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Residents ask Walsh County to consider tree plantings along bike path and a county test plot for soil conservation
Summary
A resident asked commissioners to consider allowing tree plantings on county land along the bike path and mentioned a separate request from the soil conservation district for a long‑term test plot; commissioners asked staff to consult the highway department and the land renter before responding.
A resident raised two related requests at the March 17 meeting: permission to plant a single row of trees on county property along the town bike path and an inquiry about using a small county parcel as a long‑term agricultural test plot for soil conservation practices.
The speaker described the proposal as a single row of trees spaced about 40 feet apart (to allow farm access) intended as an arboretum demonstration rather than a dense shelterbelt. The resident also noted an interest from the soil conservation district and extension for a 20‑acre test plot to trial conservation practices; that request would be presented to the board later with more detail.
Commissioners did not decide at the meeting. They asked highway staff to check right‑of‑way ownership (the resident and a commissioner noted the state/NDOT right‑of‑way may extend two feet south of the path) and asked the resident to meet with the county’s renter on adjacent fields so planting would not block farm access. Staff said the county could consider maps and bring a recommendation back once rights‑of‑way and access were clarified.
No formal action was taken; the matter was tabled pending maps, consultation with the highway department and discussion with the renter currently farming the adjacent parcels.
