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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? »
The tree helped build industrial America before disease wiped out an estimated three billion or more of them. To revive th...
Friday, May 8, 2020
Look beyond rainforests to protect trees, scientists say »
Temperate and tropical dry forests—not just rainforests—are home to thousands of unique tree species, a new study reveals....
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
The History of Earth Day »
Earth Day 1970 gave a voice to an emerging public consciousness about the state of our...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Forestry practice inspired by wildfire could help save grizzly bears, study shows »
A shift in how Alberta forests are managed could benefit grizzly bears, according to new research from the University of A...
Monday, May 6, 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Airport tree cutting part of flawed plan »
By Idaho Mountain Express The acquisition of the approximately 65 acres south of the Friedman Memorial Airport and the...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
The last great tree: a majestic relic of Canada's vanishing rainforest »
On a cool morning in the winter of 2011, Dennis Cronin parked his truck by the side of a dirt...
Thursday, February 21, 2019
DEC giving out free tree seedlings to prevent soil erosion »
ALBANY — New York state landowners whose property borders rivers and lakes can apply for...
Saturday, February 2, 2019
'Test tube trees': An insurance policy against extinction? »
The seedling of the mighty oak has had an unusual start in life.  ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Manheim Twp. resident is Pa.'s first female state forester, oversees 2.2 million acres of forests »
Sometimes, Pennsylvania’s first female state forester gazes out the backyard window of her...
Friday, January 18, 2019
Can We Help Our Forests Prepare for Climate Change? »
ON A DECOMMISSIONED naval base in Maine owned by Acadia National Park, about a  ...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Ash woodlands 'may flourish once again' »
Scientists say there is hope that some ash forests will be able to survive a devastating tree...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Why Trees Matter »
TREES are on the front lines of our changing climate. And when the oldest trees in the world...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
A second life for elms »
Sacramento is one of only a few places still graced by old, towering elms that line our city...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Pakistan's incoming government to plant '10 billion trees' »
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN —  Pakistan's incoming government under Prime Minister-elect Imran...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Can a DNA database save the trees? These scientists hope so »
Forests are disappearing. Maps show shrinking woodlands all over the world. Even trees...
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Tropical forests suffered 2nd-worst loss of trees on record last year »
Last year marked another record year of loss for tropical forests.  ...
Friday, July 13, 2018
Tamil Nadu's disappearing palm trees »
The palmyra, which is on the cusp of extinction in Tamil Nadu, is seeing a wave of support from...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Raiders of the lost bark »
Tree-ring researchers are used to rough conditions — but they’re not survivalists. Fortunately,...
Monday, July 2, 2018
We nearly killed off these trees. But biotech can bring them back. »
SYRACUSE — American chestnuts used to be unique and beautiful trees, providing  ...
Thursday, May 24, 2018
An archive of ancient tree DNA will help us clone the ones we destroy »
David Milarch started archiving “champion trees” 20 years ago, after a near-death experience...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Koloa bypass pruning on pause »
  Local arborist Maureen Murphy, RCA #474, is teaching the County of Kauai how to prune the 2...
Friday, June 2, 2017
Tree surgeons scrambled to Blenheim Palace cedar made famous by Harry Potter »
By The Telegraph Arboriculturalists are working their magic on a historic tree that featured in a Harry Potter film...
Thursday, June 1, 2017
This man is cloning old-growth redwoods and planting them in safe places »
By Tree Hugger David Milarch is on a quest to save California's coast redwoods, some of the world's oldest and larg...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Science Finds a Way to Bring Back the American Chestnut Tree »
By The Star In target, scope, and sheer lethal speed, the obliteration of the American chestnut is an ecological disas...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Designer Forests: Scientists Hope to Tune Up Canada's Trees to Thrive in Changing Climate »
By The Province Forest geneticists aim to tune up Canada’s working forests with trees better suited to changing climat...
Friday, November 11, 2016   (0 Comments - view/add)
47 Genes That Might Help Us Help Vulnerable Trees Survive Climate Change »
Two tree species use the same genes to adapt to climate, which might help us understand how others could survive in a chan...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Rare Old-Growth Forest Protected in Northeast Minnesota »
The Nature Conservancy announced that it has purchased an old-growth forest northwest of Minnesota’s George H. Crosby Mani...