American Forest Foundation Blog
What's Up With The Farm Bill?
For the past few months AFF ramped up its 2012 Farm Bill effort to influence the Agriculture Committees’ proposal to the Super Committee. In light of the Super Committee’s failure, the Agriculture Committees’ proposal was never released, but from what we’ve heard, there was both good news and bad news.
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PLT GreenSchools! in Connecticut: Young Naturalists Inspire Hope
As an urban forester—or a “forest-her,” as my mother would say—I have made a commitment to protect the health of the forests in which we live, work and play. But I have also made a commitment to the educational development of our youth, who will be protecting our forests after me.
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Celebrate and Help Protect America’s Forests
The holidays are a time when I can help out those who are less fortunate and support my community, in order to celebrate one another. When you are making your year-end donations this year, please consider a gift to the American Forest Foundation.
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What’s Next for the Farm Bill and Forest Conservation?
The Congressional "supercommittee" was unable to reach an agreement on an alternative to the sequestration as the co-chairs announced. While this unfortunate circumstance will initiate automatic cuts in scores of federal programs, it also leaves more uncertainty in its wake.
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It's Friday: Here's Your Week in Trees
In honor of Veterans Day weekend, entrance fees have been waived at all national parks and forests this weekend. Get outside this weekend - and be sure to thank a service member today. Here's your daily dose of tree news from the around the world this week.
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PLT GreenSchools! Gives My Students Leadership Opportunities—And a Voice
All the projects our Green Rivers club has undertaken have grown from a Project Learning Tree GreenSchools! training that I, two science teachers, and two of our seventh-graders attended back in the fall of 2009.
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Five GreenSchools! Students Take on a Roomful of Science Teachers
Recently five middle school students from Two Rivers Magnet Middle School in Connecticut had the opportunity to present at a National Science Teachers Association conference in Hartford about what their green team does and what they have accomplished.
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It's Friday: Here's Your Week In Trees
This week, discover the forest with Cheecker the spokes-squirrel, drool over real maple syrup, and cheer on NYC Marathoners as they run through Central Park, which lost 1,000 trees in last weekend's storm.
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Discover the Forest with Cheecker
Greetings! Cheecker here, writing you from the forest—my favorite place in the world. I’m here with some great tips on how to get you and your family back into nature this fall.
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