Location: Great Plains Shelterbelts

Great Plains Shelterbelts – Cimarron KS

Shelter Belt near Arkansas River in Cimarron KS

Shelterbelts were natural windbreaks planted to protect land from the dust storms of the 1930s. The Great Plains Shelterbelts spans several states. The agency that started the project is unknown to the Living New Deal, but the project was transferred… read more

Number One Shelterbelt – Willow OK

Map of major planting areas of the shelterbelt project  from 1934-1942

The first tree of the Great Plains Shelterbelt, an Austrian pine, was planted at the Ed Curtis farm near Willow, Oklahoma, on March 18, 1935. The state forester of Oklahoma, George Phillips, did the honors. The Great Plains Shelterbelt was… read more