Dong was awaken about an hour later, by the thick smoke of the forest fire, to find the conflagration was out of control. The national headquarters for the prevention of forest fires sent about 10,000 fire-fighters, together with airplanes, to help extinguish the fire. Man detained for setting fire to forest. During interrogation, Dong, 51, confessed that on April 30, he smoked outside a cave dug into the mountains near Hannuohe Meadow, then carelessly threw away the burning butt into the...

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Student tree planting program doubled The Telegram As a result of the success of the student tree planting pilot program initiated last year, twice as many post-secondary students will be hired this summer as part of the ongoing program. The student tree planting program has proven to be a very positive initiative and it is an important component of our provincial silviculture program. Last year s pilot program made a significant contribution to the provincial government s overall...

Once the tree has established itself, there is no way to straighten the trunk other than to dig up the tree and reset it. Those are indications that your new tree will take root and thrive. You will use it to hand-water the tree during the summer dry spells -- failure to hand-water causes the loss of many new trees here in Texas each year. Other good candidates for certain circumstances include Southern magnolias, bald cypress, Eastern red cedars and lacebark elms. If you have a tree with...

Deltic Timber (DEL) - timber landholder that also markets lumber and is therefore exposed to housing market. timber, and contrary to the sky-is-falling proclamations of Europe, North America is facing a rapidly falling timber market. Or is it? The truth is that it's nearly impossible to get a read on what the global market really is, because there is no single market for Lumber; no globally recognized futures contract, etc. But folks looking to timber as the next global commodities boom...