Elko County commissioners are asking local artists, quilters and others in the county to submit original tree skirt panel ...

Instead, they hitch rides on infested nursery stock, mulch, or soil, making nurseries and Christmas tree farms particularly vulnerable. The aesthetic damage is more than just cosmetic.

We have a plastic Christmas tree, which we've had for about nine years. So it's plastic so you can re-use it every year and it's more economical, and we don't have to keep buying new trees.