American Forests back issues from March 2008:
Franklinia fan.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 22, 2008; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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 ...
NY trees fight carbon.(News from the world of Trees)(New York)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Two environmental scientists say they want to fight global warming one city at a time--by identifying trees that efficiently store carbon and then getting people to plant and protect those species in their neighborhoods, Science Daily reports. Urban areas are losing their green canopies, ...
Irish eyes aren't smiling.(News from the world of Trees)(influence of climate change on Ireland)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Climate change could change many of the images synonymous with Ireland, warns a report by the Irish American Climate Project. An environmental consultant directing the project said longer summer droughts could turn Ireland's legendary green landscape brown from dried grasses, ...
Paperless trees.(News from the world of Trees)(on online gift certificates)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Those planting trees as a gift through AMERICAN FORESTS' Global ReLeaf Forests program traditionally have received a certificate for their gift recipient. Now those certificates are available electronically--saving paper (and therefore trees) and speeding the process of celebrating the ...
Queen Elizabeth gets green.(News from the world of Trees)(Queen Elizabeth II)
Mar 22, 2008 ... In her annual Conmonwealth Day message, Queen Elizabeth II extended a nod to the environment, saying that more action is needed to fight climate change. Countries that pollute the least are often the most affected by climate change, Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted her as ...
Hemlocks under attack.(TREE DOCTOR: HOWARD BURNETT)(pest control)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Q: We have very tall hemlocks in our backyard, maybe 25-30 feet. They are starting to bend at the top (they have many vines on them) and they have that white stuff on them. We have been getting them sprayed every year but it is getting expensive for us. Any suggestions on how to save them, ...
Hold off on ash plantings.(TREE DOCTOR: HOWARD BURNETT)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Q: Does it make sense to not plant ash trees until a control for emerald ash borer is found? Dan Diehl Via e-mail A: It makes great good sense to hold off planting ash trees until the emerald ash borer problem can be minimized. It is most unfortunate that ...
Battling Japanese beetles.(TREE DOCTOR: HOWARD BURNETT)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Q: What can I do to prevent tree damage by Japanese beetles? Douglas Via e-mail A: Japanese beetle is a tough pest to deal with, but there are some things that will help. http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef409. asp is the website for a helpful ...
Ridding trees of beetles.(TREE DOCTOR: HOWARD BURNETT)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Q: I live in central/southern New Jersey and have a 36-acre stand of mixed soft and hardwoods. Several of my 60- to 80-year-old pines and spruces have been attacked and killed by a beetle I think is called the Pinelands woodborer. It only seems to attack one tree at a time and takes about ...
Sapsuckers love pecans.(TREE DOCTOR: HOWARD BURNETT)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Q: What are the woodpeckers drilling my Georgia pecan trees for, and how do I save these 25-year-old trees? WC Ferguson Via e-mail A: The birds drilling holes in your pecan trees are most likely sapsuckers, a close relative of the ...
Wilted dogwood.(TREE DOCTOR: HOWARD BURNETT)(Brief article)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Q: Late last summer the leaves on one of my dogwoods wilted and became discolored. Is this a problem? Also, early last summer I put a fertilizer stick in the ground about 2 feet from the tree. Could that have done anything? Frank Via e-mail A: Wilted and ...
Washington outlook.(News from the world of Trees)(reforestation budget)
Mar 22, 2008; ... AMERICAN FORESTS executive director Deborah Gangloff presented testimony on the Administration's FY 2009 budget proposals for the U.S. Forest Service at a recent hearing of the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. Her basic message was that these proposals represent a disconnect ...
Partnering in support of big trees.(FROM THE SPONSORS)(Davey Tree Expert Company)
Mar 22, 2008; ... While Davey has been the sponsor of AMERICAN FORESTS' National Register of Big Trees since 1989, the two of us go back a lot longer than that. As early as the beginning of the last century, Davey advertised in American Forests magazine (what better way to reach tree lovers?). So when I saw ...
