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Study offers hope for hemlock attack

Thousands of broken trees line the banks of the Chattooga River. The dead gray stabs were once evergreen monsters offering shade to trout and picturesque views to visitors. These Eastern hemlocks are dying rapidly, and University ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Science, bugs team up to fight hemlock-eating pest

(AP) -- For nearly 60 years, scientists have watched helplessly as a war of bug vs. hemlock played out from Georgia to Maine. Now they've got a new weapon in their arsenal - another bug - and say the tide ...

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created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potential hemlock hybrids tolerant to invasive hemlock woolly adelgid

New hemlock hybrids that are tolerant to the invasive insect known as hemlock woolly adelgid have been created by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cornell releases predator beetle to battle hemlock pest

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers released a well-studied beetle predator to test its ability to ward off a hemlock-killing aphid-like insect.

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created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Tennessee's urban forests valued in the billions

Tennessee's urban forests, currently valued at about $80 billion, also provide almost $650 million in benefits such as carbon storage, pollution removal, and energy reduction according to a new U.S. Forest Service report.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Forest service report shows forest growth in north outpacing other parts of country

U.S. Forest Service scientists today released an assessment that shows forest land has expanded in northern states during the past century despite a 130-percent population jump and relentless environmental threats. At the ...

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created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New York state may soon suffer outsize effects from climate, says report

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first statewide climate change outlook for New York, scientists say that the state may suffer disproportionate effects in coming decades compared with other regions, due to its geography ...

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created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Woods, yes, but as before, no

Though the transformation of farm fields into forests over the past century amounts to a New England conservation victory, a Harvard forest expert said Thursday that turning back the environmental clock and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Hemlocks still abundant despite adelgid infestations

A recent analysis of two decades of USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data shows the live volume of hemlocks in the eastern United States still increasing despite spreading infestations ...

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Local government, homeowners paying price for non-native forest insects

Non-native, wood-boring insects such as the emerald ash borer and the Asian longhorned beetle are costing an estimated $1.7 billion in local government expenditures and approximately $830 million in lost residential ...

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created Sep 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sustainability of Pennsylvania forests challenged

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report on the sustainability of forests in the United States indicates that Pennsylvania forests have declined slightly in the last decade and face a number of threats, according to ...

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created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Forest fungus factory: New technology fights hemlock pest

An invasive insect, hemlock woolly adelgid, has been marching north along the Appalachians, killing almost every hemlock tree in its path. The adelgid has devastated forests in Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. The pest recently ...

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created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Decline of northern flying squirrel symptom of ailing ecosystem

(PhysOrg.com) -- Northern flying squirrels are rapidly disappearing from Pennsylvania forests. Southern flying squirrels are taking over.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forest pests accumulating despite regulations

Nonindigenous insects and pathogens continue to become established in US forests with regularity despite regulations intended to prevent this, according to a study published in the December 2010 issue of BioScience. The s ...

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created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2


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