Amana Furniture has created a line of period-inspired furniture made with wood from historic trees. The first pieces in the collection include an Alamo hall chair, a Thoreau writing desk, and a Robert E. Lee school desk.
Three trees, four seasons. Sculptures of three historic trees by Ira Bloom-(from left) a sycamore at Antietam Battlefield, a tulip poplar at Mount Vernon, and the Goshen elm in Gaithersburg, Maryland-captured by photographer Marie Hagen.Part of an exhibit at Gallery G in Alexandria, Virginia. The shows open February 12.
Think 'gators and you'll likely picture swamps. But these snap-jawed, fast-moving symbols of the South need trees. Learn why in the Spring issue of American Forests magazine, due out in April. For more on this award-winning quarterly, click here.
(Gary M. Stolz/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Don't forget to reserve your spot on the Queen Mary 2 (May 28-June 8, 2005), to see this and other exquisite British gardens, as well as palaces and castles!
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A N N O U N C E M E N T S
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Bush Budget Harms Rural Forest Communities
President Bush's FY 2006 budget proposals promise support for "cooperative conservation", but there's a very different message in the numbers. Cloaked in titles like the "Strengthening America’s Communities Initiative" are significant cuts for programs that support collaborative efforts between the federal government and urban and rural communities. For more on American Forests' reaction to the President's FY06 budget, click here.
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Citywide Environmentalism
Syracuse is 100 trees richer thanks to a planting in late October by students from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and crew leaders from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County.
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Banded
Collectors of trendy colored wristbands can now wear one for the environment. FundRaising.com is offering a green American Forests wrist band; for each band sold, FundRaising.com will plant a tree in one of American Forests' Global ReLeaf ecosystem restoration projects.
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Pedigreed Furniture
Amana Furniture has turned its Old World craftsmanship to historic wood. In a partnership with American Forests' Historic Tree Nursery, the Iowa-based fine furniture company has begun a limited-edition furniture collection inspired by historic period designs and inlaid with wood from trees connected to historic events or famous people.
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Honored
American Forests received a Centennial Legacy Award from the U.S. Forest Service as part of the USFS's Centennial Congress celebration.
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That Christmas Spirit
Who says Christmas can't last all year? Money from Chistmas tree sales donated to American Forests by three southern California IKEA stores will be used to replant local areas devastated by wildfire.
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W H A T ' S H A P P E N I N G?
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More Fallout from Hurricanes
The four hurricanes that slammed Florida last fall could continue to affect the state this year. That's according to a warning from the state Division of Forestry reported recently by The Orlando Sentinel.
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Restoring Mangrove Barriers Against Tsunamis
Asian nations are taking a second look at mangrove forests as a barrier against tsunamis like the one that killed hundreds of thousands December 26.
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J O I N A M E R I C A N F O R E S T S
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