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By: Brian Mueller EDMOND, Okla. - As many of us begin to think about taking down the Christmas tree, Austin Smith’s mind is always on planting more trees.  “We’re hoping to plant one million trees by 2030. That’s the end goal," said Smith, founder of Trees For Books. Trees For Books sprouted in October from Smith’s Edmond home.  His business acquires books through donations and estate sales. Smith then donates about 95 percent of them to various organizations. He sells the other five percent. A tree is planted for every 10 books donated and for every book sold.  Smith partnered...

In 2004, while I was a member of the Horry County Stormwater Advisory Committee, it was a privilege to have the counsel of two very concerned and well-educated men in the field: local residents Hobart Kraner, former director at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Ian Marceau, who was heavily involved in writing (and negotiating into law) the Clean Water Act. But the county did a very poor job of listening to us. There was much angst expressed by the citizenry about clear-cutting tracts of land for development, the loss of mature trees to development and the resulting acceleration of stormwate...

By Molly Taylor A LARGELY untouched ecosystem near Penola has undergone extensive weed removal to help maintain its native vegetation and wildlife and reduce environmental threats. Spanning roughly 300 acres, St Mary’s Sanctuary is a pristine area filled with native vegetation and is considered a high-priority feeding habitat to the endangered South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. Due to its significance, volunteer conservation group Trees For Life has worked to remove woody weeds at the site to improve productivity and reduce degradation of habitat from weed invasion. A team of eigh...