It's Friday: Here's Your Week in Trees

January 25, 2013 at 11:00 am by Amanda Cooke

Here's your tree news from around the world this week:

There are 10 species of maple native to Canada. None of which, according to several botanists, are the maple printed on Canada's new $20 bill. Which species do YOU think it is? [CBC News]
Greece's economic crisis has led to vast environmental devastation and a public health emergency due to the country's newfound appetite for firewood [Associated Press]
Climb a tree during the Presidential Inauguration, get banned for life from the District of Columbia. Yikes. [The Washington Post]
Can the medicinal copaíba oil help provide income for people living deep in the Amazon? [Planet Earth Online]
When the U.S. Forest Service looked at counties infested by the emerald ash borer, researchers found increased human mortality rates compared to unaffected counties [The Atlantic]
Several factors--hungry deer, drought, and development--have drastically changed the forest in one of Minnesota's most popular and scenic areas [Minnesota Public Radio, hat tip to My Minnesota Woods]
Forests are at the root great fishing, according to Mike Duval of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources [The Pilot Independent]
Sometimes I file my nails while sitting at my desk. This elephant files her nails with a branch [Wildlife Extra]
"The new vision for the forests of Cyprus is the preservation, protection, expansion, improvement and sustainable management of forest resources," Cypriot government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said in a statement this week [Cyprus Mail]
AFF representatives have been appointed to serve on USDA's Forest Resource Coordinating Committee! [AFF Newsroom]