The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Pacific Power a Tree Line USA Utility for the sixth consecutive year, in recognition of the electric utility's commitment to quality care for trees, annual worker training, tree planting and public education. The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Pacific Power a Tree Line USA Utility for the sixth consecutive year, in recognition of the electric utility's commitment to quality care for trees, annual worker training, tree planting...

She took an interest in planting these two plants and watched them grow. It stands in front of the same house where the 5-year-old rode her bicycle in the driveway, drew pictures inside and planted flowers in the yard just weeks before she was left critically injured in a hit-and-run accident at a bus stop May 23. He sees a little bit of Molly in those flowers and in the trees hes planted since her accident. Theyre gonna grow, and shes got some more growing to do, he said. Jeff Smart said...

Open space tree plantings a success. On Thursday, May 10, volunteers planted 260 Limber pine, Douglas fir and Ponderosa pine seedlings at Iron Springs Open Space as part of the county's reforestation efforts in beetle kill areas. On Saturday, May 12, volunteers planted 300 Narrowleaf cottonwood, Aspen, and Ponderosa pine seedlings at Fourmile Bridge Open Space continuing the county's Blue River restoration work on this property. Thanks to the following volunteers for their hard work at...

These groups have been trained and they have been given forest fire tools, which include the fire rake, the back pack water pump and the fire beater to fight these fires. The fire rake is used to get rid of the fuel element where the dry leaves and the branches are removed, the back pack water pump obviously reduces the heat and the fire beater is used to cut off the air supply for the fire, he explained. We do that to ensure that the fire is completely suppressed because, although the...

Islamic Relief's Day Out! NST Online Columns 2007/06/02 Editorial: Not out of the woods By : Email to friend Print article WITH remote sensing technology, it is now possible to make an inventory of the timber and a list of its species in the most inaccessible forests, without having to undertake a survey on foot and going from tree to tree to count and identify them. NST Online Columns 2007/06/02 Editorial: Not out of the woods By : Email to friend Print article WITH remote sensing...