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Research How Does Wildlife Respond When Forest Management Helps to Reduce Wildfire Risk? (usda.gov)
Posted by Stephanie Worley Firley, U.S. Forest Service, on March 26, 2015 Deer mice and chipmunks were among the dominant small mammals in the study area and were mostly unaffected by the fuel reduction treatments.
Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Budakeszi Wildlife Park (Forest Press)
March 25 Annunciation Day.
Research Farms that save space for flowers give bees a boost (treehugger.com)
Margaret Badore (@mbadore) March 24, 2015 - For over a decade, bee populations have been declining dramatically all over the world.
Tourists 10 Things You Didn't Know About Our National Forests (nationalforests.org)
13 March 2015 - Most Americans can name several National Parks.
Research Special Project on World Forests, Society and Environment (IUFRO-WFSE)
10 March 2015 - Download Concept Note: "Shifting global development discourses: Implications for forests and livelihoods"
Research Meet EPA Scientist Cecilia Tan, Ph.D. (epa.gov)
10 Maech 2015 - Its Women Day - EPA scientist Cecilia Tan
Who is who? Murie, Olaus Johan (1889-1963)
Murie - Forester, Wildlife biologist, Author - was born on March 1, 1889, in Moorhead, Minnesota (United States of America), the child of Norwegian immigrants.
Research Ozone Meeting in Forest Research Institute (ForestPress)
After the Expert Panel on Deposition and the Meeting of QA/QC Working Group in 2007 further international meeting took place in Hungary in connection with the European intensive monitoring on forest health.
Misssion declaration – NEESPI Regional Focus Centre for Non-boreal SE Europe
There are numerous reasons why a large-scale, coordinated initiative to deal with the consequences of forecasted climatic changes and with the problems of adaptation is founded and necessary.
Sports „Ipoly Erdő” Mountain Semi-Marathon and Family Running (ForestPress)
Running in the forest – slowly or quickly whisking amidst the hanging leaves of the foliage, enjoying the daytime freshness of the shadows; the fresh, cool air pouring into our lungs and circulation; the changing features of the ground, and the flexibility of forest paths unlike the asphalt of the city roads – is a special experience for any kind of amateur and professional sportsmen.
Who is who? Clara Winifred Fritz (1889-1974)
Canada's First Woman Timber Pathologist An original tree hugger Clara Fritz was nontraditional. She was equally at home in the woods or in the laboratory. But it was her love of trees that led her into her career studying tree diseases as Canada's first woman timber pathologist.
Canada's first female foresters (canadaforests)
The State of Canada's Forests report looks at six women, from Canada's first female timber pathologist to today's foresters and business leaders, who have earned a place in the male-dominated field of forestry. This handful of specialists represents a growing and impressive group of women making their mark in forestry.
Research Archaeology and Ethnography of Forest and Wood
(in Approximation of Handicraft History) Edited by Gömöri János Preface "Tree is eternal beauty" - said Leo Tolstoy and he was quite right. In our denaturating world both the green trees and the wood materials yield connections in space and time.
In Memoriam Jozsef Bodig (Fatáj)
Jozsef Bodig, 73, passed away Sept. 12, 2007, at his residence. In Fort Collins. CO, USA He was born in Gonc, Hungary, on Jan. 20, 1934. He spent his younger years in Gonc before working as a pattern maker in a steel mill in Diosgyor. He finished high school in an accelerated program and enrolled at the University of Sopron in a forest engineering program.
Sports Slovakia hosts world's first carbon neutral rally race (ForestPress)
The first ever carbon neutral rally race will take place on 31 August, near the Slovakian city of Poprad. The Slovak Rally Championship, Tempus Rally 2007, will reach its fifth stage in Poprad, the first time the race has been staged in the protected mountainous region of High Tatras in more than seven years.
Research Asian Parasite Killing Western Bees - Scientist (Reuters)
Story by Julia Hayley Nosema ceranae MADRID - A parasite common in Asian bees has spread to Europe and the Americas and is behind the mass disappearance of honeybees in many countries, says a Spanish scientist who has been studying the phenomenon for years.
Sports Lithuanian plans Baltic Sea swim for environment (Reuters)
VILNIUS - A former Lithuanian triathlete said on Saturday he planned to become the first person to swim across the Baltic Sea to call attention to its environmental problems. Vidmantas Urbonas, the 1998 world ultra-triathlon champion, is to start on July 22 from Kalmar in southeast Sweden and head for Pavilosta in southwest Latvia, about 209 km (130 miles) away.
