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Federal Fire Suppression Policy Has Led To An Overabundance Of Trees
Ronald Reagan once justified logging with "a tree is a tree; how many more do you need to look at?" Besides, he warned, "trees cause more pollution than automobiles." We cringed at his biases. Yet due to forces none foresaw, Reagan's gaffes may now ring true. Today,...
NCSU Model Forecasts Long-Term Impacts Of Forest Land Use Decisions
The drive to develop crops for use as biofuel continues to raise questions about additional uses of forest land. A cutting edge computer model developed at North Carolina State University offers detailed insight to predict the environmental impact, along with...
Rattler May Qualify For Endangered Species Protection
A wildlife partnership seeking to protect the Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake accomplished a great feat Wednesday when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the snake might qualify for the Endangered Species Act. Last August, the group filed a petition to...
Forest Resources Association Hires New President
Forest Resources Association Chairman Dick Carmical recently announced that FRA had hired Deb Hawkinson to replace FRA President Richard Lewis, effective as of Lewis’s scheduled retirement on July 2, 2012. “The FRA Officer Search Team was very impressed with Deb...
Southern Research: Are Kids In The Woods?
There have been very few scientific studies on the outdoor activities of children and youth. The few that have been published are relatively small, surveying less than 500 individuals. In 2007, to address an important gap in information about kids and the outdoors,...
Louisiana Farmer Discovers A New Way For Farmland To Pay For Itself
Even in the best of times, farming in Louisiana has always been a risky business; a gamble on rainfall, storm events, and fluctuations in the price of crops, chemicals, equipment and fuel. Rather than pinning their hopes on the success of farming in a market that is...
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