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News archives

Monday, July 30, 2007

Green Infrastructure Center seeks to create greener communities (VA)
The Green Infrastructure Center Inc. has formed a new partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia to help communities utilize new state models to assess and protect their natural heritage, including abundant wildlife, clean water, and recreation areas. The state�fs Virginia Conservation Lands Nee... Continued...

Thursday, July 19, 2007

DNR working on a new park 'up north' (MN)
There could be a new state park in outdoors-obsessed Minnesota's near future, its first in three decades. Minnesota officials are negotiating with US Steel to acquire about 2,500 acres, including about 5 miles of lakeshore on Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota. The potential for a deal surfaced a... Continued...

Mean, green invasive takes hold in Northland (MN)
Leafy spurge, a European weed that has been wreaking havoc on western states� grasslands for years, has made its move into the Northland and is expanding. The noxious invasive plant is popping up in locations across Duluth and experts are warning people that the plant can cause skin rashes. On... Continued...

Blowing in the wind
Q. Are certain trees more susceptible or more resistant to being toppled by high winds? A. The vulnerability of trees to severe weather depends on many variables, including the tree�s stage of growth, its position relative to other trees and landscape features, soil conditions and previous preci... Continued...

Increase in creeping vines signals major shift in southern US forests
A new study of bottomland hardwood forests in the southeastern United States suggests that the increased growth of vines may change the landscape of these forests. Researchers charting the growth of vines in two forests in South Carolina found up to a 10-fold increase in the number of vines in ju... Continued...

Center a logostics clearing house for fighting wildfires (ID)
A 10-foot high-tech map pinpoints the real-time location and status of every plane and helicopter fighting fires in forests and grasslands across the country. Next to it, wildfires are identified on a similar map. Facing the maps, workers in the coordination center for the National Interagency Fi... Continued...

Poachers illegally harvest historic redwoods (CA)
Somehow, California's redwoods have survived tens of thousands of years of fires, floods and human scorched Earth logging. Poachers are becoming a significant problem in the state and national parks along the California's north coast. Steve Chaney, Redwood National and State Parks Superintend... Continued...

Beetle bill lands in D.C
The entire Colorado legislative delegation introduced a federal bark beetle bill on Tuesday that would commit up to $22 million to help the Forest Service and local communities combat the threat of wildfire and protect water supplies in the state. Colorado's seven members of the House of Represen... Continued...

China anxious to boost energy output from forest
China aims to expand its acreage of trees suitable for providing feedstocks for power plants and biodiesel makers by 16 times during the 2010-2020 period, a senior government official said on Tuesday. The acreage will rise to 13.3 million hectares by 2020 from a planned 833,333 hectares in 2010, ... Continued...

Preparing mangroves for climate change (Cuba)
Experts and residents of Cuba's Ci�naga de Zapata, one of the largest marshes in the Caribbean islands, are preparing for the impacts of climate change on the area's mangroves, coastal vegetation that provides a home to a great array of animal life. Residents and scientists will take part in the... Continued...

Dovetail Partners establishes green building credential (MN)
Dovetail Partners has added LEED accreditation to its resume. Alison Lindburg, Director of Dovetail�s Eco-Affordable Housing Program, recently became a LEED� Accredited Professional (LEED� AP). �Having a LEED AP in-house is an important asset for Dovetail and our partners,� says Kathryn Fernhol... Continued...

Mohawk Paper to offset its energy with renewables
Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. now offsets all of its purchased electricity use with renewable energy sources, the company announced Wednesday. Mohawk Fine Papers bought 100 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy certificates, allowing it to offset 100 percent of the electric power energy consumpti... Continued...

Office Depot becomes first to offer FSC-Certified paper in stores
Office Depot has announced that it will make Domtar's EarthChoice Paper -- certified to Forest Stewardship Council standards and endorsed by the Rainforest Alliance -- widely available in its stores for the first time in the U.S. The paper meets the rigorous standards of the FSC, which is regard... Continued...

Adirondack Park communities to get grant funds (NY)
One million dollars will soon be made available to Adirondack Park communities to promote smart growth planning. State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis and other state officials announced the new source of grant money today during a press conference. �Historic... Continued...

The truth about Tongass (AK)
A strange, soft storm of white flakes is floating out of the summer sky, drifting past tall mountainside evergreens onto the nets of golden lichens hung from their boughs, onto the bushes colored by salmonberries and blueberries, onto the bear-tracked shores. This is not an unseasonal snow squall, n... Continued...

Budget cuts mean fewer forest workers
Federal budget cuts mean fewer workers in New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest this summer to repair trails. Instead of 60, the forest hired 18 seasonal employees, most of whom are part of trail crews. One of the more significant cuts was to the timber management program, causing som... Continued...

Women for change (Cameroon)
In their village of Akom II on the border of Cameroon�s Campo Ma'an National Park, the women leave home six days a week to dig in the fields, forage in the forests, and feed their families. Among them is Mrs. Helene Eboto. When she has time, Helene writes about environmental, social and women�s i... Continued...

Thursday, July 12, 2007

China unveils green plan to revert farmland to forest
Peeved by growing accusations of rampant industrial pollution, China has unveiled a conservation strategy for its flora. The green plan aims at reverting farmland to forests. China is home to 10 per cent of all known plant species, and half of those unique to China, about 5000 s... Continued...

Norway bans tropical timber
Concerned about deforestation rates in the world's most biodiverse forests, Norway has banned the use of tropical timber in all public buildings, reports the Rainforest Foundation Norway. According to the NGO, the move comes after a series of scandals where governmental institutions have been ca... Continued...

Raising the bar on carbon forestry projects
There is growing recognition that rising greenhouse gas emission levels will cause serious and undesirable impacts for humans and ecosystems alike. Furthermore, climate change is occurring while record numbers of people live in poverty, and massive biodiversity loss continues unchecked. Making m... Continued...