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News archives

Monday, April 30, 2007

Time Inc., UPM to study logging effects on Acadian forest (Canada)
New Brunswick forest will be the focus of a study by magazine giant Time Inc. and one of its paper suppliers, UPM. The study, to be conducted by a PhD student at l'Université de Moncton, will examine the impact of forestry on biodiversity in the Acadian forest and will focus on a section of Crown... Continued...

Friday, April 27, 2007

California backs lowering formaldehyde in wood
California regulators adopted new standards Thursday to slash the amount of formaldehyde allowed in wood products, a move they say will save hundreds of people from getting cancer every year. Over objections from some businesses, the California Air Resources Board approved new rules they say wil... Continued...

Thursday, April 26, 2007

A taste of the pinelands: Students learn about plants, forest up close (NJ)
A group of 52 science students from Little Egg Harbor Township Intermediate School had the opportunity get out of the classroom and enjoy Tuesday's summer-like weather while strolling through a forest they later helped to preserve. The excursion was part of a four-day event at the Warren Grove Gunn... Continued...

Skyscrapers of nature: 'Wild Trees'
All good storytellers find ways to win audiences at the outset and then keep them engaged till the end. It is just this skill that has been the key to Richard Preston's success as a writer. His earlier books ("The Hot Zone," "The Demon in the Freezer," and "The Cobra Event") were medical mysteries i... Continued...

Certifying coffee aids farmers and forests in Chiapas
Miguel Moshán Méndez’s troubles have piled up over the past two years. Like other coffee growers here in the impoverished state of Chiapas, he suffered devastating losses when Hurricane Stan passed through 18 months ago, tearing coffee trees from hillsides. He lost half his trees, then borrowed ... Continued...

Kenyans plant trees to coax back flamingos
Five years ago, dead flamingos littered the drying shores of Lake Nakuru in Kenya's scenic Rift Valley. Sickly birds struggled to stand upright while stray dogs scavenged on the depleted flock. The once world-renowned heartland of the majestic birds - with their long necks and striking... Continued...

India gets international help to protect its forests
India, which is fast losing its forests to over-exploitation, will get help in protecting its green cover from an Austrian research organisation which signed up the country as a member this month. The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria - a non-governmental resea... Continued...

Wood sold in Minn., Wis., may have ash borer
Agriculture officials in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota said Wednesday that Taylors Wood Products firewood sold at Menards and possibly some other stores may contain emerald ash borers, which have killed more than 20 million trees in other states. Officials said consumers should burn the w... Continued...

Demand grows for environmentally friendly materials for backyard structures (IL)
Here in the suburbs, the construction of backyard decks has become as much a sign of spring as baseball and barbecues. It's no wonder. Decks add value to a home and provide the perfect escape from the winter blues, a place to grill some burgers, read a book or just enjoy some quiet moments of war... Continued...

Officials: Quarantined wood infiltrated Minn., Wis.
State agriculture officials in Minnesota and Wisconsin on Wednesday asked consumers to immediately burn any Taylors Wood Products firewood sold at Menards and possibly other stores because it may contain emerald ash borers. The notice came after the states learned that thousands of bundles of fir... Continued...

Region has lost 8,000 forestry jobs in 2 years, study says (Canada)
In just two years, Atlantic Canada’s embattled forestry industry has shed 8,000 jobs, a dramatic decline that amounts to more than double the national average, a new study says. The figures, compiled by the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, show the industry lost almost one quarter of its jobs... Continued...

Expert says wildfires may carry some benefit for certain areas (WI)
Recent wildfires in Jackson County have charred hundreds of acres, but the burning actually could prove beneficial to some areas, a state fire expert said. The county has had at least four fires in the past week in both forest and field lands, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Res... Continued...

How to manage forests in hurricane impact zones
Forest Service researchers have developed an adaptive strategy to help natural resource managers in the southeastern United States both prepare for and respond to disturbance from major hurricanes. In an article published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management, John Stanturf, Scott Goodrick, a... Continued...

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

More green building planned for rural Minnesota
Hundreds of new homes are built in rural Minnesota each year, and with any luck more and more of those houses will feature green building practices such as energy-efficient design and the use of local materials. “A well-designed house can be more affordable to heat and cool, and it can als... Continued...

Rainforest Alliance awards first SmartLogging certification to Maine Master Logger Certification Program
The Rainforest Alliance, an international non-profit conservation organization, has granted a new responsible logging certification called SmartLogging to a program in Maine managed by the Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands, a non-profit organization formed by logging contractors that aims to e... Continued...

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Researchers probe fossilized rain forest (IL)
Standing on the wind-swept flatlands of southern Vermilion County, you might think you'd have to drive the 180 miles to Chicago's Field Museum to find the nearest fossilized tree trunk from the Pennsylvania Age, 300 million years ago. Nah, just drill straight down. That's where coal miners worki... Continued...

Monday, April 23, 2007

'Gold rush' for wood flooring is destroying endangered habitat (United Kingdom)
British shoppers are unwittingly playing a part in the destruction of one of the world's last great wildlife habitats by buying flooring made of endangered wood from "paradise forests". Just as demand for mahogany is disfiguring the Amazon, demand for the golden wood merbau is doing immense dama... Continued...

Life is hanging by a thread
Recently the International Panel on Climate Change issued a report predicting an alarming array of impacts of climate change around the globe, including drought, floods, lower crop yields, threatened food security, wildfire and ocean acidification. It seems that no living thing in this web of life w... Continued...

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Single microbe yields ethanol, plus eco-friendly glue (WI)
Squeezing more ethanol from cellulose—the basic material from which all plants are made—is still a lofty goal for scientists. The process uses expensive enzymes that are limited in their ability to convert stubbornly rigid plant cells walls into fuels. Now, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ... Continued...

Don't laugh - Air potatoes are dangerous
Air potatoes were established in the United States in the early 1900s by gardeners who admired their attractive leaves, but the plants soon spread beyond garden borders and are now wreaking havoc on wild lands by displacing native species. The vining, climbing plant can reach the tops of trees t... Continued...