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  • Lightning Protection

    | Category: Tree & Plant Care | Tags: protection, lightning
    The Morton Arboretum is using an advanced lightning protection system for many trees in our collections. The system can equip a tree so that lightning will be conducted harmlessly into the soil. "The new system uses specially designed fasteners,...