Recently added articles from American Forests:
Franklinia fan.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 22, 2008; Edwards, Robert W. ... Whit Bronaugh: I really enjoyed your article on the Franklinia Tree. Like you and many others, I have been on the lookout for anything resembling its pictures for many years. As a geologist and an avid lover of trees, I have spent over 40 years roaming the back country. Each ...
Make that Sierra Nevada.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 22, 2008; Ficklin, Lori ... editor: Please do adequate research and start referring to the mountain range in eastern California by its correct name: the Sierra Nevada. It's not plural because the phrase itself is ...
Remembering Sara Keene.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 22, 2008 ... editor: In March of 2000, four students from Fayette Middle School in Fayetteville, Georgia, traveled to Versailles, France, to plant trees that were uprooted in a storm. American Forests magazine was there also and chronicled the story. But it is with great sadness I tell you ...
Ode to the Moon Tree.(Letters)(Poem)
Mar 22, 2008 ... editor: Wilson's Nursery at one time stretched from Creosote Road to Dedeaux Road (Gulfport, Mississippi) and included acres of orange orchards, thus the area was known as "Orange Grove," the name still used today despite Gulfport's annexation. In the 1940s, Highway 49 split the ...
Peace Corps seeks enviros.(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... The Peace Corps is reaching out to environmental professionals who are interested in challenging opportunities or considering alternatives to traditional retirement. There is a high demand for experienced individuals with expertise in environmental education, conservation, forestry, parks ...
New way needed for environment; We have to change how we conduct the country's most important business: restoring the natural world and its connection to people.(Editorial)
Mar 22, 2008; Gangloff, Deborah ... The President's proposed budget for FY2009 slashes restoration for the nation's forests. That tells me it's time for a new framework for the environment in Washington. AMERICAN FORESTS' March testimony before the House Appropriations subcommittee showed the Forest Service to be ...
Planning for healthy trees: careful forethought is required if a community wants to plant and maintain a sustainable urban forest.(PERSPECTIVES)
Mar 22, 2008; Schwab, Jim ... Planning and maintaining trees in a community requires more than just a hole in the ground and occasional watering. The American Planning Association invited nine experts and representatives from AMERICAN FORESTS, International Society of Arboriculture, and U.S. Forest Service to a ...
U.S, 6 other countries to benefit from '08 plantings.(News from the world of Trees)(Armenia, United Kingdom, Honduras, Mexico, Greece, Cameroon)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... AMERICAN FORESTS' Global ReLeaf Forests will plant 4 million trees this year. Plantings range from wildfire- and beetle-damaged forests to urban expressways. Six international projects are planned. In California, 51,000 trees will help restore a San Bernardino Mountains forest ...
Maryland's Wye Oak successor?(News from the world of Trees)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... A white oak in northern Maryland once described as a "no-account tree" has a new designation--marvelous--and, experts say, is now the largest example of the species in the state. Forestry officials have written the governor requesting it be named state tree, replacing the former ...
Anne Frank Tree saved.(News from the world of Trees)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... After intense negotiations, an agreement has been reached that will protect the historic chestnut outside the apartment where Anne Frank hid during WWII. The tree is plagued with fungi and parts of the trunk have rotted, leading to safety concerns. But the tree will be given a ...
Gift cards can plant trees.(News from the world of Trees)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Have a pile of unused or partially used gift cards lying around? Use them to plant trees. You can send cards of any amount to Gift Cards For Trees; it will then exchange the cards for their cash market value and make a donation to AMERICAN FORESTS to plant trees. Gifts Cards For ...
Forest loss harms elephants and tigers.(News from the world of Trees)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Deforestation is rampant in Indonesia's Riau province and rare elephants and tigers are suffering for it. That's the conclusion drawn by the conservation group World Wildlife Fund, which said Riau has lost 65 percent of its forestland over the last 25 years to pulpwood and palm oil ...
Carbon neutral while you eat.(News from the world of Trees)(Group Four Restaurants)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... During the planning stage for a new Orlando, Florida, restaurant, Tavern on the Lake, employees asked that the business be environmentally friendly. Senior management at the restaurant and parent company Group Four Restaurants were happy to oblige. What started with recycled ...
Electronic trees.(News from the world of Trees)(Avolve Software)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Avolve Software's Greener Government campaign will result in more trees across America's landscape. That's because the communication and collaboration software developer will donate $1 to AMERICAN FORESTS' Global ReLeaf campaign for each document downloaded from its website during the ...
Sitka redux.(News from the world of Trees)(Rick Mock's sitka spruce cuttings)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... The seven trees on Rick Mock's Astoria, Oregon, dinner table are tiny but carry the hopes of a whole state of admirers. Mock rooted them from the tips of a branch of the Klootchy Creek Giant, the former national co-champion Sitka spruce--and the pride of this state--that fell in a December ...
Hemlock update.(News from the world of Trees)(Hemlock trees)
Mar 22, 2008 ... The fight to save hemlock forests may have just taken a turn for the better with Oregon State University researchers announcing they've found two species of flies that may help fight the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Writing in the journal ...
Linkin Park plants more trees.(News from the world of Trees)
Mar 22, 2008 ... If trees indeed sing in the wind, they're singing the praises of Grammy award-winning rock band Linkin Park, which continues to find innovative ways to support AMERICAN FORESTS' tree planting efforts. Its eBay auction of various music celebrity items raised $22,000 for California Wildfire ...
Acorns of hope.(News from the world of Trees)(volunteers ride bikes and plant trees for the environment)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Church Point, Louisiana, arborist Bob Thibodeaux became concerned about the state's deteriorating coastline in the wake of Hurricane Rita. He envisioned a rejuvenated landscape repopulated with groves of live oaks that would thrive as they helped stay erosion and slow gulf winds. ...
A honey of trail.(News from the world of Trees)(Honey Creek Nature Trail of Cooper Lake State Park)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008; Khan, Katherine ... Visitors to Cooper Lake State Park in Sulphur Springs, Texas, get an education along with their exercise, thanks to the park's Honey Creek Nature Trail. The self-guided one-fifth mile trail showcases the trees and flora of the Post Oak Savannah. Using a pre-printed booklet provided by the ...
News of note.(News from the world of Trees)(The Encyclopedia of Life)(environmental remediation in Macedonia)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... * Scientists have launched what they hope will eventually be a free online encyclopedia of all 1.8 million known species of life (www.eol.org). Officials in February unveiled 25 entries complete with text, pictures, and video; another 30,000 entries initially will have less detailed ...