John F. Borowski, a Maine science teacher, has a lot of bad things to say about Project Learning Tree. Borowski writes in Common Dreams that PLT is funded by "the ... Read More

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) updates maps and data on forests thoughout the World. I have collected these maps on one site. Find out ... Read More

Colorado's Hayman fire of summer, 2002 was the largest ever to burn in that state. The Hayman ravaged nearly 140 thousand acres, consumed 133 homes and cost $39 million to ... Read More

Seven Ways to Storm Proof Your Trees If you had followed these seven simple suggestions you just may have avoided damage during Isabel. Hurricane Isabel was possibly the largest ... Read More

Natural forest resource workers are not the highest paid people on the planet. They do get by and most work outside because they want to. In many cases the ... Read More

The above link provides photos of "sang" habitat and how ginseng is harvested. The most productive sites are under mature eastern U.S. hardwood stands sloping to the northeast. There ... Read More

Forest owners may sell trees only two or three times while controlling a forested property. These growers may invest decades of time and expense in trees only to make costly ... Read More

"I was talking with my consulting forester about the management plan we were going to do. This gent was the owner of the company. He mentioned that ... Read More

May Theilgaard Watts' Tree Finder is the best economy-priced, pocket-sized tree identification manual available for trees east of Rocky Mountains. Ideal for people on budgets and those who need a ... Read More

Tribunal justices have agreed that tribal Indians own the logging rights on Crown property subject to treaty. The ruling was upheld after New Brunswick Mi'kmaq logger Joshua Bernard charged that ... Read More

A very rare find in 1999 on a Kentucky cattle farm could lead to the propagation of a blight-resistant American Chestnut reports the Louisville Courier-Journal. This 80 year old Adair ... Read More

David More, illustrator of The Illustrated Encylopedia of Trees, paints himself a tree masterpiece. With John White's accompanying text, Mr. More exhibits the most important ornamental trees on this ... Read More

Tom Kazee runs Woodland Security Inc. in Orange Park, Florida. Tom has twelve years of experience in the woodland security business and contributes regularly to Tree Farmer Magazine. He has ... Read More

Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted to ease protection for the red-cockaded woodpecker. They lowered the bird's status from "threatened" to a "species of special concern". What this ... Read More

A simple flow and wave model was designed at the University of Georgia to illustrate what leaf experts call the fall color wave. Foliage color changes begin at high ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has activated its leaf color hotline for the 2003 leaf viewing season. Their hotline will provide national forest visitors weekly updates on ... Read More

The Globe and Mail just published this great article - B.C. fires destroy billions in timber . Their feature explains the damage done and gives insightful information on the Canadian ... Read More

Looks like a $45 squirrel has taken on the mighty Smokey Bear in promoting fire readiness. Reddy, a girl squirrel character, is using a new message - "Forest fires ... Read More

So. You are entering your senior year as a forestry student and plan on getting that degree this year. Should you just kick back and let the old ... Read More