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Trees Bent By American Indians Being Identified and Preserved
“If they could talk, the stories they could tell,” Steve Houser, an arborist and founding member of the Dallas Historic Tree Coalition, told the Associated Press. The trees, he said, “were like an early road map” for American Indians. The trees are known as Indian...
Dogs Sniffing Out Arsonists In Alabama
Blaze, a 4-year-old bloodhound, has some serious skills that have impressed his partner and colleagues with the Alabama Forestry Commission's arson investigation team. There have been times when Blaze has led investigators right to the front door of a suspected...
Auburn Researchers Use Dogs To Find Pythons
Jake loves to work. The black Labrador loves to work so much that he doesn't even care for the reward he receives when he does his job successfully. "That's pretty unusual," said Dr. Todd Steury, assistant professor of Wildlife Ecology in the School of Forestry and...
Opinions Mixed On New U.S. Forest Service Planning Rule
The U.S. Forest Service’s recently released planning rule could turn the agency into a more efficient decision maker or create a department of perpetual planning, depending on who you listen to. “We are ready to start a new era of planning that takes less time, costs...
Cherokee National Forest Restoration Plan In The Works
The North Zone of the Cherokee National Forest is in need of some help. Spanning seven counties in upper east Tennessee, the North Zone is an incredible asset to the local economies of the region, as a supply of drinking water, a tourism destination and a source of...
Selma Biomass Plant To Start In 2013
U.S. biomass producer Zilkha Biomass expects its first large-scale commercial pellet plant to be operational by late 2013, the company has told Argus Media. Zilkha acquired a 500,000 t/yr regular “white” pellet plant in Selma, Alabama, two years ago when the previous...
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