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[Florida] Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced Wednesday a new public awareness initiative, “Your Forest. Managed.” This initiative teams landowners across the state with their county forester to ensure the future health of Florida ‘ s forests. This is the most comprehensive outreach in the department ‘ s Division of Forestry…

[ Vermont ] More than half of Vermont towns already have a town forest, where any member of the community is welcome and neighbors come together to enjoy wildlife, pursue recreation like hunting, hiking, and skiing, and manage the land by clearing invasive species, caring for trails, and other stewardship activities. Many towns also offer…

From the Astronomy picture of the day website: Thats us between two of Saturn’s rings, about 3/4 of the way across and a little north of the middle. In the enlarged image, you can see the moon to the upper lefthand side. Well…its either the moon or an angelic glow coming from the Appalachian Mountains.…

Harold Ford (D)(right) has pulled even against former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker (R)(left) in the Senate campaign in Tennessee. I’m from Chattanooga, so I’ve been watching this one since the beginning. Ford has been able to stay competitive in fundraising, and has fabulous ads. Folks all over the state are talkin about this one about…

Linkies for Thursday September 28th. As always, news junkies MUST read OHVEC’s daily news links. ‘Is God Green?’ Bill Moyers PBS program examines the debate among Christians. For more than a decade, the National Council of Churches and other middle-church groups have been singularly devoted to their calling of taking care of the earth. Now,…

Austin Hall, who does our “Appalachian Treasures” roadshow to key congressional districts all around the country, will be on a talk show this morning at 10am EST. Live from Chicago, the show is called Faithfully Subversive, a progressive Christian show, and you can listen on it streaming on http://wdbx.org/

Honda Motor Co., Japan ‘ s third- largest automaker, and a Japanese research group have developed technology to make ethanol from inedible plants instead of corn and sugarcane. The carmaker and Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth have developed a way to make the fuel from leaves and stalks of plants, the company…

[ California ] The mapping of the genome of the black cottonwood, a member of the poplar family, which was announced in the Sept. 15 issue of the journal Science, is significant in that it raises the likelihood that growers will some day be able to plant poplar plantations that will yield nearly twice as…

+Cool! Sportsmen target global warming, and so do the churches. Even the the Evangelicals are on our side on this one!! Where is the government response? +Where do the “jobs” go when your mine runs out of coal after 29 years? +Maybe it’s not all just for the sake of the kids.… In a letter…

If you live in Tennessee or Southern Kentucky, I strongly urge you to go to the following event tonight. I know “Save Our Cumberland Mountins” (SOCM) is involved, and I know they do great work, along with the other Tennessee groups. They will be asking popular Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (D) to end strip mining…