AI pinpoints aspens and standing dead trees in forests using aerial imagery

Aspens and standing dead trees, which are important to forest biodiversity, can be reliably identified from openly available ...
OPB

US Forest Service proposes protections for old-growth trees, without an outright logging ban

The Biden administration has published its proposed plan for preserving old-growth trees in national forests across the country, opening another opportunity for public input on conserving ancient ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Missing the forest for the trees: The role of forests in Earth’s climate goes far beyond carbon storage

Imagine you’re in a forest. Do you feel soft pine needles underfoot? Or perhaps droplets of rain dripping down from the understory? Is it warm and wet, or cool and dry? What does it smell like? Every ...
News4Jax

Non-native trees are quietly invading US forests, causing a decline in native trees, UF research finds

Forest and wetlands in Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville. (Yunpeng Liu, UF/IFAS Invasion Science Research Institute) ((Yunpeng Liu, UF/IFAS Invasion Science Research Institute)) ...
Berkshire Eagle

'Forest management is nuanced.' A behind-the-scenes look at how foresters decide which trees to cut or save

SAVOY — Forester Kevin Podowka walked backward on a logging road as he led about 20 people through a small part of a 100-acre section of Savoy Mountain State Forest that is slated for cutting. Even as ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Flooded a Forest to Catch a Ghost Forest in the Making. Here’s What They Found

Scientists sent hurricane-level floods into a Maryland forest to find out what extreme weather and sea-level rise mean for ...
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300-year-old trees in suburban Detroit park gain national recognition

Independence Oaks County Park is the largest park in Oakland County at 1,286 acres and was recently enrolled into the ...
Los Angeles Times

Is planting trees on Arbor Day one way we can all fight climate change? Not so much

Arbor Day has its roots in the 1870s, when the horticulturist J. Sterling Morton spearheaded a movement to green Nebraska’s largely treeless plains. Since then, citizens, businesses and governments ...
The Aspen Times

Bark beetles will overwinter in Aspen’s already-infected trees

Once beetles enter a tree, both the larvae and the adults overwinter beneath the bark, Gale confirmed. According to Gale and ...
KSDK

Storm damages thousands of trees in Forest Park, recovery ongoing

ST. LOUIS — Clean-up and assessment of Forest Park continues this week after park caretakers say thousands of trees were damaged in the May 16 storm. Forest Park Forever, the nonprofit that helps take ...