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Virginia White Oak Gets Top Nod
The Maryland Wye Oak's 62-year reign as America's foremost white oak has officially come to an end. That spectacular tree, 96 feet tall and 32 feet in circumference, was succeeded by a slightly smaller oak from Lawrenceville, Virginia, measuring 86 feet tall and 26 feet in circumference.
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New Champion Ohio Buckeye
In a fitting turn of events, Ohio has reclaimed the title of champion for its own state tree, the Ohio buckeye.
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A Century of Struggle for the American Chestnut
In Washougal, Washington, a new champion chestnut reigns, the resilient leader of a species that refuses to give up. Standing a proud 77 feet, the new champion has a matching crown spread of 77 feet and a circumference of 242 inches, boosting its total point value to 338 on the National Register of Big Trees.
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Bracing For Wildfire
As of June the West was bracing for another potentially serious fire season. As fires burned and were contained up and down the West Coast, crews were calling an 80-acre blaze near Edgewood, California, "mostly under control," according to the Siskiyou Daily News.
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That's Good Coffee
Take a sip of Café Canopy coffee and you probably won't think about birds or trees, yet both will benefit. Six years ago when Café Canopy got its start, the founders decided to pursue a less intrusive, environmentally savvy method of farming-- planting coffee trees under the canopy of existing trees.
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eBay and Trees
eBay auctions are no longer just a place to find a marble egg paperweight or a 1945 art deco vase. Now when you bid to win an item, you could be making a difference for a nonprofit like American Forests.
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Take a Cruise with American Forests
American Forests and the Queen Mary 2 cordially invite you to reserve your spot on a 12 day/11 night trans-Atlantic cruise and tour of Britain's gardens from May 28 to June 8, 2005.
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W H A T ' S H A P P E N I N G?
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Haiti: In Need of Trees
The lack of trees on Haiti's hilltops and valleys contributed greatly to destruction caused by late-May floods, according to the Associated Press.
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2004 Stihl National Forestry Hero
Stihl Incorporated has awarded Mark S. Warnick, retired Missouri firefighter and founder of the nonprofit group Helping Our Own, with its prestigious 2004 Stihl National Forestry Heroism Award.
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Hemlock Pest Hits Vermont
Hemlock wooly adelgid, which has ravaged East Coast forests including Shenandoah National Park, has taken aim at Vermont. The fuzzy white invasive can literally suck the life out of a full-grown hemlock in as little as one to four years.
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Amazon Update
The continued destruction of the Amazon rainforest has prompted some environmentalists to question Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva's agenda for 2004. Ms. Silva vowed to establish 33 million acres of "environmental reserves" this year, but so far the Brazilian government has only marked off 1.58 million acres.
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Start Spreading the News
New York has stepped up its greening efforts with a new Urban Forestry Initiative. The Initiative, which will replant trees in five upstate New York cities-Syracuse, Binghamton, Buffalo, Rochester and Poughkeepsie-receives the backing of several corporate sponsors, and the blessing of State Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Woodpecker Preservation
The fire burning in the Piney Grove Preserve in Sussex County, Virginia, in early June was not accidental. Set by a group of dedicated conservationists, the fire is intended to protect the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker by reestablishing the bird's native habitat.
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Tree-Cycling
You've heard of recycling, how about tree-cycling? The concept has received much publicity in Michigan, where the emerald ash borer has wreaked havoc on the local ash population.
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Protest Comes to Ungainly End
Aussie Daniel Jones, hero to many and to one special tree in particular, broke an arm and a leg when he fell out of a tree he was inhabiting in a nonviolent protest against the destruction of trees for a Woolworth's in Maleny, Australia.
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