Guest column: The Yaak Valley should be the country's first climate refuge
Far back in the high elevation wetlands of northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley — hidden away on the Kootenai National Forest (KNF) — is a vast and ancient forest referred to
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Far back in the high elevation wetlands of northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley — hidden away on the Kootenai National Forest (KNF) — is a vast and ancient forest referred to
Far back in the high-elevation wetlands of northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley — hidden away on the Kootenai National Forest (KNF) — is a vast and ancient forest referred to as
A Climate Forest is proposed It was great to read in the Courier recently that East Lothian Council is planning to plant two million trees in East Lothian over the next 10 years. While doing this, I’d like to encourage the council to apply the mantra ‘Right trees, right place, right reason’, or these trees and their future growth are doomed. We have all seen the damage that mono-culture planting can do to landscapes and wildlife. Trees for this Climate Forest need to be native species that enhance biodiversity, planted where they can thrive, connect isolated pockets of wildlife an...
Alaska’s Tongass absorbs more carbon than all other national forests Trees absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. This makes them some of our greatest allies in the fight against the climate crisis. Big, dense, old-growth forests are especially good at absorbing and trapping (or “sequestering”) carbon, the leading greenhouse gas causing climate change. The Tongass National Forest in Alaska is often referred to as “America’s Climate Forest,” the nation’s “climate insurance policy” and “a national champion” of carbon sequestration. B...
Conservation and climate groups call on USDA to end taxpayer subsidies for Tongass logging Tuesday PM (SitNews) Washington, D.C. - A coalition of conservation and climate organizations have submitted a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, asking his agency to “take the fiscally responsible step of prohibiting federal funds from being used to pay for, subsidize, design, study or construct roads for logging in the Tongass National Forest.” The Tongass National Forest is the cornerstone of Southeast Alaska’s economy, attracting people from around the w...