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[ South Carolina ] Conservation corridors are a boon for plant diversity, according to a new study that researchers say proves a widely practiced but still controversial theory. Proof that the networks help preserve multiple plants and animals at large scales has remained elusive until now. A team of scientists led by Ellen Damschen, an…

We’ll be at our week in Washington until Thursday working to end mountaintop removal coal-mining. Call your representative if you want to help us out.

Federal officials say a new plan will be devised for a logging proposal near Blowing Rock that has drawn intense public opposition. Forestry officials got more than 1,200 comments from the public, with most against cutting trees on 231 acres in Pisgah National Forest. Opponents of the plan said the cutting, in an area known…

The Forest Guild teams up with Southern Forestry Foundation and Biltmore Forest to demonstrate results of soft silviculture and light touch logging [ North Carolina ] More than a century has passed since the Vanderbilts recruited Gifford Pinchot, and his successor, Carl Schenck, to introduce scientific forest management in Biltmore Forest . They rescued the…

Sign-up for the $504.1 million Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP) officially started on July 17th. This program is aimed at helping landowners and operators restore and enhance forestland damaged by the hurricanes that occurred in 2005. To be eligible for the EFCRP, in general, a producer must have experienced at least a 35% loss…

What do the comics say about MTR?

New building project certification standard approved Have you ever taken off from an FSC-certified airport? Or had an appointment with your doctor at an FSC-certified clinic? This might just be on your door step. A new [Forest Stewardship Council] standard for the certification of projects makes it possible to promote the use of FSC-certified wood…

[ Virginia ] You can invest in both protection and intelligent use of our local forests-those in the Blue Ridge Region-and make money on it. It ‘ s a kind of digestible environmentalism for capitalists, one that nets profits, ensures the dilemma of passage of land to safe hands and results in the type of…

[Alabama] With the escalating worldwide demand for new sources of energy, Auburn University is launching a new research center to bolster research already under way or planned for the near future in several schools and colleges. Interim President Ed Richardson said that the university will provide a one-year grant to launch the new Auburn Alternative…

[ Oregon ] A group of forestry and public policy experts has proposed 19 indicators that will provide critical information about Oregon ‘ s public and private forests and measure progress towards the sustainable management of those forests. “The committee ‘ s work is already receiving national and international attention, and is being watched carefully…