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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...
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The South Carolina Forestry Commission prepares an Annual Report on the agency’s activities for each fiscal year. The report contains a thorough record of accomplishments displayed in narrative form, tables, charts, and graphs. As a supplement to the traditional 2011-2012 fiscal year report. This year they prepared a...
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Earlier this week, the Senate voted to approve passage of the Farm Bill (S. 954). The bill includes a number of notable forestry-related provisions including:
Clarifies authority for the USDA Forest Service to facilitate a national coordinated response to wildland fire by providing states access to resources 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
Recently the Forest Service released a report that focuses on fire risks for homes on the edge of wildlands. U.S. Forest Service researchers found that about 90 percent of fuel reduction treatments on national forests were effective in reducing the intensity of wildfire while also allowing for better wildfire control.
Fire...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Oklahoma State Forester George Geissler recently discussed how the Firewise program helps educate communities about how to lessen damage caused by wildfires with a local news program. Oklahoma Horizon TV has been covering wildfire issues recently to highlight the importance of prevention and the work wildland firefighters...
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...
Monday, June 10, 2013
Many cities have been searching for a solution to flash rainstorms that can result in urban flooding and pollution of drinking water sources. Urban infrastructure designers have worked hard to address these issues and one solution seems to be taking hold. The city of Burlington, Vermont has installed jumbo planters, a 6-by...
Monday, June 10, 2013
The mountain pine beetle, which has ravaged 23 million acres of forests in the United States since 2000, has created opportunities in the wood products industry that didn't exist before. With a glut of the beetle killed wood that has resulted from the infestations many people are thinking outside of the box.
Rather than...
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