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Ecological Forestry: A ‘Messy’ Forest Can Be a Win-Win for Profit and Ecosystems
By mimicking natural processes, people can manage forests for both commercial and ecological ends. That is the aim of ...
You have through late winter to prune trees, shrubs. Here’s why the timing is right
The best time to prune most of our deciduous trees and shrubs is late winter. One reason is that insect pests and plant ...
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City of Davis delayed park tree maintenance recommendations, trial witness says
The city of Davis failed to perform a series of recommended tree prunings and removals, even after a fallen branch killed a ...
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Forest of rare trees in Zanzibar now earmarked for ‘eco-resort’
Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.
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Climate crisis: Colorado’s forests now leaking more carbon than they store
Explore the surprising shift in Colorado forests as they begin releasing more carbon than they absorb, affecting climate ...
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Colorado forests are releasing more carbon than they capture each year
Colorado's forests store a massive amount of carbon, but dying trees -- mostly due to insects and disease -- have caused the state's forests to emit more carbon than they absorbed in recent years, ...
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Stanley Park is Falling
The City of Vancouver is needlessly cutting down thousands of trees in Vancouver’s iconic Stanley Park. One group is standing ...
Yellowstone National Park at an increased risk of wildfires due to standing dead trees, warn researchers
Researchers are urging Yellowstone officials to invest in greater protection after the findings of a new report ...
Lost forest found: 6,000-year-old trees emerge from melting ice in Wyoming’s Rocky Mountains
Scientists have uncovered ancient whitebark pine trees preserved for almost 6,000 years in Wyoming's Rocky Mountains. This discovery offers crucial insights into historical climate patterns and ...
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‘We see this as an emergency’: How the largest wildfire-fuel management project in the Bay Area is working to prevent disaster
Removing invasive eucalyptus trees from Anthony Chabot Regional Park could help mitigate wildfire risk where wildland-urban ...
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Using the ‘Magic’ of LiDAR to Map Maine’s Old-Growth Forests
The older stands are blue magenta. Everything that’s younger is yellows or oranges or light greens. You can color it any way ...
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Pileated woodpecker visits dead pines purposely left to draw feathered visitors
The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...