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Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Climate
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Controlled burn at Prairie Park meant to help with invasive species
SIOUX CITY, IA (KCAU) — The Sioux City Parks and Recreation held a prescribed burn Friday at Prairie Park as part of there casual maintenance. The burn is a yearly process to help have a better regrowth of the natural prairie grass that is grown there. This procedure also helps get rid of any invasive species in such as the dogwood trees. Parks and Recreation Superintendent Kelly Bach told KCAU 9 that when scheduling a prescribed burn, it all boils down to the weather conditions. 'When you do prescribed burns, you know in a larger scale like this, we put together a burn plan,' Bach said. 'We consider wind, where the smoke is going to be. Also with humidity, lower humidity things burn a little better so there's a lot of considerations' Story continues below Top Story: More than $40K raised from 11th Annual Pete Goede ALS Benefit Concert Crime: Dumped dog gets rescued, now happily wagging his tail Sports: Bishop Heelan boys and girls track win MRAC Team titles Bach said they were hoping Thursday would work for the prescribed burn but that wind and humidity were working against them. Controlled burns are split into different sections and happen once a year to protect natural resources. The next control burn is scheduled for next spring. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- General
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City of Sioux City plants 3 trees in honor of Arbor Day
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – The first Arbor Day was held on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. In 1885, Nebraska declared Arbor Day as a legal holiday. Now, Arbor Day is a national holiday celebrated every year on the last Friday in April. In honor of Arbor Day, the City of Sioux City planted three trees to the west of the Seaboard Triumph Foods Expo Center. The three trees planted are Autumn Brilliance Serviceberries, which grow to about 20-25 feet high and have large white flowers in the spring. Sioux City Police Department receives first-ever therapy dog 'It's said that you plant for the next generation,' said Kelly Bach with the Sioux City Parks and Recreation Department. 'So thinking about down the road for our children and grandchildren to have trees to enjoy, to reap the benefits, the benefits of oxygen, carbon dioxide, providing reduced heating costs, which also provides less energy usage to do those cooling costs. So it's just looking forward into our future.' According to Bach, it will take about 20 years for these trees to fully grow. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
