But that it is coming from a distinguished climate scientist, founder of the Gaia theory and green movement guru, ought to make us think seriously whether this might be more than just an alarmist claim. The latest warning from James Lovelock that the human race is doomed sounds like a throw-away line from a bad Hollywood science fiction movie. Melting glaciers in Greenland and Alaska, forest fires in Indonesia, rainforest disappearance in Brazil, deforestation, air and water pollution,...

At the end of the 19th century, timber companies came in and clear-cut many of the forests. But after the trees were cut, the railroad and timber companies didn't want to pay the drainage district taxes on land that was once again worthless to them. The dam, fought by timber interests, transformed the lumber industry in the upper Midwest because it stopped log drives from coming down the river. Except at the edges and on the ridges, the swamp was nearly impenetrable and considered almost...

Giri and other researchers used more than 750 Landsat satellite images to identify the remaining mangrove forests of the region, to quantify the rates and causes of change from 1975 to 2005, and to identify deforestation 'hot spots,' The study found that the major factors responsible for mangrove deforestation in the study area include agriculture encroachment (81%), aquaculture (12%), and urban development (2%) Time-series analysis of historical data from the Landsat archive also suggests...

Matheson, Anderson s retired fire chief, proudly carted Emma, his 2-year-old granddaughter, with him as he made the rounds and. Like the Mathesons, some of this year s attendees had been to decades worth of cuttings, while others were new to the experience. Tom, a city of Redding tree cutter, or utility arborist, is usually wrangling one of the trees, Sheree said. She said she found her first trip to a pine forest quite a contrast to home. Braden was fascinated but also a little frightened...

Sher-Wood to stop making wooden hockey sticks in Quebec as market splinters toward costlier gear Nov 05, 2007 04:30 AM Sean Gordon Quebec Bureau Chief MONTREALThey've scored untold millions of goals on rinks, ponds and streets across the country, but in a few weeks' time workers will lovingly fashion the last of Sher-Wood's signature Quebec-made wooden hockey sticks. Sher-Wood to stop making wooden hockey sticks in Quebec as market splinters toward costlier gear Nov 05, 2007 04:30 AM Sean...