There are two more tree-related events happening tomorrow in Greene County.

The Greene County ISU Extension Office is hosting a Tree Talk program with Trees Forever Jefferson Coordinator Brad Riphagen at noon. Riphagen tells Raccoon Valley Radio the topics he will generally cover include what kinds of trees to plant in Greene County, how people can get involved with Trees Forever or the Jefferson Tree Committee, as well as the concerns he is dealing with, including the Emerald Ash Borer.

“The Emerald Ash Borer is really showing its ugly head around the county. I’ve gotten more calls about that probably this year than I have in the last five (years). Simply because it’s been here, but it hasn’t been as obvious, and so people are definitely having to deal with it.”

Then at 2pm is a Tree Walk at Seven Hills Park. Riphagen says this program is in partnership with the Greene County Conservation Board and he will be joined with Director Tanner Scheuermann. He points out they will be showing attendees the fall foliage, as well as what kinds of trees are found in native areas compared to in town trees. Riphagen talks about the relationships he has with different groups to do these kinds of outreach programs.

“One of the things I credit it to is, we have some members on our tree committee locally that are very good proponents of us getting out and doing some education. But also we have a willing partner from the county conservation standpoint because we’ve been using their sites and so Tanner’s been great to work with.”    

Both events tomorrow are free and open to the public.