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‘Killing’ Trees: How True Environmental Protection Requires a Revolution in How We Talk About, and With, Our Forests

Which came first, the acorn or the oak? A more important question is which came first: our words for trees, or our understandings of what trees are? Human discourse around trees both shapes and is shaped by our education, beliefs, experience and relationships with trees. Simply put, how we speak about trees matters. Ten years ago, I […]

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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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