A well-designed windbreak around you home or farm slows the wind and improves the overall environment. Windbreaks offer the following benefits:
- conserve energy,
- provide snow control,
- improve working and recreational environments,
- enhance wildlife populations,
- provide insect pollinators with habitat, food and protection from pesticide drift,
- provide visual screening, dust control and noise reduction, and
- increase the production of various wood and food products.
For more information, including how to develop and maintain windbreaks, review the following PDF documents:
- Farmstead Windbreaks
- Windbreaks for Rural Living
- Windbreaks That Work!
- Selecting Trees and Shrubs in Windbreaks
- Designed with Pollinators in Mind (see pages 8-9 for windbreak information)