Forests
Forests are a crucial component of the world's ecology, providing a wealth of biological diversity. Although trees are the most visible component, within the woodland and forest biomes that co...
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Forest Decline
In recent decades there have been observations of widespread declines in vigor and dieback of mature forests in many parts of the world. In many cases, pollution may be a factor contr...
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Each thematic unit contains: teacher resource pages, language arts activities, art projects, literature connections, center activities, reproducible activity sheets, and book-making projects. Also ...
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The Forest Service on Thursday proposed new rules for managing 193 million acres of national forests, responding to a court ruling that tossed out policies giving forest managers great discretion t...
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The U.S. Forest Service said Thursday it was pulling its plan to sell timber in a national forest in Kentucky and would consider environmental groups' objections if the project is taken up in the f...
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Environment: Whatever happened to the rain forest? The virtuous cause seems to have become an endangered species with the totemic rise of global warming. Maybe that's the lesson.Not too long ago, t...
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Coastal state forests are experiencing a resurgence in Swiss needle cast disease, a fungus that kills the evergreen needles on Douglas fir trees by interrupting the process of photosynthesis.Aerial...
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Near a rock formation twisting into the Arizona sky, the desert floor has been torn up by off-road vehicles. A tattered VCR and a bullet-riddled washing machine further scar the landscape. Tonto is...
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Long-term management plans for national forests will no longer go through a formal environmental impact statement, the U.S. Forest Service announced Tuesday.The Forest Service said writing the 15-y...
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A federal rule that allowed expedited logging on national forests saved thousands of homes during the recent wildfires in California, the Forest Service chief said Thursday.Gail Kimbell cited "some...
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The World Bank on
Tuesday launched plans for a $300 million fund to fend off
global warming by preserving forests, but protesters said it
risked turning hom...
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Forests
Forest Decline
Complete Thematic Units, Grades 1-3, Habitats - Forests and Meadows
Forest Service proposes new forest rules
