Articles of Interest

Extinct tree grows anew from ancient jar of seeds unearthed by archaeologists. 03/06/2017

Wolves Introduced in Yellowstone. In 1995, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, along with Canadian biologists, captured 14 wolves in Canada and placed them in Yellowstone National Park, where they … Read more

Dr. Charles Ray and his work with the Penn State wood collection. Bill Hallman is a television producer and has recently completed a segment featuring Dr. Charles Ray and his work … Read more

Trees Need Time To Chill. If These Trees Don’t Get Time to Chill, Farmers Will Be Out on a Limb. Frigid temperatures between 32 and 45 degrees help set buds … Read more

Sequoia Tunnel Tree Brought DownA powerful winter storm in California has brought down an ancient tree, carved into a living tunnel more than a century ago. The “Pioneer Cabin Tree,” … Read more

Scientists Work To Bring Back Once-Thriving American Chestnut Tree. The American chestnut tree used to make up a quarter of the forests in the eastern U.S., but disease decimated these … Read more

Mystery Of White Trees Among California’s Redwoods May Be Solved. Albino redwoods are white because of a genetic mutation. A researcher in California thinks he might have figured out what … Read more

Effective January 2, 2017: The entire genus Dalbergia spp. (except for Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra), which is listed in Appendix I), the three bubinga species of Guibourtia demeusei, Guibourtia pellegriniana, and … Read more

Help protect the health of forests for all, forever. 10/14/2016 World’s 10 Oldest Living Trees – on Mother Nature Network Website. At 4,841 years old, this ancient bristlecone pine is the oldest … Read more