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Thursday, October 28, 2004
Investors Preserve Forests
From Tidepool, By Rona Fried
People that want to invest for high environmental impact will be happy to learn of a new vehicle -- you can invest directly in forests and preserve them.
Since the early 1980s, institutions such as universities and pension funds have placed some $12 billion in timb... Continued...
Demand for wood products helps maintain forest land (WI)
From Wisconsin DNR News, 10/26/04 Issue
Wisconsin has the most balanced demand for wood products of any state in the nation, which is helping encourage landowners in the state to keep their property forested, according to Terry Mace, forest utilization and marketing specialist with the Department... Continued...
Rainforest Alliance and Lavazza Team for Sustainable Coffee
From The Rainforest Alliance
The international conservation organization that pioneered the concept of certified sustainable coffee and the Italian company that pioneered espresso have joined forces to help farmers in remote villages in Colombia, Honduras and Peru improve their quality of life so... Continued...
Audubon Center of the North Woods available for New Years
Thinking about the holiday season? Spend it with your family on a
fabulous retreat in a Forest Stewardship Council-certified forest!
No more boring New Year's parties! At the Audubon Center of the North
Woods, you and your family will spend five days of glorious fun, have
the opportunity to e... Continued...
Now, invasive species stream in online
From The Christian Science Monitor, by Mark Clayton
It's a beautiful green water frond with delicate petals. Pleasant enough to
look at with names like "Water Thyme" and "Star Vine."
But don't let its looks fool you. Hydrilla verticillata , which grows up to
several feet thick and chokes the... Continued...
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Position Available at the University of Illinois
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Department of Human and Community
Development:
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Leadership:
Full-time,
nine-month, tenure-track appointment, available immediately.
Qualifications: PhD in, rural or urban sociology, applied
... Continued...
Frog researcher invited to tell his story (MN)
From MPR, by Mary Losure
At the state Capitol Monday, a University of California scientist presented an array of research showing the corn herbicide atrazine causes deformities in frogs -- and may pose threats to humans as well. Studies show the problems occur at atrazine levels commonly found in... Continued...
Energy advance is celebrated (NH)
From the Portsmouth Herald, by Karen Dandurant
State dignitaries and top Public Service of New Hampshire officials broke ground Friday morning for a one-of-a-kind project at Schiller Station.
The Northern Wood Power Project involves the replacement of a coal-fire boiler with new technology th... Continued...
BLM experiments with hot foam as alternative to herbicides
From Land Letter, by David Loos
It looks like carpet-cleaning foam and is comprised of a syrupy,
coconut-sugar derivative that -- when mixed with hot water -- results in an
iron-smelling solution. But this solution doesn't clean carpets, it kills
weeds.
Hailed by some officials as an eco-f... Continued...
Corporate, environmentalist alliance buys sensitive coast land in Mexican nature reserve
From SignOnSanDiego.com, by Mark Stevenson
A newly formed international partnership for wetland restoration launched its first environmental protection effort Tuesday, donating US$750,000 to the purchase of a 1.1-mile stretch of sensitive beach on Mexico's Caribbean coast.
The purchase by the ... Continued...
Gypsy moth populations declined this year in Wisconsin
From the Pioneer Press, via Associated Press
There was a dramatic drop in gypsy moth populations in most Wisconsin counties this year due to a combination of wet and windy weather this spring and widespread spraying of a bacterium to kill the moth's caterpillars, officials say.
There were near... Continued...
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Wetlands project revealed (MN)
From In-Forum News, by Don Davis
Conservationists like the trend toward expanding wetlands in northwestern Minnesota.
A top U.S. Department of Agriculture official on Monday announced a second wetlands restoration project in two weeks.
The newest project would restore 4,250 acres of what is... Continued...
Monday, October 25, 2004
Job Opening with the Iowa State University
Iowa State University, Department of Sociology invites applications
and nominations for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track, assistant
professor position with a strong interest in one or more of these areas:
community, demography, or environment/natural resources.
Consistent with
Iowa Sta... Continued...
Life-giving dead wood 'at risk'
From the BBC News World Edition
Many forest species are in deep trouble because of the removal of the dead and dying trees they need, campaigners say.
WWF, the global environment group, says insects, plants, birds and mammals are all suffering because of an increasing tendency to remove decayi... Continued...
Thursday, October 21, 2004
New trees cancel out air pollution cuts
From NewScientist.com
Industry has dramatically cut its emissions of pollutants, called volatile organic compounds. But those cuts have been more than offset by the amount of VOCs churned out by trees.
The revelation challenges the notion that planting trees is a good way to clean up the atmos... Continued...
Insecticides shown to be effective weapons against the ash borer
From the Detroit Free Press, By Marty Hair
There is encouraging news about the effectiveness of insecticidal treatments to combat the emerald ash borer in landscape ash trees.
Tests at several sites this summer showed insecticides reduced the larvae population by 45 percent to 96 percent, depe... Continued...
Caribou sighted along state's North Shore (MN)
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, By Doug Smith
Mark and Pam Rosenow were driving just north of Grand Marais along Lake Superior's North Shore when they spotted it.
A caribou.
"It crossed right in front of us on the highway. I couldn't believe it," said Mark Rosenow. "It was a caribou. I'm... Continued...
UK boost for biomass fuel crops
From BBC News UK Edition, By Alex Kirby
The UK is to encourage the production of biomass, crops grown specially for use as environmentally friendly fuels.
The government is setting up a task force to stimulate biomass supply and demand, and offering a range of grants.
Ministers hope this wi... Continued...
New Jersey Bans Non-Native Plants on State Land
From the Environmental News Service
New Jersey is
prohibiting the planting of non-native species on state lands, and
the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued an
advisory list of 20 tree species, 40 shrub species, 15 vine species,
66 herb species, and 16 grass and sedge ... Continued...
Grants offered for independent prairie research in southeastern Wisconsin and Iowa
Prairie Biotic Research, Inc. is a Wisconsin nonprofit established in 2000. Our purpose is to foster biotic research in prairies. One of the ways we do this is through a Small Grants Program that funds grants up to $1000 for the study of any grassland taxa in the USA. We are especially eager to s... Continued...
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