Murdock, Nebraska, Phytoremediation in Progress 2005

Installation of pathways will eventually allow residents to use phytoremediation area as a park.

Murdock, June, 2005, six weeks after planting, birds are nesting in new trees.

Six weeks after planting, Murdock trees are thriving.

Murdock phytoremediation crew planting final tree (of more than 2,000) in May 2005

Murdock team

Drilling planting holes

Partial expanse of planting area

Holes drilled and prepared for deep planting

Staging the trees

Preparing trees for planting

Planting the trees