How risk retention groups can expand and improve prescribed burning practices The post Fighting Fire With Finance appeared first on PERC.| PERC
Examples from around the world of creative conservation in action The post Snapshots: Summer 2025 appeared first on PERC.| PERC
Planting trees is seen as a cornerstone of efforts to avert climate breakdown. But a major new study in Science finds their potential has been drastically overstated – and relying on forests to offset carbon emissions could distract from the urgent need to cut fossil fuel use. The post Trees Alone Won’t Save Us: New Study Says Forestation Has Less Potential To Fix The Climate Than Hoped appeared first on Study Finds.| Study Finds
Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities. The post Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire appeared first on High Country News.| High Country News
This widely popular regulation protects 58.5 million acres of national forests and 1,600 at-risk species. The Trump administration wants gut it. The post The Roadless Rule Is on the Chopping Block — and So Are Our Wildest Forests appeared first on The Revelator.| The Revelator
Every year, around the middle of summer, Alex Lack finds himself surprised by the buzz in Bradfield Woods, the forest he manages in Suffolk, a county in eastern England. Standing in a glade on a warm summer day, insects flit busily between shrubs and wildflowers. Hundreds of red admiral, peacock... The post The Ancient Woodland Practice Boosting British Biodiversity appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful.| Reasons to be Cheerful
The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest. The post What the Tongass Needs is Time to Heal, Not More Logging appeared first on Earthjustice.| Earthjustice
Did you know that the Roadless Rule protects 58.5M acres of our National Forests from logging, oil, and gas extraction? Learn how this rule is important for our public lands and why it's under attack.| Dogwood Alliance
Positive tipping points can restore ecosystems through small actions, fostering biodiversity, better health, and sustainable practices for a healthier planet.| A greener life, a greener world
There’s a deep remembering that happens when we connect with spring water - not just as a resource, but as a living relationship with the land beneath our feet.| Find A Spring
As fire season ramps up, thousands of Forest Service firefighting positions are vacant.| High Country News
Forest Primeval, California Redwoods “The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always…They are ambassadors from another time.” John Steinbeck T…| Travels and Trifles
MUFG’s lack of due diligence raises questions about its zero-deforestation commitments Japan’s largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), adopted a policy against peatland destruction, yet one of its bank subsidiaries continues to finance firms that, well…destroy peatlands. Recently, we raised questions about the credibility of MUFG’s zero-deforestation commitments given that it had provided hundreds of millions […]| Forests & Finance
Proactive restoration, backed by bipartisan leadership and regulatory reform, is our best defense against megafires.| PERC
Here's what Earthjustice is doing about it. The post Winter Storms Are Hitting Harder Due to Climate Change appeared first on Earthjustice.| Earthjustice
Here's what Earthjustice is doing about it. The post Climate Change Is Causing Sea Level Rise and Flooding appeared first on Earthjustice.| Earthjustice
Here's what Earthjustice is doing about it.| Earthjustice
Invertebrate surveys from the UK show that woodland connectivity enhances biodiversity, especially in landscapes with low woodland cover, highlighting the need for targeted restoration to maximize ecological benefits.| Conservation Corridor
The Upper Robson Valley, in BC’s eastern Interior, is where the Rocky and Columbia mountains meet, locking eyes from either side of the Upper Fraser River. It extends from Prince George in the northwest to McBride in the southeast, a half million hectares peppered with cutblocks and provincial parks. This is logging country, grizzly country, […]| The Wandering Rook
A groundbreaking win for wildfire resilience, land stewardship, and collaborative conservation across the state| PERC
PERC filed a suite of public comments to reduce regulatory burdens and advance environmental stewardship.| PERC
For decades, we’ve defended our public lands for the benefit of all people, and we’ll continue fighting back as long as Trump’s attacks continue.| Earthjustice
Representational Photo Srinagar- Jammu & Kashmir couldn’t utilise the funds approved under the compensation afforestation scheme during the last financial year.| Kashmir Observer
PERC defends the U.S. Forest Service's use of condition-based management.| PERC
Forests will grow back by themselves if we let them. Here's how a passive rewilding strategy could be the most cost-effective – and also effective – reforestation tool we have.| Rewilding Magazine
Reforestation and planting trees are crucial steps in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. But how do we do it the right way?| Rewilding Magazine
The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.| Rewilding Magazine
This article was published in the VMA Connect Spring 2025 edition. Read the entire publication here The concept of a circular economy is gaining momentum as a cornerstone of sustainable development. This innovative approach focuses on reducing waste and maximizing the reuse of resources. In the paper industry, circularity is transforming how paper, paper-based packaging, … Continue reading Exploring the Role of Paper, Paper-Based Packaging, and Paper Products in a Circular Economy The post ...| Two Sides North America
