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The Forests of the American West Are in Danger

In 50 or so years, snow could virtually disappear from the Southwest, wiping out trees and making life there exceedingly difficult.

Restoring the Platte

Nebraska is the home of Arbor Day, established in 1874 to promote tree-planting; an effort that has since spread across the country with great success.  It is ironic, then, land ma...

The Good Neighbor Authority—The Most Important Forest Management Tool You’ve Probably Never Heard of

A mention of a national forest probably evokes images of pristine wilderness, mountain trails, fall foliage, wildlife habitat, untouched gorges, lakes and rivers. But behind those...

What Does It Take To Save US Forests From Logging? A Justice Conservation Fund

The Puritan settlers of New England, steeped in the Old Testament biblical worldview, believed it was their God-ordained destiny to transform the dismal American wilderness into an...

Trees as Old as the USA

#America250 #nativetrees #MGNV As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, not many trees from the late 1700s survive in Alexandria and Arlington. Almost all succumbed by the thou...

Teeing Up for the Trees

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Francis Beidler Forest is Nationally Recognized for its Stewardship and Ecological Resilience

HARLEYVILLE, S.C. — The Francis Beidler Forest Audubon Center & Sanctuary (“Beidler Forest”) is being nationally recognized for its beauty and biodiversity by being formally in...

Australia declares mainland alpine ash forests endangered

The Australian government recently listed the iconic alpine ash forests of mainland Australia as an endangered ecological community, citing ongoing threats from increasingly severe...

As African cities heat up, a new book argues trees are part of the solution

A newly released book documenting urban forestry efforts across Africa argues that trees and green spaces are no longer a luxury for African cities, but a critical response to clim...

Portion of Pearson Metropark is designated old-growth forest on Arbor Day

This year’s annual Arbor Day celebration included a special twist: A large swath of Pearson Metropark became part of the national Old-Growth Forest Network.

Fairview has become Oregon’s newest Tree City USA

FAIRVIEW, Ore. –The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) announced this month that the City of Fairview has become Oregon’s newest Tree City USA community. ODF administers the Tree...

Protecting One of the Largest Intact Watersheds on Earth

On April 17, 2026, the Seal River Watershed Alliance, the Manitoba government, and the government of Canada released a joint proposal to designate a 12 million-acre ecosystem—one o...

Planting Oaks for Birds

Oak trees are an important resource for birds finding insects to feed their young. It takes thousands of caterpillars from an oak tree to raise a single nest of baby birds. By plan...

Forest Firings: Trump Admin Aims to "Break the Forest Service," Nearly 200 Million Acres at Stake

The Trump administration in late March announced an extensive reorganization of the Forest Service, the federal agency responsible for managing 193 million acres of public lands ac...

What the grim outlook for Alpine Ash forests tell us about forestry dogma (commentary)

In March, the Australian Government announced that the Alpine Ash forests of mainland Australia have been listed as an Endangered Ecological Community under national environmental...

Reducing Deforestation from California to Colombia and Beyond

This week marks the 16th Annual Meeting of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF Task Force), a unique network of states and provinces from 11 countries covering more...

From Streams to Canopy: A Forester’s Growth Through Audubon Training

Mike Eckley’s connection to the natural world began knee-deep in Pennsylvania’s trout streams, where weekends spent fishing with his father sparked a lasting curiosity about the ou...

Lai raises importance of urban forests

Partnership races to save remaining giant sequoias

Five years ago, a tragic and depressing environmental story unfolded when thousands of giant sequoia trees, an iconic California species that tower 300 feet high and can live for 3...

Chile’s ancient conifers host underground web of life that sustains forests: Study

In an isolated valley within Alerce Costero National Park in southern Chile, one tree towers above all others. At 30 meters (100 feet) high, this alerce abuelo or grandpa alerce, i...

Researchers at Vermont orchard work to bring back the American elm tree in New England

After exile, California tribes could help run their ancestral redwoods again

A fight over California's redwood forests pits tribes and environmentalists against loggers as lawmakers consider a bill to reimagine the state's 14 demonstration forests.

Trees are magic. In Newport, volunteers are working to expand their healthy reach

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — On Newport’s south side, historic and opulent mansions sit on an avenue with mature trees that help cool the neighborhoods, clean the air and foster wildlife....

We Are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup

Data reporting by Melissa Lewis In remote Northeast California, about 10 miles outside the lumber mill town of Chester and a half-hour’s drive from the old hunting cabin I bought a...