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Can ‘re-greening’ the planet make economic sense?

March 15, 2017 by David Atkins Leave a Comment

Robert Walls, part of the chocker setters/rigging crew at Ellsworth, choke logs to be yarded at the preserve. The Nature Conservancy's 7,600 acre Ellsworth Creek Preserve links with the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge along more than five miles of Willapa Bay shoreline. The Conservancy purchased the entire watershed to protect old-growth forest, salmon, amphibians, birds and more. Working with partners Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, TNC implements common forest management goals and shares strategies and results. Working together, nearly $1 million in restoration grants has been secured. Photo credit: © Chris Crisman

In our “climate” section, Treesource.org will cover all aspects of forest, climate and weather interactions, from drought-stressed forests and their susceptibility to insects, diseases and wildfires to the upheaval caused by an overabundance of … [Continue reading]

Video: Longleaf Pine restoration projects

March 10, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

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Climate change comes to northern Idaho: Extreme weather, more frequent avalanches, reconfigured watersheds

March 6, 2017 by Sherry Devlin Leave a Comment

Kevin Davis has spent 20-plus years working and playing in the wintry backcountry of Sandpoint’s bookend mountain ranges. On the job for the U.S. Forest Service and the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center, Davis monitors weather fronts and SNOTEL … [Continue reading]

Skiers unexpected, but passionate advocates for climate protection

February 13, 2017 by Sherry Devlin Leave a Comment

Porter Fox is not a fortune teller. He has no crystal ball. Rather, he is a skier turned ski writer – the most prolific in the industry, known for his meticulous research and fierce love of winter and snow and the lifestyle they … [Continue reading]

2 degrees

February 13, 2017 by Sherry Devlin Leave a Comment

Human beings have never lived on a planet that was 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than it was before they began powering civilization with fossil fuels. … [Continue reading]