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Making room for trees
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Rescooped by Marybeth Shea from Agricultural Biodiversity onto Urban, Suburban, and Campus Forests: Conservation and Curation |
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------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE 8/22/12 The woods are safe for now but administration still has not guaranteed its longt... Delete the scoop?
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1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. | Poster showing Little Red Riding Hood and a wolf.
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Sometimes, modern urban people are afraid of their forests. Why? Perhaps this story helps us understand the fear of forests. Title: Once upon a time / Whitley. Creator(s): Whitley, Kenneth, artist Date Created/Published: Ill. : Federal Art Project, WPA, [between 1936 and 1939]Medium: 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.Summary: Poster showing Little Red Riding Hood and a wolf.Reproduction Number: LC-USZC2-1177 (color film copy slide)Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.Call Number: POS - WPA - ILL .W55, no. 2 (C size) [P&P]Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USANotes:Date stamped on verso: Sep 7 1939.Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Delete the scoop?
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Cats are killing billions of birds and other animals in the US each year, a new study suggests.
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Important findings for thinking about bird populations in urban and suburban forests. Delete the scoop?
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Population explosions of destructive pine beetles may be prevented by boosting competitor and predator beetle populations, a new study suggests. Delete the scoop?
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Vienna neighbors banded together to oppose paving popular parkland Delete the scoop?
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Use for old Christmas trees? Douglas fir needles may sterilize nano devices for medical applications
As twelfth night approaches and the Christmas decorations start to look old, as the last crumbs of cake are swept away and the remnants of the turkey have finally been consumed, there is the perennial question as to what to do with the tree. Delete the scoop?
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The growing evidence linking green spaces to human wellbeing could help strengthen the case for conservation, a leading academic argues.
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He also discusses urban green needs,
"Focusing on urban environments, as more than 50% of humans on the planet now lived in towns or cities, he said two key issues were air quality and excess heat." Delete the scoop?
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Many trees operate with only a narrow margin of safety when it comes to their water supply, so many of the world's important forest species are vulnerable to hydraulic failure.
A warming climate creates summertime water stress for trees like these mountain pines in Montana, making them more vulnerable to attack by beetles. The gray trees above died several years ago. Via Kamoun Lab @ TSL, Eve Emshwiller Delete the scoop?
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The hydraulic system of trees is so finely-tuned that predicted increases in drought due to climate change may lead to catastrophic failure in many species. Delete the scoop?
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For some, an unwanted reminder of Hurricane Sandy that crashed into the East Coast as megastorm of the century is a big tree uprooted, lying across ... Delete the scoop?
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Grasshoppers that live in noisy urban environments alter their mating call to tune out background noise, research finds. Delete the scoop?
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Here are 10 things scientists have learned about trees this year. Thanks to climate change, it's not a pretty picture. Via Luigi Guarino Delete the scoop?
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Scientists are making an effort to contain the emerald ash borer's destructive march through U.S. forests. Delete the scoop?
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1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. | Poster promoting conservation of trees as a natural resource.
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From the lovely if sentimental Joyce Kilmer poem: Title: "Only God can make a tree" Creator(s): Clough, Stanley Thomas, 1905-, artist Date Created/Published: Ohio : Federal Art Project, 1938.Medium: 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.Summary: Poster promoting conservation of trees as a natural resource.Reproduction Number: LC-USZC2-5412 (color film copy slide)Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.Call Number: POS - WPA - OH .C56, no. 6 (B size) [P&P]Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USADelete the scoop?
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1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. | Poster promoting conservation of trees as a natural resource.
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WPA poster, by Stanley Clough (born, circa 1905). Digital ID: (color film copy slide) cph 3b48810 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b48810 Reproduction Number: LC-USZC2-910 (color film copy slide)Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USADelete the scoop?
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The government has announced that it will not sell off publicly owned forests in England. Delete the scoop?
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"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. (RT @bgci: Trees Linked With Human Health, Study Suggests http://t.co/fQ9GvUmK via @HealthyLiving) Via Luigi Guarino Delete the scoop?
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Urban areas are growing in size--and with them, the number of trees influenced by city life. While development often leads to deforestation, there are still a ... Delete the scoop?
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Due to the introduction of exotic pests and pathogens, tree species are being eliminated one by one from forest ecosystems. Delete the scoop?
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Urban trees represent an irreplaceable asset for cities, and unlike most municipal infrastructure a trees’ value will increase over its life span. Via Caroline Turquet Delete the scoop?
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Given recent extreme weather events – the summer’s brutal heat and subsequent drought, followed by Superstorm Sandy’s disastrous path – newly green-conscious consumers may be wondering how to lessen their carbon footprint this holiday season. Delete the scoop?
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Scientists have sequenced the genetic code of a birch tree for the first time, which could help protect birch populations. Delete the scoop?
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Here's a compelling new video from Veritasium (http://www.veritasium.org/), about how water moves up trees.
He's got another video about where trees come from.... also worth a look! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KZb2_vcNTg&list=EC16649CCE7EFA8B2F). Via Mary Williams Delete the scoop?
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In the face of sustained population growth, our big cities continue to sprawl into the greenfields, despite the now well recognised problems associated with higher infrastructure costs, lack of amenity, car dependency, poor job access, diminished agriculture and open space. Via Annals of Botany: Plant Science Research Delete the scoop?
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Portable DNA tests, that quickly diagnose ash dieback, are being used in an effort to stop spread of the deadly fungus (@BrianFLloyd Seen this? Via Luigi Guarino Delete the scoop?
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