The Clock and the Boulder, my time-travel novel for ages 9-12 was released today. It is now available as a paperback, hardcover book, and e-book. I am delighted to have this longtime project come together so beautifully. Big thanks to … Continue reading →| Karin Fisher-Golton
This new made-in-Canada app is connecting collectors of native tree seed with the planters, nurseries and restoration ecologists who need them.| Rewilding Magazine
We’ve compiled various activities and resources you can do and share with your learners to inspire them to make a difference. The post Learning by Giving Back appeared first on Project Learning Tree.| Project Learning Tree
This is the second of three posts on proposed legislation to address the fire crisis on federal lands (the first post is here). Last post, I talked about why this legislation is essential, and the strengths of the bill that the House passed last Congress. In this post, I’ll talk about the parts of the … Continue reading "Fire and Permitting Reform"| Legal Planet
The Manchin-Barrasso energy permitting bill that I’ve posted about is not the only permitting reform bill that died with the last Congress. The House had passed the “Fix Our Forests Act,” legislation sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman, a Republican from Arkansas, with a focus on trying to reduce fire risks on federal (and other) lands. … Continue reading "The Urgent Need to Address Fire Risk"| Legal Planet
See the world's most beautiful trees and learn about their unique characteristics. From mighty redwoods to delicate cherry blossoms, explore our list of the most gorgeous trees on the planet.| Stand For Trees
We review Truly Nuts!.| A greener life, a greener world
In this blog post, Michał Walesiak shares how increased bird diversity in an area of unmanaged windthrow persisted over a 20-year span in Poland. Natural disturbances in forests, such as hurricanes…| The Applied Ecologist
In this blog post, Pedro Mittelman and Bernado Araújo discuss how forest composition can affect plant–animal interactions without necessarily altering animal communities or population densities. Fo…| The Applied Ecologist
Several organizations just committed to buying one of the most iconic lands in Chilean Patagonia, the Cochamó Valley, known as the Chilean Yosemite.| Legal Planet
Discover fascinating facts about Methuselah, the world's oldest living tree, and explore 10 other ancient trees that have stood the test of time.| Stand For Trees
Planting trees gets a lot of attention, but is it really the best way of stopping climate change? We think not. Find out why here.| Stand For Trees
Learn how the Shipibo and Belgica communities protect their ancestral lands with Indigenous knowledge.| FSC Indigenous Foundation
Killed by cardboard: How old-growth forests in Sweden end up as boxes for global e-commerce| Greenpeace International
The study revealed that airborne microplastics stick to the waxy surfaces of forest canopy leaves, effectively serving as terrestrial reservoirs.| Asian Scientist Magazine
Nature’s Temples: A Natural History of Old-Growth Forests by Joan Maloof was originally published in 2016 but has since been revised and expanded in 2023 by Princeton University Press. Joan Maloof, PhD, is the founder and director of the Old Growth Forest Network. This quick read starts out with the basics: “What is an Old Continue reading Nature’s Temples: A Natural History of Old-Growth Forests The post Nature’s Temples: A Natural History of Old-Growth Forests appeared first on .|
The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s is a “historical imagining of life in the early United States”. Written artfully by Alexander Nemerov, this books consists of 57 beautiful vignettes about famous, infamous and obscure characters from the 1830s. Each episode is relatively short, but Nemerov’s writing is succinct and precise. Note that Continue reading The Forest – A Fable of America in the 1830s The post The Forest – A Fable of America in the 1830s appeared first on .|
The Bureau of Land Management has always prioritized extraction activities. Now the agency has announced a rule that could elevate conservation.| Legal Planet
Forests could also be potential bulwarks against climate change. But, increasingly severe droughts and wildfires, invasive species, and large insect outbreaks — all intensified by climate change —...| UW News
41 Best Earth Day Activities to Help You Celebrate Our Home - Planet Earth. From Building Terrariums to Going Stargazing, Find Something Green to Do. Best of 2024.| Stand For Trees
Assemble the truth: Old-growth forest destruction in the Romanian Carpathians| Greenpeace International
How many trees call the city of Vancouver home? And what kinds of trees are they? Not even Charles Ray, Vancouver’s urban forester, knows all the answers.| Special Projects
Merton Lane (1910-2004) was a fixture in the lore of Maine's gallery of interesting characters, typifying the State's culture. In 1905 he became the first fire tower lookout warden in the State located atop Squaw Mountain [now Big Moose Mountain] in Greenville. It was a special breed of men who manned the lookout towers,| Maine: An Encyclopedia
Lusto is the Finnish word for an annual ring of a tree, and it is the name for the Finnish Forest Museum. It’s a place to explore the Finnish forest as it grows over time, and the ways its use has …| The Learning Planet
"A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard.| AskTheRightQuestion
See the world's most beautiful trees and learn about their unique characteristics. From mighty redwoods to delicate cherry blossoms, explore our list of the most gorgeous trees on the planet.| Stand For Trees
When corporations turn vibrant forests into products and the government looks the other way, it is up to us to stop the crimes against natural ecosystems.| Greenpeace International