BC Tree Planters Want Premier to Present Provincial Forest Health Strategy at Copenhagen December 16, 2009 In a year when British Columbia produced more tons of wildfire smoke than it did lumber, the province’s tree planters want Premier Campbell to announce in Copenhagen how his government’s climate change strategy will deal with B.C.’s ominous forest health crisis. Read more
New direction for U.S. forests: restore and conserve August 18, 2009 Restoration and conservation: Those are the goals that will guide management of the U.S. forest system under the Obama administration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in his first major policy address on the nation’s forests. Read more
Back to basics with the global warming debate August 11, 2009 When a two-ton tree burns to the ground, as in a forest fire, it emits into the atmosphere roughly three tons of carbon dioxide. Read more
We can still mitigate the worst effects of the pine beetle disaster May 2, 2008 The devastation wrought by the tiny mountain pine beetle was hard to comprehend even before the report last week about its potential affect on climate change. Read more
Study Questions Value of Carbon Sink July 15, 2001 A new international study questions ability of carbon sinks to permanently hold carbon. Read more