How to nominate a big tree.(NOMINATION PROCESS)
Mar 22, 2008 ... Requirements For each nomination AMERICAN FORESTS needs the following information: 1. Correct name of the species or variety (only U.S. native and naturalized species are eligible). If you need help with identification, call your local Parks, Forest Service, or ...
Big changes for big trees: deaths, growth spurts, and a new list-altering rule. It's our biennial check on the state of our nation's biggest trees.
Mar 22, 2008; ... If you hoped to see your name in the National Register of Big Trees again for that really big tree you measured a while back you're likely to be disappointed. A newly decreed 10-year rule states that no tree can retain its crown longer than 10 years without being remeasured. One ...
Ascending the giants: two arborists team up to document Oregon's national champions--from the top down.(Brian French and Will Koomjian)
Mar 22, 2008; ... Beneath a clear blue October sky Brian French stands next to the stump of what was once the world's largest Pacific dogwood and lets a handful of pale sawdust sift through his fingers. Turning to his climbing partner, fellow arborist Will Koomjian, he sighs and says. "We got here a couple ...
The National Register of Big Trees 2008.(FROM THE BIG TREE COORDINATORS)(Table)
Mar 22, 2008; ... The quest for champion trees and the thrill of discovering these giants has captured many hearts since the National Register of Big Trees' inception in 1940. We hope the 2008 Register will accurately document the champions uncovered through many searches. To improve the list's accuracy, ...
Species without champs.(THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF BIG TREES 2008)(Table)
Mar 22, 2008 ... The new rule that trees must be remeasured within 10 years to retain their titles has caused a lot of changes in this year's National Register of Big Trees. In fact, 100 of the 2006 champs lost their titles this year due to this new 10-year rule. Still more changes are afoot. AMERICAN ...
Demise of a charismatic champion: a search for the backcountry whitebark pine titleholder reveals a stunning tree but a casualty of age and global warming.
Mar 22, 2008; ... Moments after stepping into the wind at the pass, I saw the tree. A good half-mile away by line of sight, it ruled the basin below, occupying a solitary perch above the rest of the forest. This whitebark pine left no doubt about its champion status. It was king. Scurrying down ...
Envisioning an evergreen Massachusetts: the Granite State's goal of preserving forest cover and adding even more despite encroaching development and long-term costs has other states watching with interest.
Mar 22, 2008; ... Atop of Massachusetts' Great Hemlock Mountain, the loudest sound on a sunny autumn morning is the percussion of acorns on dry leaves. From a clearing the view stretches the eye, great swatches of forest rolling north into New Hampshire and west to the Connecticut River Valley. ...
A day in the life of General Sherman: our intrepid reporter gets up close and personal with this long-time champ and perennial favorite big tree.(Travel narrative)
Mar 22, 2008; ... Big trees. You can measure them, pore over their statistics; compare their age to human history; draw, paint, photograph or rhapsodize about them; or stand under them and gawk. You can be stunned into awed silence or jolted into shouts of animated amazement. But if you are like most other ...
The age of Pinus: all that's fit to print about what has been called the world's "most ecologically and economically significant tree genus.".
Mar 22, 2008; ... Much of human history and prehistory is divided up into ages according to some great influence of the time: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Age of Reason, the Space Age. But, to varying degrees, much of human experience in North America could also be called the Pine Age. Experts have ...
The price of a shady lane: the trials and tribulations--and faith--involved in recreating a favorite memory with pin oaks on a Missouri farm.(COMMUNITIES)
Mar 22, 2008; ... More than thirty years ago, when Charlene and I bought the back forty, there was no access road into it. So in spite of my naturalist's dislike of seeing landscape torn open, I hired a bulldozer operator to rough out a lane across a field and through the woods to our anticipated house ...
One (big) tree's story: in Indiana, a fortuitous meeting between a red maple and an 8-year-old boy results in state recognition and some greater understanding.(EARTHKEEPERS)(Mason Ruble)(National Register of Big Trees)
Mar 22, 2008; ... If you have ever seen a giant tree before, perhaps you have wondered about its story. How many generations has it seen pass by? Who played under its branches as children? What unique circumstances allowed it to grow so tall? Who before has pondered its greatness? The National ...