by Web Editor | May 25, 2016 | News, News/PR
A drone start-up is going to counter industrial scale deforestation using industrial scale reforestation. BioCarbon Engineering wants to use drones for good, using the technology to seed up to one billion trees a year, all without having to set foot on the ground. 26...
by Web Editor | May 23, 2016 | News, News/PR
In a potentially futile bid to stem the spread of an invasive insect that has already wiped out 50 million ash trees in 24 states, New Jersey on Thursday announced plans to treat ash trees on state-owned lands in nine counties, including The Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus and...
by Web Editor | May 20, 2016 | News, News/PR
When Gary Lovett was studying the effect of acid rain in New York’s Catskill Mountains 20 years ago, he ended the experiment early because so many trees in the test plots were dying — not from acid rain, but from attacks by forest pests. “I consider air...
by Web Editor | May 9, 2016 | News, News/PR
Nearly 30 years ago, a coalition of longtime adversaries turned unlikely bedfellows invited the public to a weeklong workshop in the woods to have a chat about one of the most polarizing issues of the time – land management. Surrounded by stakeholders whose interests...
by Web Editor | May 2, 2016 | News, News/PR
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) announced the 2016 theme for Arson Awareness Week: Prevent Wildfire Arson—Spread the Facts Not the Fire. USFA and its partners will use the week of May 1 – 7 to focus attention on wildfire arson, particularly in the...
by Web Editor | Apr 27, 2016 | News, News/PR
Once bathed in deep green, the forests in the foothills and Sierra east of the San Joaquin Valley are increasingly turning reddish-brown as drought- and beetle-weary trees die by the month. It is a somber warning of a potentially dangerous summer. That ominous...
