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Tennessee’s Urban Forests Valued In The Billions
Tennessee's urban forests, currently valued at about $80 billion, also provide almost $650 million in benefits such as carbon storage, pollution removal, and energy reduction according to a new U.S. Forest Service report. The authors of Urban Forests of Tennessee,...
Alabama Timber Industry Facing Tough Times
Experts fear a host of factors are coming together to create a storm, possibly even a perfect storm, across Alabama's forest landscape, which is the reason why they are stepping up efforts to warn timberland owners about this potential calamity and to advise them...
Southeast Biomass Study: Is It Too Late?
A new study of southeastern forests in the U.S. finds that in the long run, burning wood instead of fossil fuels to make electricity can reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but not soon enough to prevent worsening the conditions leading to global...
Georgia Forestry Commission Celebrates ‘The Lorax’
The Georgia Forestry Commission is giving away 60,000 tree seedlings statewide in celebration of the health and sustainability of Georgia forests and the movie, "The Lorax." In conjunction with the release of Dr. Seuss' classic tale about ecosystem awareness, the...
USFS Distributes Money To States
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that more than $307 million is being distributed to 41 states and Puerto Rico for public schools and roads and specific county programs. "The annual revenue sharing payments are part of the Department of...
Texas Drought Takes Toll On Urban Forests
An estimated 5.6 million trees that once shaded homes, streets and parks in communities across Texas now are dead as a result of last year’s unrelenting drought. The finding comes from a study conducted by Texas Forest Service urban foresters, who spent the last month...
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