There are few large trees being planted because of restrictions related to underground gas lines, overhead utility wires and water and sewer pipes, Hutchison said. The city is in the first year of a three-year grant-funded program that allows for the planting of 60 trees each year. This, Hutchison said, helps keep the tree from drying out and preserves more of a tree's root structure than the bag-and-burlap method. The mature large species such as elm, maple and oak that exist _ and in...

Sustainable forests, urban environments and forest enterprises need to be explored and monitored through the college's resources. Forest Resources staff, students and faculty use their skills and tools to observe, measure, evaluate and provide direction for industry, community leaders and stakeholders. Washington's rich heritage of natural resources and the state economy's connection to healthy forests and productive lands are at the heart of two significant anniversaries being celebrated....

HONDURAS: The Fight to Put Forestry Law in Action By Sonia Edith Parra* LA CEIBA, Honduras , (IPS/IFEJ) - The battle that broke out decades ago in Honduras over illegal logging has now shifted to establishing the legal framework for the new Forestry Law: Protected Areas and Wildlife, long delayed in Congress. HONDURAS: The Fight to Put Forestry Law in Action By Sonia Edith Parra* LA CEIBA, Honduras , (IPS/IFEJ) - The battle that broke out decades ago in Honduras over illegal logging has...

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You simply turn over some money, and the offsetters promise to absolve your sins by putting it to use on green technologies, planting trees, pumping carbon dioxide underground and the like. But with powerful coal-state lawmakers protecting it, deep-sixing the plant will not be easy. A tree planted to swallow carbon dioxide is only an offset as long as it does not get cut down. Beard will make his purchase on the Chicago Climate Exchange, which administers a voluntary cap-and-trade system,...