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Friday, June 14, 2013
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Trust for Public Land and landowner M.C. Davis are partnering to conserve 20,850 acres of critical habitat land east of Eglin Air Force Base after being awarded $1.75 million from the U.S. Department of Defense as part of the 2013 REPI Challenge. The Readiness and...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
In August 2011, the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition published a 23-page, full-color publication Across the Western Landscape: Priority Issues and Strategies for Western Forests. Across the Western Landscape provides a “readers digest” summary of the western states’ Forest Actions Plans.
In addition to an...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System of Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities has created a video entitled Why Trees?, to facilitate the importance trees play in our lives.
Follow along as this lecture doodle examines some of the basic reasons why trees are important. They focus on not just their beauty, but also...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
In the past few weeks alone, thousands of acres have burned in Southern California and New Mexico. Oklahoma and Texas have seen rampant devastation by multiple tornadoes, and with the 2013 tropical storm season now officially underway, climatologists are predicting more and stronger storms for the coasts this summer.
It’s...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Eastern hemlock grows in streamside areas throughout the southern Appalachian Mountains, where it is a keystone species. Eastern hemlock plays an important role in the area’s water cycle, and regulates stream flow year round.
Eastern hemlocks are facing widespread decline and mortality because of an exotic invasive insect...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Research at Clark University in Worcester, MA, where 30,000 trees have been removed since the Asian Longhorn Beetle (ALB) was found in the area, looked at various aspects of the infestation and responses to it. They found that while tree loss from ALB is a danger, tree loss due to urban development was double the number of...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Last year saw thousands of trees in Nebraska perish to wildfires and drought. Last year’s lack of water severely stressed trees in Nebraska, making them more susceptible to disease and pests—if not killing them outright.
Lincoln Parks and Recreation director Lynn Johnson said they removed more than 800 street trees last...
Friday, May 24, 2013
Founded in 1964, the American Water Resources Association is a non-profit professional association dedicated to the advancement of men and women in water resources management, research, and education. They have recently announced several conference opportunities that include:
AWRA Summer Specialty ConferenceEnvironmental...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
This month, the Georgia Forestry Association's Emerging Leaders and the Georgia SFI Implementation Committee, along with the Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Forestry Foundation and other organizations in the forestry community, launched a new public information program.
The program includes a short documentary film,...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
As the sun sets on an $11.4 million federal effort to boost Maine’s wood pellet industry, early returns seem to indicate that the investment was a sound one. The U.S. Department of Forestry spent the money in the Fuels for Public Buildings grant to help bring 24 biomass conversion projects to fruition in schools, hospitals...
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