Kansas Forest Service - Arbor Anniversary
Read MoreAnnie Cummings, tree conservation program specialist, receives a seedling while standing next to Aimee Hawkes, accountant for the Kansas Forest Service, at the KFS’ Demonstration Arboretum and Honor Grove’s 131st Anniversary and Arbor Day celebration on Monday, April 23, at the KFS, 2610 Claflin Rd. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media)
Ryan Armbrust (far left), assistant forester for the Kansas Forest Service, teaches visitors about a peculiar plant called bladdernut. Listeners included Dan Howell (from second-to-left), John Barbur, Mike Engler and Linda Jark/Stoffer (not shown) at the KFS’ Demonstration Arboretum and Honor Grove’s 131st Anniversary and Arbor Day celebration on Monday, April 23, at the KFS, 2610 Claflin Rd. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media)
Ryan Armbrust, assistant forester for the Kansas Forest Service, talks about how well this pitlolly pine is growing. Armbrust explained that the pitlolly pine is more cold-hardy and fast-growing than the loblolly pine but not as excellent as ponderosa pine. Armbrust’s presentation was part of the KFS’ Demonstration Arboretum and Honor Grove’s 131st Anniversary and Arbor Day celebration on Monday, April 23, at the KFS, 2610 Claflin Rd. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media)
Ryan Armbrust, assistant forester for the Kansas Forest Service, discusses trees with Dan Howell, a landowner in Marshall County who is considering what to plant. Armbrust and Howell talked after an education tour and before the ceremonial tree planting at the KFS’ Demonstration Arboretum and Honor Grove’s 131st Anniversary and Arbor Day celebration on Monday, April 23, at the KFS, 2610 Claflin Rd. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media)
Henry Armbrust, son of Ryan Armbrust (not shown), assistant forester for the Kansas Forest Service, holds a shovel at the hole where a white oak was about to be planted at the KFS’ Demonstration Arboretum and Honor Grove’s 131st Anniversary and Arbor Day celebration on Monday, April 23, at the KFS, 2610 Claflin Rd. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media)
Henry Armbrust, son of Ryan Armbrust (not shown), assistant forester for the Kansas Forest Service, holds a shovel at the hole where a white oak was about to be planted at the KFS’ Demonstration Arboretum and Honor Grove’s 131st Anniversary and Arbor Day celebration. Larry Biles (background), state forester, welcomed the public to the KFS’ Demonstration Arboretum and Honor Grove’s 131st Anniversary and Arbor Day celebration on Biles’ 75th birthday, Monday, April 23, at the KFS, 2610 Claflin Rd. (Tiffany Roney | Collegian Media)