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Tree Farmer Alert |
Monday, February 2, 2015 |
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Climate Plan Could Threaten U.S. Forestscontributed by Dick Walter, Forest landowner President Obama’s signature environmental initiative, his Clean Power Plan, is designed to fight climate change and crack down on America’s carbon-emitting power plants. But behind the scenes, a dispute is raging over obscure language that could promote the rapid destruction of America’s carbon-storing forests A November 19 EPA policy memo suggests that the administration intends to treat electricity produced from most forest and farm products as carbon-free. ________________________________ 90 Seconds to Understand “Carbon Neutrality”contributed by Bill Gherardi, consulting forester “What does ‘carbon neutral’ mean?” It’s a great question, and today the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) and American Wood Council (AWC) have launched a new web video explaining the concept – from a biomass energy users’ perspective – in only 90 seconds. Watch the video _______________________________ CFA is Revitalized with New leaders, New Visioncontributed by your CFA Board of Directors One of the marvels of a ________________________________ Larimer County Winter Tree Farm MeetingDATE: Thursday, February 19, 2015 Everyone welcome!! _____________________________________ Burnt log projectcontributed by Tim Pargee, forest landowner A novel use of burnt and beetle-kill logs Watch the video ____________________________________ Emerald Ash Borer Detection Efforts Continue Over Wintercontributed by The attached news release describes how, over this fall and winter, the Colorado Emerald Ash Borer Response Team is assisting Front Range communities in efforts to detect the presence of the exotic, tree-killing emerald ash borer (EAB). Detection efforts include branch sampling methods and peeling “trap trees” to seek out the overwintering, larval stages of EAB.
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