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Volunteers work to restore Indianapolis's tree population in wake of beetle's destruction
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Hundreds of volunteers joined together to plant more than 100 trees to help restore Indianapolis’s canopy last weekend. Local forestry experts said emerald ash borer beetle is killings the city’s tree canopy, and they are facing an uphill battle. Just as soon as they went into the ground, other trees were being pulled from...
More research shows trees decrease stress
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
New research out of Edinburgh supports the idea that spending time in green spaces with trees reduces stress and brain fatigue. What makes this study different from earlier research is that it looks at real-time data from the brains of people while they were actually outside, moving through the city and the parks. The idea...
Win for treeplanters: Appeals Court rules DOL has no authority to issue H-2B Rules
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the decision of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Florida that the U.S. Department of Labor lacks the authority to issue regulations governing the H-2B guestworker program.  This decision upholds the lower...
Grant opportunities available through Project Learning Tree
Monday, April 1, 2013
Do you have an idea for a school/community native plant garden, a forest improvement project, a streamside restoration plan, a recycling program, or energy conservation project for your students?  Need funds to implement it?  Apply for a Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! grant! Grants are available in two award levels: 1)...
NASF comments on sixth draft of LEED
Monday, April 1, 2013
Last week NASF submitted comments on the sixth draft of LEED standards. The comments addressed the use of sustainably sourced wood in building design and construction, interior design and construction, and existing buildings and neighborhood development, while taking into account the current draft language's exclusion of...
Montana State Forester receives award
Monday, April 1, 2013
The Missoula Chapter of the Montana Chapter of Society of American Foresters (SAF) has announced that it's Citizen of the Year Award was given to Montana State Forester Bob Harrington for his outstanding work in promoting forestry, public education and outreach, and active service to SAF. SAF is the national scientific and...
"Lessons from the Waldo Canyon Fire" webinar announced
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...
USDA releases its list of the worst of the worst invasives
Monday, April 1, 2013
The USDA has released its list of the top pests that threaten America's crops and forestland. Some of the 15 are new, some we've been fighting for decades. In wilderness areas, bugs are a huge threat and can change forests and tree cover in just a few years, says Chris Martin, Connecticut State Forester and Chair of the...
South Carolina concerned about dying giant oaks
Friday, March 29, 2013
Giant oaks throughout the state, especially in the Upstate, are dying at alarming rates, according to S.C. Forestry Commission officials. The killer is hypoxylon canker, a weak but deadly fungus. The fungus won’t harm healthy oaks, but it gets under the bark of trees already under stress and basically strangles them by...
The case for building skyscrapers out of wood
Friday, March 29, 2013
So what exactly is Vancouver-based architect Michael Green thinking when he proposes using wood to erect urban skyscrapers and multifamily structures of up to 30 stories? “Earth grows our food,” he says in his 2013 TED Talk. “We should move toward an ethic that the earth should grow our homes.” For one thing, Green argues...

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