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Source: Department of Environmental Conservation Warmer climates have speeded up, yet debates continue about the best way to slow the increase of carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon needs to be pulled out of the atmosphere and put into long-term storage elsewhere. This process is called carbon sequestration, and high-technology ways to accomplish it are being explored.worldwide. […]
Source: Journal Review After listening to John Seifert discuss his career, it becomes clear that the biggest headache for any forestry manager isn’t science, the weather or uncooperative lumberjacks- it is the general.public. The problem is all the people who don’t understand the body of science behind timber management and who become highly agitated whenever […]
Source: Timber West By: Bob Williams More than 100 years ago, folks like Teddy Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, started a movement that brought true conservation of natural resources to the forefront of our environmental concerns. Over the last 40 years, our country has lost its conservation-based land […]
Source: Kristin Butler Design The word on the street is wood. Have you noticed it is everywhere? Storming both interior and exterior settings, wood is making a comeback in a fresh and exciting way. We are not talking about old school 1960’s paneled rooms and dark dated trim. Now it’s all about wood accent walls […]
Source: Mother Board It’s estimated the some 60 percent of freshwater in the United States comes from forests. Trees catch rain as it falls, serving as a filtering and cleansing mechanism as the water makes its way downward into the underground aquifers that we humans depend on for our fresh-water supplies. As human water needs […]