The local tree planting project is part of the group s international Trees for Tomorrow campaign, which encourages groups in the United States and other countries to take action by planting native trees in their own communities. Along with the tree planting, volunteers also spiced up pine cones by covering them with oats, cornmeal, chopped fruit and then rolling them in bird seed. The goal of the program is to essentially rebirth the earth by planting trees that will offset pollution...

We want to be more responsive to the market than we have been in the past. Majeed will be responsible for asset allocation implementation, the pension fund s asset allocation team and the board s asset allocation workshop, which is scheduled for November 2007. McKinley said this was because commodities and bonds were liquid and could shift more easily while infrastructure, timberland, private equity and real estate were driven by transactions. He said this was part of the rationale for...

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WASHINGTON -- A plan to allow logging in an off-roads portion of the White Mountain National Forest is being blocked by national environmental groups that fear it could set a bad precedent, even though local conservation organizations had approved the plan. WASHINGTON -- A plan to allow logging in an off-roads portion of the White Mountain National Forest is being blocked by national environmental groups that fear it could set a bad precedent, even though local conservation organizations...

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A parliamentary group says government subsidies to so-called co-fired power stations that use wood and other biomass products could price other wood users, such as Kronospan, out of the market. GOVERNMENT proposals to use wood alongside coal as fuel in large power stations could threaten employment at a major wood products factory near Wrexham. Not only do these subsidies for co-firing detract from efforts to incentivise emerging renewable technologies such as wind, solar and wave power,...

Strong winds drove the flames east and north, blowing embers that started new fires as much as half a mile from the main fire, said Angie Dillingham, a Plumas National Forest fire information officer. Firefighters working on the east side of the fire were focusing their efforts on protecting the handful of cabins in its path, Dillingham said. On the north flank, firefighters burned the vegetation ahead of the flames to eliminate the fuels and halt the fire's progress. Winds blow Plumas...

The sale of these plants, oils and resins, or non-timber forest products (NTFPs) as they are called, provides the overwhelming source of income to local communities in Nepal, who also rely on the plants for food, medicines and fuel. Every year in Nepal's Himalaya highlands, villagers gather some 15,000 tons of medicinal plants from the wild, pack and dry them and sell them to traders for export. Once a plant supply runs out, the medicinal traders move on, leaving the villagers, who have...

Forest Service contract; and the latest initiatives from private industry to find a local markets for the large quantities of beetle-killed timber accumulating here and in neighboring counties. forum will address the current state of forest health project funding by federal, state and local government, the number and location of wildfire mitigation projects in Summit County under U. Fitz-Gerald to headline July 12 forum on forest health funding. Summit Daily News for Breckenridge,...