https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWahv7yUfGc&feature=youtu.be A long-running collaborative effort in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico is proving the potential for communication, compromise and change when diverse groups sit down … [Continue reading]
Publisher’s Notebook: Happy holidays from Treesource!
The smell of a fresh-cut tree is a wonderful thing. A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I took our 3½-year-old and 10-month-old grandsons, Emerson and Rowan, out to our forest land to collect a couple of Christmas trees. Emerson cut down his own … [Continue reading]
Federal judges invoke ‘The Lorax’ in defense of trees over pipeline permit
Quoting Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax,” the Fourth Circuit spoke for the trees this month by scrapping a key federal permit for a planned section of a natural gas pipeline crossing 21 miles of national forest in Virginia, including a section of the … [Continue reading]
Climate change shrinks winter snowpack, damaging Northeast’s forests
Climate change often conjures up images of heat, drought and hurricanes. But according to the latest U.S. National Climate Assessment, released on Nov. 23, 2018, winters have warmed three times faster than summers in the Northeast in recent years. … [Continue reading]
Federal judge: U.S. law doesn’t protect ancient redwoods as ‘natural wonders’
SAN FRANCISCO – A judge’s stark warning that natural wonders have no right to exist under federal law unsettled a group of conservationists fighting a proposed highway project through a majestic grove of ancient redwood trees in Northern … [Continue reading]
Climate change and wildfires: How do we know there’s a link?
Once again, the summer and fall of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere has brought us an epidemic of major wildfires. These burn forests, houses and other structures, displace thousands of people and animals, and cause major disruptions in people’s … [Continue reading]
Publisher’s Notebook: ‘I am concerned about saving the planet!’
My question was simple: "Why are you here?" And so was the answer: "I am concerned about saving the planet!" This past weekend, I was on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the Alliance for Green Heat’s Woodstove Design Competition. As a … [Continue reading]
50 years on, Wild & Scenic Rivers critical to healthy landscapes, species
Several notable birthdays were observed on October 2. In political and human rights circles, Mahatma Gandhi was remembered. In the music industry, Sting turned 67. TV host Kelly Ripa turned 48. Portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz celebrated her … [Continue reading]
How fast does a spruce tree grow in SE Alaska? Count the dead salmon nearby
Every year thousands of sockeye salmon meet their end in Hansen Creek, a pebble-strewn tributary of Lake Aleknagik in southwestern Alaska, whether from old age or at the paws and jaws of a brown bear. Either way, they’re almost certainly destined to … [Continue reading]
In a warming world, risk of ‘cascading’ natural disasters on the rise
In a warming world, the dangers from natural disasters are changing. In a recent commentary, we identified a number of costly and deadly catastrophes that point to an increase in the risk of “cascading” events – ones that intensify the impacts of … [Continue reading]
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