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Face it: All forests are "sluts"

If an allegedly untouched piece of woodland is "virgin forest," what does that make a forest that’s been logged or burnt or otherwise used by humans over the years?

by Sharon Friedman, Apr 13, 2012
A tree-climber's tale of harvesting cones to save whitebark pines

As whitebark pines in the Northern Rockies succumb to pine beetles and blister rust, hardworking climbers defy gravity to collect pine cones from canopies to supply efforts to breed more resilient and resistant trees.

by Hal Herring, Dec 19, 2011
A forest in flux

Jon R. Luoma examines old-growth forests through the eyes of the scientists who study them in The Hidden Forest: The Biography of an Ecosystem

by Ewen Callaway, Aug 06, 2007
Weathering the academic storm

Dan Donato, whose controversial study on salvage logging sparked an academic firestorm, talks about his research and all it provoked

by Erin Halcomb, May 28, 2007
Trees — A different shade of green

Increasingly, Western cities are planting trees to save energy as well as provide beauty

by Fletcher Jacobs, Nov 13, 2006
Tribes look to cash in with 'tree-market' environmentalism

The Nez Perce Tribe is trying to combat global warming – and make a few bucks – by planting trees for carbon dioxide sequestration

by Joshua Zaffos, Jun 12, 2006
Communities and Forests: Where People Meet theLand

Communities and Forests: Where People Meet the Land, is a collection of essays, edited by Robert G. Lee and Donald R Field, examining changing styles of forest management

by Staff, Apr 17, 2006
For this logger, twisted trees are the future

Woodworker Gordon West turns small and irregular pine logs into useful building materials in his shop near Silver City, N.M.

by Peter Friederici, May 02, 2005
New ways to work in the woods

The National Network of Forest Practitioners restores forests and streams while creating sustainable jobs in local communities

by Greg Hanscom, Nov 08, 2004

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Results for keyword: forestry

Face it: All forests are "sluts"

A tree-climber's tale of harvesting cones to save whitebark pines

A forest in flux

Weathering the academic storm

Trees — A different shade of green

Tribes look to cash in with 'tree-market' environmentalism

Communities and Forests: Where People Meet theLand

For this logger, twisted trees are the future

New ways to work in the woods

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