In the Field
Developing the Next Generation of Community Forestry Stakeholders
Objective 3.1 Develop the next generation of community forestry stakeholders. On March 26th and 27th, the Texas A&M Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry participated in Farm Day at the Fair by highlighting its partners with planes, jobs available in forestry and urban forestry and some of the tools used by foresters and arborists. Civil Air Patrol, First Lieutenant Daniel
In the Field – February 2025 Reads
Environmentalists push for stronger old-growth protections in Northwest Forest Plan – OPB https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/31/environmentalists-old-growth-northwest-forest-plan-protections/ Thimmamma Marrimanu – The World’s Biggest Tree – The Treeographer https://thetreeographer.com/2017/10/11/thimmamma-marrimanu-the-worlds-biggest-tree/ Indonesia deforestation rises for third year running: NGO https://phys.org/news/2025-01-indonesia-deforestation-rose-ngo.html Meet The World’s Most ‘Safeguarded’ Tree—A Jurassic Survivor Thought Extinct Until 1994 https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2025/02/06/meet-the-worlds-most-safeguarded-tree-a-jurassic-survivor-thought-extinct-until-1994/ Study links South Oak Cliff Renaissance Park to crime drop | FOX 4 Dallas-Fort
In the Field – January 2025 Reads
Environmentalists push for stronger old-growth protections in Northwest Forest Plan – OPB https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/31/environmentalists-old-growth-northwest-forest-plan-protections/ Forestry experts question Michigan DNR’s plan to cut state land for solar – mlive.com https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/01/forestry-experts-question-michigan-dnrs-plan-to-cut-state-land-for-solar.html From the ashes: how a mayor beat the loggers to turn the Amazon green again | Global development | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/07/brazil-amazon-paragominas-deforestation-landgrabs-shootouts-logging-slash-burn-farming-green-sustainability 50 years in the woods: How Oregon’s forestry workforce has
USDA Forest Service announces open grant opportunity to strengthen forest products economy
https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/10/24/usda-forest-service-announces-open-grant-opportunity-strengthen
Tennessee calls on residents to collect acorns for white oak restoration
https://newschannel9.com/news/local/tennessee-calls-on-residents-to-collect-acorns-for-white-oak-restoration
The Northeast Has Unexpected Old-Growth Forests That Survived Colonial Axes
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/styles/localcolumnwidth/public/2024-06/SMSU24-Old-Growth-White-Pine-Opener-V-WB.jpg.webp?itok=E2TFsoiC
Modern mass extinction in an Ecuadorean cloud forest found to be a mirage
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-modern-mass-extinction-ecuadorean-cloud.html
Millions of seedlings planted to bring Interlake forest back from the ashes
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/devils-lake-reforestation-project-1.7348114
How eastern US forests look almost a century after chestnut trees started disappearing
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/06/nx-s1-5140040/how-eastern-us-forests-look-almost-a-century-after-chestnut-trees-started-disappearing
Best ideas for removing old tree stumps
https://www.panolian.com/2024/10/08/best-ideas-for-removing-old-tree-stumps/