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News archives

Thursday, June 25, 2009

NAU forestry students protect aspen on Kaibab National Forest (Ariz.)
The Northern Arizona University Forestry Club teamed with the Kaibab National Forest in late April to repair one of the forest's damaged aspen fences, with the goal of protecting the struggling trees growing within. The students spent the morning with Kaibab forester Woody Rokala reconstructing and ... Continued...

Blog: Forest restoration project brings together old enemies in logging wars (Ore.)
On a steep slope of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, a crew of young men with chain saws and hardhats worked their way through an old neglected clearcut, cutting brush and young trees and piling the remains to be burned later. Freshly trained and closely supervised, the crew took care ... Continued...

Desert icon Joshua trees are vanishing, scientists say
A breeze stirs the silence at Joshua Tree National Park as a red-tailed hawk takes flight from the spiky arm of one of the namesake plants in search of breakfast. It's a scene that national parks protector Mike Cipra has witnessed many times. Still, he can't contain his enthusiasm on this early ... Continued...

First Biomass Pellet Mill in US to Receive FSC/Rainforest Alliance Certification (Vt.)
The Rainforest Alliance's SmartWood program has certified the first biomass pellet mill in the United States to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) standards, a significant step in the FSC's entry into renewable energy sources. Curran Renewable Energy, LLC, based in Massena, New York, is the first FSC ... Continued...

Into the Woods (Calif.)
The Sunny Brae forest above this fog-locked college town is a logger’s dream, but for the most part its 175 acres of redwoods, spruce, and other magnificent trees are being spared the ax. That’s because the city bought the tract for $2.05 million from Sierra Pacific Industries in 2006, partly to... Continued...

Tree replantings to take place of Ash (Mich.)
Ann Arbor is launching a significant new replanting program this fall to add roughly 1,000 new trees every year. The initiative begins half a dozen years after the die-off of once-plentiful ash trees. City officials say they'll use aerial photos to identify the more pronounced holes in Ann A... Continued...

St. Paul drafts plan to battle threat to its ash trees (Minn.)
A little emerald pest could cost St. Paul a lot of green. The city would need to add about $1.1 million to its current budget and $3 million to its yearly budget starting in 2010 to deal with the emerald ash borer, according to a report by the Parks and Recreation Department's forestry division. ... Continued...

Ash borer pesticide has birders concerned (Minn.)
The discovery of the emerald ash borer in St. Paul has not only gotten tree lovers concerned about their trees, it's also prompting bird lovers to worry about what the chemicals used to treat the trees might do to their favorite animals. The standard treatment, Imidacloprid, has generated contro... Continued...

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Montanan selected to head up Forest Service
Tom Tidwell of Montana, who rose from district ranger to regional forest supervisor, is the new chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack named Tidwell to the post Wednesday. Tidwell currently heads the 25 million-acre Northern Region of the Forest Service, which enco... Continued...

4 states ravaged by beetles ask US for forest fire support
Officials from Rocky Mountain states urged Congress yesterday to help them avert a potential catastrophe this summer, with millions of acres of beetle-ravaged pines prone to fire. Local government officials and forestry specialists told the House Natural Resources Committee at a hearing that smal... Continued...

Hybrid American Chestnut Trees Have Superior Carbon Capture Potential
Introducing a new hybrid of the American chestnut tree would not only bring back the all-but-extinct species, but also put a dent in the amount of carbon in the Earth's atmosphere, according to a new Purdue University study. Douglass Jacobs, an associate professor of forestry and natural resourc... Continued...

First Carbon Footprint, Now Forest Footprint? (U.K.)
The Forest Footprint Disclosure Project in the UK will run in parallel to the Carbon Disclosure Project, with the aim to get corporations to disclose how their activities and supply chain practices lead to tropical deforestation. Started with a $123,000 grant from the government and the support o... Continued...

Invest in trees and soil, not just cleaner coal: UN
Many energy companies and analysts say the world should invest in technology which traps carbon emissions from the flue gas of coal plants and then buries it underground. But the technology is untested. And according to a UNEP report, there are better natural ways to store carbon. Trees store ... Continued...

Australia's forests key to fighting global warming
Ancient Australian forests are key to fighting climate change and contain the world's most dense carbon store, eclipsing tropical rainforests as efficient greenhouse gas absorbers, scientists said on Tuesday. Towering Mountain Ash forests covering Victoria state's cool highlands hold four times m... Continued...

Insect in hemlock forests causes loss of canopy, gain of invasive plants (Calif.)
Deep in the hemlock forests of the Eastern United States, a tiny, aphid-like insect may be playing a giant role in transforming an ecosystem, according to new research by ecologists at the University of California, Berkeley. It's been well-documented that the spread of the hemlock woolly adelgid,... Continued...

Global Warming Increasing The Dispersal Of Flora In Northern Forests
As a result of stronger winds caused by global warming, seeds and pollen are being carried over longer distances. An increase in temperature of only a couple of degrees may increase the dispersal of plants in Northern forests and the spread of plant species into forest clearings after felling or for... Continued...

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Family, finances prompted Forest Service nominee's withdrawal
President Obama's nominee to lead the Forest Service and farmland conservation programs says he withdrew his name from consideration for family and financial reasons. Homer Lee Wilkes, the Mississippi state conservationist and a 28-year veteran of the U.S. Agriculture Department's Natural Resourc... Continued...

Endangered species returned to Wayne National Forest (Ohio)
The Wayne National Forest along with several partners released 300 pairs of the American burying beetle (ABB) onto the Forest in an effort to reintroduce populations of this endangered species in a tri-county area including Athens, Morgan, and Perry County. This was the largest number of beetles ... Continued...

Exploring the 'Google forest' (Africa)
With the protection of darkness, chameleons give up on camouflage. Sleeping on the low-lying branches of bushes in Mount Mabu, northern Mozambique, they're easy to spot by torchlight. White lizards with their eyes defiantly shut. "We're not sure if it is a new species; I rather suspect it may... Continued...

Brace for summer of 'large and severe blazes,' expert warns (B.C.)
British Columbia is set for a summer of "large and severe blazes," with the early outbreak of forest fires in recent weeks a sign of the severity of the threat, forestry experts say. Ken Lertzman, director at Simon Fraser University's school for resource and environmental management, said he hadn... Continued...