It's Friday: Here's Your Week in Trees
September 28, 2012 at 3:30 pm by Amanda Cooke
Highlights from this week's tree news include time travel and space travel. Here's your tree news from around the world:
- A chunk of a redwood tree, sealed in volcanic rock more than 50 million years ago, was discovered in Canada's Northwest Territories [Mother Nature Network]
- A New Jersey arboretum has planted two eastern white pines that traveled aboard the Columbia Space Shuttle as seeds [Manalapan Patch]
- This ancient limber pine is likely the oldest living thing in Oregon [The Oregonian]
- Nearly 301 million trees died in rural Texas because of the 2011 drought [USA Today]
- For your viewing pleasure: a tree house photo gallery [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Using the latest wetlands restoration science, one Maryland landowner has created a wildlife haven [USDA Blog]
- Bilingual forest experts are gathering in New Mexico to discuss prescribed burns, fire management, and grassland and forest conservation practices [New York Times' Green]
- There's new breed of ginseng poachers in town [Christian Science Monitor]
- Researchers are experimenting with genetic modification of poplar tree height growth [ScienceDaily]
- Humans must maximize the role that forests and wooded land play in food security, said the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization [UPI.com]
- To reduce the risk of wildfire, family forest owners need more resources [AFF Blog]
The American Forest Foundation shares your love for the land! Take a look at AFF's newest Facebook photo album, with some of our favorite nature photos from our personal collections.
