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Spring Deep Root Fertilization

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March 13, 2025 · 1 minute read

Winter Wreckage in Which Trees

#Life in the Forest

February 26, 2025 · 4 minute read

Did you Resolve to Get Yourself or Your Children Outside and Off the Screen in 2025?

#Life in the Forest

January 29, 2025 · 2 minute read

How about that snow huh?

#Life in the Forest

January 15, 2025 · 1 minute read

Winter Tree Maintenance

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December 11, 2024 · 2 minute read

Identifying trees without leaves

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October 29, 2024 · 1 minute read

Richmond Tree Week 2024

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Original Author:
Reforest Richmond

I‘ll Have the Crapes, Hold the Honeydew

#Life in the Forest

October 17, 2024 · 2 minute read

Fall Foliage in Virginia

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Original Author:
Virginia Department of Forestry

Swallowtail Butterflies: Nature’s Graceful Flyers 

#Life in the Forest

September 20, 2024 · 2 minute read

A Wedding at Lewis Ginter

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August 7, 2024 · 1 minute read

Climbing High with Arborist Jeff Inman of Truetimber

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Original Author:
Mindy McIntosh-Shetter

Stay safe, and minimize losses during potentially volatile hurricane season

#Life in the Forest

Original Author:
Virginia Farm Bureau - Gannon and Alice Kemp

Lightning Safety Awareness Week: Keep yourself and your property safe

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Original Author:
Alice Kemp, Virginia Farm Bureau communications

Destination Tree: A Pilgrim’s Guide to Tree Travel

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Original Author:
Nancy Ross Hugo

Celebrate and support Virginia pollinators during national observance

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Original Author:
Shelby Crouch, Virginia DWR public information officer

Immerse Yourself In A Forest For Better Health

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Original Author:
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Fires have consumed nearly 20,000 acres in Va. this spring. That could be good for the environment.

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Original Author:
CHARLIE PAULLIN

Scientists discover forests that may resist climate change

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by Lauren Milideo, University of Vermont

Seeing the forest for the trees: Tree diversity is directly correlated with productivity in eastern U.S. forests

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Original Author:
Jerald Pinson

The Southern Pine Beetle: The Tree Killer 

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Written by Charlotte Hohman, NPS, and Sara Abbitt, AmeriCorps Cape Cod

Forestry and Wildlife Tours Connect VA Tech Campus to The Commonwealth

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Original Author:
The Roanoke Star

Women in the Forest Service

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Original Author:
Forest Service

Seven times size of Manhattan: the African tree-planting project making a difference

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Original Author:
Jonathan Watts

At Northwestern, students watch climate change through maple trees

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Original Author:
MELINA WALLING

Ancient Pollen Trapped in Greenland Ice Uncovers Changes in Canadian Forests Over 800 Years

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Study authors include: Sandra Brugger (DRI/U. of Basel), Nathan Chellman (DRI), Andreas Plach (U. of Vienna), Paul Henne (USGS), Andreas Stohl (U. of Vienna), Joseph McConnell (DRI)

Country diary: Caught in a web of late winter branches

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Original Author:
Elizabeth-Jane Burnett

Is the Amazon forest approaching a tipping point?

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University of Birmingham

In Uganda, refugees’ need for wood ravaged the forest. Now, they work to restore it

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Original Author:
RODNEY MUHUMUZA

This ancient material is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry

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Original Author:
Marta Vidal

Novel methodology projects growth of native trees, enhancing return on investment in forest restoration

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by FAPESP

Declining primate numbers are threatening Brazil’s Atlantic forest

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Original Author:
Juan Carlos Guix and Antoni Serra Sorribes, The Conversation

Country diary: Time has turned this tree trunk soft as trifle sponge

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Original Author:
Sara Hudston

I discovered … a tiny 700-year-old forest within sight of North America’s busiest highway

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Original Author:
Doug Larson

Trees are in trouble

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Original Author:
Harrison Tasoff

Real or artificial? A forestry scientist explains how to choose the most sustainable Christmas tree, no matter what it’s made of

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Original Author:
Curtis VanderSchaaf

Think You Found a Bear Den? Please Leave it Alone!

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By DWR Bear Team

How to help beneficial insects survive winter

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by Susan Himes, Texas A&M University

Acorn by acorn, volunteers gather seeds to help save forests

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Original Author:
Justin Wm. Moyer

Outdoor classroom creates a new generation of forest stewards

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Original Author:
Darren Svan

The oldest river in North America flows through West Virginia

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Original Author:
Brandon Eanes

The Importance of Bats

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Original Author:
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

The trees arrived with Polynesian voyagers. After Maui wildfire, there’s a chance to restore them

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BY ED KOMENDA AND AUDREY MCAVOY

Doubling efforts to save ash trees

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Original Author:
Emi Endo

As critical pollinator populations decline, cities and campuses find ways to encourage bees, butterflies and bats

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Original Author:
Zack Denton

Virginia forests might be a last hope for Hellbender salamanders

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Original Author:
Roxy Todd

Study finds old pear trees make for surprisingly rich reef habitats

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Original Author:
Elizabeth Claire Alberts

Extreme El Niño weather saw South America’s forest carbon sink switch off

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Original Author:
University of Leeds

Tiny Forests With Big Benefits

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Original Author:
Cara Buckley

Old growth forests to visit in West Virginia

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Original Author:
Sam Kirk

Longleaf pine restoration efforts to expand

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Original Author:
Emi Endo

German drought prompts rethink for ancient palace park trees

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Original Author:
Mathias HEINE

Gloomy Scale

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Original Author:
Steven Frank & Adam Dale

Bring Me a Shrubbery!

