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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Forest Service has announced the topic of its next webinar in the Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation series - Session #13: City and County Open Space Programs.
This webinar discusses growth and open space conservation planning for cities and counties. The first presentation will highlight the Trust for...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
After more than 20 years of research, David Nowak, who heads USFS’s Northeastern research unit, thinks he knows. He’s leading an effort to standardize tree valuation. The U.S. Forest Service’s i-Tree platform calculates a city’s "leaf surface area," and gives trees an economic value, from the environmental services they...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
A group of my graduate students from the the University of Wisconsin-Madison are working with university scientists and researchers in the Forestry Product Labs to advance forestry research and industry. They are working with a particular scientist who has developed a new forestry analysis tool and are seeking expert...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
More proof that trees are one of our most important resources. Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using materials derived from plants such as trees. Just as importantly, by fabricating them on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) substrates, the solar cells can be...
Monday, April 1, 2013
Join the International Association of Fire Chiefs on Thursday, April 18 at 11 am ET, as they present Lessons from the Waldo Canyon Fire to consider how the city’s wildland fire safety programs could be applied in your community.
Last summer, the Waldo Canyon Fire destroyed 345 homes and resulted in the evacuation of more...
Friday, March 29, 2013
It wasn’t until 1913 – three years after the Big Burn scorched 3 million acres across Montana, Idaho and Washington, killing 87 people – that the state authorized establishment of the School of Forestry. “They were beginning to teach ecology and the wood-product areas that were important to mining and railroads – those...
Thursday, March 21, 2013
NASF has been promoting our partnership with the National Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work® Foundation and this year's focus on forestry careers. Even though the official event day isn't until Thursday, April 25, we've had the opportunity to see an example of a Department of Land and Natural Resources employee from...
Monday, March 18, 2013
The Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory, an educational nonprofit in the city's Frankford section, teaches boatbuilding classes to underperforming and economically disadvantaged high school students to help them develop problem-solving skills and character. After hurricane Sandy blew through William S. Haines Jr.'s land, he...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed March 21 the International Day of Forests. The Day will celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts to organize activities...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
ArborGen Inc., has developed a genetically engineered eucalyptus tree that is more tolerant of cold conditions than traditional varieties of the tree. The GE trait in the tree allows it to grow in additional areas of the country. Over the last several years, field tests involving the GE eucalyptus tree have been done...
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