Scientists decode the DNA of one of America's most iconic trees, the white oak
Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one ...
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Scientists decode DNA of white oak tree
Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...
Fired US Forest Service and National Park Service workers say cuts will be felt on fire lines
Fired U.S. National Forest and National Parks employees are speaking out about the mass layoffs by the Trump administration.
Meet the guy on a mission to chronicle New York’s most significant trees
Photographer Brian Kelley travels to every corner of state in search of the biggest, oldest, and most culturally or ...
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Forest of rare trees in Zanzibar now earmarked for ‘eco-resort’
BOTANISTS have found a stand of rare trees in Zanzibar not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa. The intsia trees ...
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Scientists decode the DNA of one of America’s most iconic trees
Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...
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In Minnesota’s Arrowhead, balsam firs ravaged by an especially bad spruce budworm outbreak ramp up fire fears
Fire fears grow as insect that feasts on the conifers has exploded in the northeastern part of the state at a level not seen ...
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Tree diversity is the key to forest survival
Anthony Taylor is an associate professor with the University of New Brunswick specializing in the relationship between ...
‘America’s tree’ is missing. Will we do what it takes to bring it back?
Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut. Bruce Beehler is a ...
Wildfire incinerated a Tahoe ski area. Three years later, it's unrecognizable.
About three years after the Calder Fire damaged parts of Sierra-at-Tahoe, the ski resort is making a comeback.
How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The layoffs of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources to help prevent and fight wildfires.