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By Steve Living/DWR

Unraveling the tangled evolution of figs

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by Amanda Morris, Northwestern University

Which Settled First: the Oak or the Acorn?

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By Dean Cumbia, Director of Forest Management

James River goes live:

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Original Author:
Kassidy Hammond

A giant sequoia tree is thriving in a surprising place: Northern Michigan

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Original Author:
Justine Lofton

‘It’s a carbon bomb’: Exploring Sweden’s foresting industry

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Original Author:
Cyril Fourneris

Forest Service to spray spongy moth control from aircraft over Southwest Virginia

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Original Author:
Murry Lee

The oldest tree in the world (and the 7 runner-ups)

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Original Author:
Erik Ofgang

Drones, native seed stock, hard work revitalizing scorched Montana forest

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May 31, 2023 · 5 minute read

The Most Accurate Clock Is A Tree: Keeping Time With Nature

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Original Author:
Jonathon Keats

Black bear takes rest in a tree on busy Stafford thoroughfare

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Original Author:
INSIDENOVA STAFF

Listen to one of the largest trees in the world

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Original Author:
Ari Daniel

Tree farmer sows the seeds of sustainability

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Original Author:
Emily Griffin

These 4 free apps can help you identify every flower, plant and tree around you

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Original Author:
Michael J. Coren

He got fed up with a Hopewell pothole. So he decided to plant a tree.

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Original Author:
Wayne Covil

The brothers that lived in a tree in West Virginia

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Original Author:
Christian Meffert

Citizen Science? Yes, You Can!

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Original Author:
Ellen Powell

Subtle signs of Spring

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April 5, 2023 · 1 minute read

Two beloved UC Berkeley trees, over age 150, damaged in ‘bomb cyclone’

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Original Author:
Gretchen Kell

The Truetimber Time Trial Bike Race

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March 22, 2023 · 0 minute read

Pioneering forestry researcher Suzanne Simard to receive the 2023 Lewis Thomas Prize

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The Rockefeller University

Varying temperatures mean different maple syrup seasons for northern, southern Wisconsin producers

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Original Author:
Hope Kirwan

Costa Rica ponders ways to sustain reforestation success

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Original Author:
JAVIER CÓRDOBA and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN

Teacher on mission to climb tallest trees in every PA county

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Original Author:
Sydney Kostus

Chemical signals from fungi tell bark beetles which trees to infest

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Original Author:
Freda Kreier

Charlottesville tree canopy in ‘alarming’ decline

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Original Author:
Hawes Spencer

Want to live longer? Consider planting a tree.

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Original Author:
Dino Grandoni

Dangerous formation in Maine tree canopy captures imaginations

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Original Author:
Mark Price

Book Review: Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard

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Original Author:
Jane Janney

The ancient trees at the heart of a case against the Crown

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Original Author:
Eloise Alanna

Gloucestershire fruit tree project aims to tackle climate change

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Original Author:
BBC West

Tree mapping project shows a dynamic new view of campus

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Original Author:
University of Richmond

COLUMN/PERSPECTIVE: A vision for a tiny tree on the beach

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Original Author:
TERRY DICKSON

The promise of batteries that come from trees

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Original Author:
Chris Baraniuk

The Western White Pine is Idaho’s state tree, but is no longer common in the state

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Original Author:
Anna Daly

2000+ acres burned in Virginia since start of wildfire season, how to prevent it

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Original Author:
Caitlyn Frolo

Potted Christmas trees are a rentable alternative to their fake and fresh-cut cousins

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Original Author:
Halisia Hubbard

USDA Forest Service, Trout Unlimited partnership

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Original Author:
USDA Forest Service

Bringing back the white pine, a foundational American tree

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Original Author:
Dan Kraker

I climbed one of Seattle’s biggest trees. Here’s why

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Original Author:
Isabella Breda

Tree adoptions help restore Asheville’s tree canopy

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Original Author:
Samantha Narson

Tribe seeks to adapt as climate change alters ancestral home

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Original Author:
TAMMY WEBBER and MARTHA IRVINE, Associated Press

One man has collected more than 8,000 pounds of acorns for Virginia

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Original Author:
Meghan McIntyre

Why mystery surrounds what may be Earth’s oldest tree

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By Erik Ofgang

Did you know that Maymont is home to a nationally recognized arboretum?

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October 14, 2022 · 0 minute read

Naturalists in Haiti rediscover the elusive magnolia flower

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Original Author:
Joyce Hackel & The World staff

Boston launches forestry division to maintain city’s urban forest and plant new trees

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Original Author:
Dialynn Dwyer