Euractiv15h
Europe’s forests at a crossroads. Can economic growth and conservation coexist?
European forests are under threat. Even though it is one of the most forested regions in the world, Europe’s forests face ...
Smithsonian Magazine11d
Cai Guo-Qiang Makes a 40-Foot-Tall Pine Tree Explode
Read more about the event here: http://j.mp/TyPfBO The world famous Chinese artist uses pyrotechnics to turn a 40-foot-tall pine tree into an optical illusion ...
Five pine barrens forests set to undergo controlled burns this spring to combat wildfires
Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...
BoiseDev1d
Survivor of the slopes: Oldest whitebark pine tolerates Idaho’s harsh climate, crucial for ecosystems
The Western Pine may be Idaho’s state tree – but another type of pine tree is notable for its age and resilience in Idaho’s ...
Mongabay2d
Beyond reforestation, let’s try ‘proforestation’
Above him, the needles from white pine trees swayed — common in the Adirondack Forest Preserve in northern ... old and stretch more than 150 feet tall and are 4-5 feet in diameter.
Science Daily29d
Climate change increases the risk of tree mortality in urban boreal forests
Climate change poses a particular risk to pine trees growing in dry areas, a new study conducted in an urban recreational forest in Helsinki shows. Climate change poses a particular risk to pine ...
Hartford Courant24d
There’s a specialized network of protected, native forests around CT. Some of it’s even ‘old growth’
Such tracts often contain large, old trees of long-lived species that have grown past the traditional age of harvest. One white pine in Belden Forest has been measured to be 144 feet tall ...