Red Cliff, about ten miles from Bayfield. We will go to watch, as usual, where the trail crosses Star Route, west of town, near The Bellanger Settlement.
The great amount of snow this year poses a severe threat to street trees, particularly young trees that can be pushed over or snapped off by wing plows or the weight of plow-pushed snow. Many of our roadsides now have snow piled as high as eight feet or more. Amazingly, I have not seen too much serious damage, but I suspect there are number of young trees pushed over or broken off which won't be obvious until the snow melts. We stake all our new trees with two firmly driven metal stakes, a real necessity in the snow belt. Even established trees are prone to bark and branches being badly damaged by plows.
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