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Forest Carbon Offsets: Everything You Need To Know

As the world continues to grapple with climate change, forest carbon offsets have emerged as a promising solution. By preserving and protecting forests, we can capture and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Not only does this benefit the environment, but it also creates economic opportunities for communities that rely on the […]

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Nez Perce Clearwater Forest Shrinks Great Burn Wilderness

The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest supervisor trumpeted her new forest plan as the best compromise for all, but when it comes to proposed wilderness, both advocates and opponents disagree. When the final draft of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest Plan was released at the end of November, wilderness advocates immediately noticed that the Hoodoo Recommended […]

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Billions Have Been Raised to Restore Forests, With Little Success—Here’s the Missing Ingredient

Protecting and restoring forests is one of the cheapest and most effective options for mitigating the carbon emissions heating Earth. Since the third UN climate change summit, held in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, different mechanisms have been trialed to raise money and help countries reduce deforestation and restore degraded forests. First there was Koyoto’s clean development mechanism, […]

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UK Forests Face Catastrophic Ecosystem Collapse Within 50 Years, Study Says

UK forests are heading for “catastrophic ecosystem collapse” within the next 50 years due to multiple threats including disease, extreme weather and wildfires, researchers have warned, with trees dying on a large scale. The study, published in the journal Forestry, was put together by a panel of 42 researchers, with 1,200 experts consulted. Lead author, […]

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Texas A&M Forest Service Awards $15.7 Million Total in Grants to Volunteer Fire Departments

Texas A&M Forest Service awarded 260 rural volunteer fire departments with more than $15.7 million in assistance grants last week through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Grant Program. “Our agency is very thankful to state leadership for allowing us the opportunity to assist volunteer fire departments in Texas,” said Jason Keiningham, Texas A&M Forest Service […]

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USDA Forest Service Places Public Fire Restrictions in Alabama’s National Forests

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBMA) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service announced an alert for all forest visitors to be aware of specific fire restrictions placed in Alabama’s national forests. The lands include Bankhead, Conecuh, Talladega and Tuskegee National Forests. Degrading fire hazard conditions have prompted Acting Forest Supervisor Timothy Spivey to sign a forest closure […]

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Environmental Group Shares Views on Forest Management in Montague

MONTAGUE — About 40 people convened at the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area this past Saturday where they shared views and learned about forest management during a tour by the citizen-based group Save Massachusetts Forests. “Our vision about what the world looked like has been destroyed by recent history,” said Bill Stubblefield, a biologist and […]

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Biden Administration Spending $150M to Help Small Forest Owners Benefit From Selling Carbon Credits

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The Biden administration said Tuesday it will spend $150 million to help owners of small parcels of forestland partner with companies willing to pay them for carbon offsets and other environmental credits. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the grant program at a conference of Black landowners in coastal Georgia, saying programs that allow private […]

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Are WA Forests Worth More as Carbon Sponges or Timber Harvests?

In the Spokane Tribe’s old-growth forests, spread over thousands of acres east of the Columbia River, people in hardhats walk under the ponderosa tree canopy with measuring tape. They aren’t measuring the trees and the space with the intention of harvesting those trees for use in construction and other industries. The Spokane Tribe has a […]

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New Study Quantifies Temperature Sensitivity of Soil Gaseous Nitrogen Loss in Forest Ecosystems

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology and the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have investigated the critical role of gaseous nitrogen loss (N2O and N2) in nitrogen limitation and its implications for carbon sink function in terrestrial ecosystems, particularly in the context of climate warming. […]

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