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Friday, May 10, 2013
The weather is turning warmer and many people are venturing outside to enjoy the great outdoors. Now is the perfect time to remind campers, home improvement do-it-yourselfers and outdoor recreationists how important it is to be safe with fire.
NASF has created new campfire safety, outdoor fire safety and debris burning...
Friday, May 10, 2013
A new study released by the Forest Service addresses the loss of eastern hemlock from forests in the Southern Appalachian region of the United States. The hemlock woolly adelgid, an exotic invasive insect, has caused widespread hemlock mortality," says Steven Brantley, a post-doctoral researcher and lead author of the...
Friday, May 10, 2013
The people whose livelihood depends on forests have a message and they’re launching a campaign next week to deliver it. The message is that the industry isn’t just about cutting down trees. It also plants and cares for trees and the environment they grow in.
The campaign kicks off May 14 at the Atlanta headquarters of...
Friday, May 10, 2013
By early May, industry benchmark prices were off their highs for the year so far although much stronger than year-ago levels amid growing evidence of increasing demand for construction of single-family homes and especially multi-family buildings. Lumber industry officials think U.S. lumber prices are falling in response to...
Friday, May 10, 2013
Last week, officials with the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise said in their first 2013 summer fire outlook that a dry winter and expected warming trend mean the potential for significant fire activity will be above normal on the West Coast, in the Southwest and portions of Idaho and Montana. With wildfire season...
Friday, May 10, 2013
Citrus greening, a bacterial disease with no cure, has infected all 32 of Florida’s citrus-growing counties. While the bacteria, which causes fruit to turn bitter and drop from the trees when still unripe, affects all citrus fruits, it has been most devastating to oranges, the largest crop.
First spotted in Florida in 2005...
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The National Fire Protection Association ,through the national Firewise Communities/USA support program is promoting the Firewise throwdown to challenge states and communities to reach for our national goal of 1,000 recognized Firewise Communities/USA® sites by the end of 2013. To learn more about this challenge and to...
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Current urban expansion is the greatest in history. By 2050, three billion additional people will live in cities. While urbanization is frequently linked to environmental problems, it also offers solutions for global sustainability if cities can move from net consumers to net generators of ecosystem services. Moreover,...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
American Forests is taking fast and concerted action to address the devastation threatening high-elevation forests across the West. They are collaborating with state and federal agencies, local communities and other nonprofits to create a replicable strategy to protect and restore these forest ecosystems, while educating...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The new research, published in Psychological Science, examined data from a national longitudinal survey of households in the United Kingdom conducted at the European Centre for Environment & Human Health at the University of Exeter Medical School. The research found that people who live in urban areas with more green...
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