| Be confident that what you do in your forest will improve it's health and sustainability for future generations. Become a Tree Farmer! |
|||
| Tree Farmer Alert | |||
| Sunday, June 16, 2019 Over 800 readers and growing! |
|||
Podcast on Wildfires In the Westcontributed by
|
|||
This was interesting. My daughter works at CU so she keeps me updated on what the engineering sciences are doing. https://www.colorado.edu/today/2019/05/22/podcast-wildfires-west-how-we-need-learn-live-fire
|
|||
Forestry managers face what seems like an unavoidable tradeoff. Controlled burns in Western forests reduce the risk of wildfire but release carbon dioxide, contributing to climate change. But a team of ecologists recently showed that controlled burns can actually benefit the climate in the long term.
|
|||
CONIFER CONFUSION: AN IDENTIFICATION GUIDE FOR PINE, SPRUCE, AND FIR TREES
|
|||
The secret to becoming the equivalent of a human dichotomous key for conifer identification isn’t much of a secret. Like almost everything else in life, learning the difference between pine, spruce, and fir requires an investment of time and energy. Luckily, this is one of the fastest lessons you can learn, and it pays back in surplus
|
|||
First-of-its-kind study documents impacts of beetle-kill on Colorado forest wildlifecontributed by
|
|||
Colorado researchers have published the first comprehensive study on the effects the bark beetles’ devastating march through the state’s forests have had on woodland wildlife, and the results are mixed.
|
|||
To Control Forest Fires, Western States Light More of Their Owncontributed by
|
|||
|
|||
If this email was helpful,
|
|||
the road, behind the green and white Tree Farm signs and we care about what's happening in our forests.