SouthPro is a Microsoft Excel add-in program that simulates the management, growth and yield of uneven-aged loblolly pine stands in the Southern United States . Tabulated and graphic results show diameter distributions, basal area, volumes, income, net present value, and…

Dateline: Whoville–Responding to a call for help, one of a growing choir of people opposing mountaintop removal amplified coal field voices by publishing a letter to the editor in the Ithaca Journal located in Ithaca, NY. Click here for the…

Whoda thought YouTube helps cure homesickness? Some of the greatest musicians in these parts singin a classic by “The Band.”

[ Washington , DC ] Climate change will exact a major cost on North America ‘s timber industry and could drive as much as 40 percent of its plant and animal species extinct in a matter of decades, according to…

An international team of scientists recently concluded that the Antarctic Ocean–one of the world’s most important absorbers of carbon dioxide–is soaking up less of the devastating greenhouse gas than previously suspected. Known as “carbon sinks” these areas of the ocean…

[Mississippi] A new study confirms initial reports following Hurricane Katrina that found the massive storm left forests in south Mississippi with widespread damage. The study that included contractors and federal forest crews determined that nearly 90 percent of the region’s…

A North American wood pellet race has begun, with its eyes on exports to Europe . Biofuel pellets are made by compressing sawdust and other dried wood waste, such as forest thinnings, into a dense, high-combustion fuel source. Energex Pellet…

[ Oregon ] As part of a lead-in to this year’s GreenBuild Conference, Forest Products Solutions has launched the first-ever FSC-certified home design contest. The project has been developed to provide homebuilders, architects, developers, remodelers, homeowners and other building professionals…

Responding to a recent report indentifying five biological “hot spots” for mercury contamination in New England, New York and eastrn Canada, senators Hilary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) are co-sponsoring a bill that would establish a…

As the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) wraps up its annual convention in Boston, the STOP GE Trees Campaign and member groups from around the U.S., including Dogwood Alliance, WildLaw, Southern Forests Network, Sierra Club and Global Justice Ecology Project are…