Save Forests for Carbon Storage
A recent Seattle Times front-page article by environment reporter Lynda V. Mapes points out that: “Nothing we currently know of works better than allowing trees to suck carbon from the […]
Category: Forest
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A Quick Tutorial on Tree Biology
In case you’ve forgotten what you learned in middle school biology class, here’s a sparkly little refresher:
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Every Cut is More Lost Habitat
I think it is critically important that we preserve as much forest as we can because every cut leaves wildlife with less habitat. At some point there won’t be sufficient […]
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Dr. Nalini Nadkarni: Dancer in the Canopy
I came across this video while researching forest ecology. This tree-climbing professor of biology really expresses how vital forests are to our lives. She reminds us how the forest canopy […]
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A Forest Park Without Trees??
When I realized that much of the Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park was going to be harvested over the next 25 years, I was very disappointed. And when I saw […]
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Mushrooms Need a Forest
Walking through the forest in the fall is like walking through a mountain meadow in the spring — a kaleidoscope of colors & shapes. The first rains of autumn bring […]
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Surveying Awareness
You may have spoken to Kim Greenwood and Alia Pirzada this past summer at the PGFHP trailheads doing a survey about your park use and awareness of the future logging […]