usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Economic benefits of trees Air quality just the start: compost, conservation of energy also included By KEN TROTT/Woodland Tree Foundation Article Created:05/06/2007 09:32:28 AM PDT Trees outstrip most people in the extent and depth of their work for the public good. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Economic benefits of trees Air quality just the start: compost, conservation of energy also included By KEN TROTT/Woodland Tree Foundation...

But to protect the woodpeckers and their old-growth pine forest habitat, rangers regularly rake out fallen needles and other forest duff from around the trees. So far, the fire hasn't headed for trees they live in, a ranger says. Refuge rangers also fight fire with fire. Once common nationwide, open pine forests with large older trees were heavily harvested for timber, cleared out for development or lost to wildfires because of the lack of periodic prescribed burns to keep the pine forest...

We recieved many calls into the newsroom from people wanting to know why several trees, including the oak, were being cut down, because they were behind a sign reading protected tree area. Under city rules,any tree cut down must be replaced twice over. With Earth Day a week ago they were talking about planting more trees to slow global warming and save the environment. Officials say the developer put the signs up, but the plan for the trees to come down was approved last November. Some...

The unnamed planet, currently known as Gliese 581C, is in another galaxy and orbits a dwarf red star every 20 days, calculated according to Earth time. The comprehensive 1,000-page study on global warming, released last Friday, sets a time limit of just eight years to stem the effect of greenhouse gases on our planet's environment. It is not clear if the planet rotates on its own axis, and scientists say it is possible that like our Moon, it may have a permanent dark side while the other...

Five former Forest Service chiefs recently told Congress that those soaring costs affect other areas, such as campground maintenance and research on forest lands. Forest Service has been forced to spend a larger portion of its overall discretionary budget to pay for firefighters, helicopters and air crews. BillingsGazette.com :: Former forest chiefs decry costs of fires Contact Us . Subscribe. Forest Service from 1979 to 2007, we wish to express in the strongest way that the Forest Service...