WA’s older forests capture carbon better than nearly any other
These big trees, in their roots, needles and branches, hold more carbon longer than any young plantation. They are world ...
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‘Legacy’ Forests. ‘Restoration’ Logging. The New Jargon of Conservation Is Awash in Ambiguity. And Politics
Among environmentalists, government agencies and logging interests, a war of words is raging over the future of our forests.
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We have forests to thank
Forests are habitat for hundreds of species, places of community and contribute to resilient landscapes. Here are five ...
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Curious Iowa: Why does Iowa’s landscape look the way it does today?
In this installment of Curious Iowa, a Gazette series that answers readers’ questions about our state and its culture, we look at parts of Iowa’s history to understand why its landscape looks how it ...
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Discovery of 3,800-year-old artifact mentioned in Bible story
The 'scarlet worm' mentioned in the Bible is a scale insect, which lives in oak trees, with the main species of the ancient world being ... he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and ...
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Bear hair and fish weirs: Meet the Indigenous people combining modern science with ancestral principles to protect the land
The Heiltsuk of British Columbia are using a mix of traditional principles and modern implementation to protect salmon and ...
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Where Can You Find the Tallest Tree in Minnesota?
Based on this point system, the largest tree in Minnesota is the Eastern Cottonwood which has a total point value of 527.5.