Forests

There’s a ply problem — at least, Canadian filmmaker Michael Zelniker believes so. In his latest eco-doc endeavor “The Issue With Tissue – A Boreal Love Story,” Zelniker explores the effects of toilet paper manufacturing on Canada’s boreal forest region, which is chopped down yearly to supply the disposable yet highly relied-upon product. The feature documentary focuses on the effects …

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While arborists warn about excessive felling of trees, Hawaii is thick with non-native species that could be thinned to restore the land August 31, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EDT Cody Clark, an arborist and owner of ClimbingHI, a Maui-based tree care service, swings from one tree to another as he and his team work to remove fallen and problematic trees …

A controversial Bill to amend the Forest (Conservation) Act — that regulates the diversion of forests for construction and mining — was earlier passed by both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha without much debate. The amendments narrow the definition of areas under the purview of the Act and have consequently worried environmentalists, conservationists, and tribal groups. Forests play …

Laura Lundquist (Missoula Current) A Swan Valley environmental group has found more evidence that Forest Service road closures are often ineffective, and the resulting illegal road use threatens Montana’s fish and wildlife. Recently, the Swan View Coalition published a 2022 survey of more than 300 closed roads on the Flathead National Forest, which found about a third to a half …

The Boston Globe Residents and environmentalists are upset that a significant portion of the forest behind the Northeast Metro Tech School in Wakefield is being cut down to make way for a new school building. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff By Sarah Raza, The Boston Globe updated on August 30, 2023 | 3:38 PM Just south of the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational …

A portion of Amazonian lowland rain forest—areas critical to absorbing carbon dioxide and buffering climate change—may morph over time into dry, grassy savannas, according to a Rutgers-led study. The report, published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, described a new understanding of how alternating flooding in the wet season and drought in the dry season, …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced it will invest $16.2 million to restore forests across tribal, state and private lands. These funded projects mark the first time the Forest Service will make Landscape Scale Restoration program grants directly available to federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations to restore priority forest landscapes on tribal lands, including trust lands, …

The USDA Forest Service is investing $421,321 to support two forest restoration projects on non-federal forest lands in Michigan. The Landscape Scale Restoration competitive grant program supports projects that achieve the shared goals of the Forest Service, sovereign tribal nations and the states to protect and restore forests across jurisdictional boundaries. “Threats to forests like wildfires, insects and disease do …

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — There is an uptick in people heading outdoors and into the wilderness. But US Forest officials say the increase in people is also creating a lot of trash. From trash to campfires and propane, even using the restroom, there are certain things to know before you head outdoors. National parks across the country are seeing …